It begins with the abduction of a girl. The scene is quiet and innocuous until it isn’t—a car rolling up to a young girl to ask for directions as children play in the background. The driver says, “Are you Anna?” before a man grabs her and shoves her in the car the instant she says, “Yes.” We watch as though a voyeur behind the trees, helpless to do anything but wait to see what happens while a boy on his bike (Dante Hoagland‘s Howie) rides into frame for the camera to follow home. These suburbs are small so his destination just happens to be next door to the house we’re about to spend the night within. That family’s new babysitter is also named Anna and suddenly we realize what’s gone wrong.
Richard Raymond Harry Herbeck‘s disturbing script and director Michael Thelin‘s willingness...
Richard Raymond Harry Herbeck‘s disturbing script and director Michael Thelin‘s willingness...
- 3/4/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
A slow-burn twist on the home-invasion story with a creepily classy atmosphere of dread and menace, but where it ends up is the stuff of hoary cliché. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
We know that new, last-minute-replacement babysitter Anna (Sarah Bolger: My All American) is going to be a nightmare from the moment she shows up at the Thompson home. We know because we’ve seen what happened before she arrived. But as far as the Thompsons can see, she is a godsend: Joyce (Susan Pourfar: Alex of Venice) and Dan (Chris Beetem) get to head out for their anniversary dinner secure in the knowledge that the kids are in teenage-girl hands that come highly recommended, and 11-year-old Jake (Joshua Rush: Mr. Peabody & Sherman), 9-year-old Sally (Carly Adams), and 4-year-old Christopher (Thomas Bair...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
We know that new, last-minute-replacement babysitter Anna (Sarah Bolger: My All American) is going to be a nightmare from the moment she shows up at the Thompson home. We know because we’ve seen what happened before she arrived. But as far as the Thompsons can see, she is a godsend: Joyce (Susan Pourfar: Alex of Venice) and Dan (Chris Beetem) get to head out for their anniversary dinner secure in the knowledge that the kids are in teenage-girl hands that come highly recommended, and 11-year-old Jake (Joshua Rush: Mr. Peabody & Sherman), 9-year-old Sally (Carly Adams), and 4-year-old Christopher (Thomas Bair...
- 3/3/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Uncanny star Lucy Griffiths was kind enough to answer some questions for us, and the Q&A we conducted with her kicks off the round-up. Also: domestic acquisition news for Emelie, details for One Eyed Girl on Blu-ray / DVD, and Vault of the Macabre II video.
Uncanny: "Rlj Entertainment will be releasing Uncanny on November 3rd, 2015.
Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), David Clayton Rogers (Bloody Sunday), Lucy Griffiths (TV’s “True Blood”) and director Matthew Leutwyler are available for interviews on behalf of the film’s release.
For ten years, inventor David Kressen has lived in seclusion with his inventions, including Adam, a robot with incredible lifelike human qualities. When reporter Joy Andrews is given access to their unconventional facility, she is alternately repelled and attracted to the scientist and his creation. But as Adam exhibits an emergent behavior of anger and jealousy towards her, she finds...
Uncanny: "Rlj Entertainment will be releasing Uncanny on November 3rd, 2015.
Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), David Clayton Rogers (Bloody Sunday), Lucy Griffiths (TV’s “True Blood”) and director Matthew Leutwyler are available for interviews on behalf of the film’s release.
For ten years, inventor David Kressen has lived in seclusion with his inventions, including Adam, a robot with incredible lifelike human qualities. When reporter Joy Andrews is given access to their unconventional facility, she is alternately repelled and attracted to the scientist and his creation. But as Adam exhibits an emergent behavior of anger and jealousy towards her, she finds...
- 11/3/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Stars: Sarah Bolger, Joshua Rush, Carly Adams, Carl Bailey, Thomas Bair | Written by Richard Raymond Harry Herbeck | Directed by Michael Thelin
Whether it’s trashing the house, raiding the fridge or having guests over partaking in substances and acts that they shouldn’t really be doing, we have all heard those babysitter horror stories. Well, this particular story well and truly takes the cake. When their original babysitter can’t make it, the Thompson’s depend on her friend Anna (Sarah Bolger, The Lazarus Effect) to look after their children as they celebrate their anniversary. The thing is, Anna isn’t who she says she is. Her real name is Emilie and she’s going to give the Thompson’s and their children a night they will never forget. What starts off as innocent enough mischief turns in to a dark, cruel, emotionally and physically destroying series of events.
For the most part,...
Whether it’s trashing the house, raiding the fridge or having guests over partaking in substances and acts that they shouldn’t really be doing, we have all heard those babysitter horror stories. Well, this particular story well and truly takes the cake. When their original babysitter can’t make it, the Thompson’s depend on her friend Anna (Sarah Bolger, The Lazarus Effect) to look after their children as they celebrate their anniversary. The thing is, Anna isn’t who she says she is. Her real name is Emilie and she’s going to give the Thompson’s and their children a night they will never forget. What starts off as innocent enough mischief turns in to a dark, cruel, emotionally and physically destroying series of events.
For the most part,...
- 8/31/2015
- by Mondo Squallido
- Nerdly
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