I just saw CALENDAR GIRL at the Washington DC Independent Film Festival a few days ago. Of all the films featured in the Horror session, I have to say this was the most disappointing, at least for me, in terms of suspense and thrills.
The film starts off well, and takes us slowly into the characters' lives and a possible great third act, for which I was waiting. The actors are few, but effective. The cinematography is terrific, and creates an ominous mood. Early in the film, we're told of the "Calendar Girl" murderer, and as far as suspense goes, that would be it for the rest of the story, really. I'm still not even sure why this film is categorized as "horror", or "thriller", even, as it contains not much of either.
The last act for me was most disappointing, because nothing interesting or fascinating ended up happening; and what did end up happening was weak, to say the least. Maybe it's because this was the last in a series of great horror films that evening that I had such a poor reaction to it; or maybe it's just an ineffective thriller. A decent film for a drama genre, maybe, but definitely not a horror or a thriller at all.
The film starts off well, and takes us slowly into the characters' lives and a possible great third act, for which I was waiting. The actors are few, but effective. The cinematography is terrific, and creates an ominous mood. Early in the film, we're told of the "Calendar Girl" murderer, and as far as suspense goes, that would be it for the rest of the story, really. I'm still not even sure why this film is categorized as "horror", or "thriller", even, as it contains not much of either.
The last act for me was most disappointing, because nothing interesting or fascinating ended up happening; and what did end up happening was weak, to say the least. Maybe it's because this was the last in a series of great horror films that evening that I had such a poor reaction to it; or maybe it's just an ineffective thriller. A decent film for a drama genre, maybe, but definitely not a horror or a thriller at all.