Hou i kēia pule mai ka IFC Midnight me ka hui pū me The Darkside a me Fat Cigar Productions e lawe iā mākou Hale ma Alanui Willow, kahi pīhoihoi weliweli paʻa i kākau ʻia e Catherine Blackman, Jonathan Jordaan, a me Alistair Orr. ʻO Orr, nāna nō i kuhikuhi i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni indie 2014 ʻOiwi, hou hou i loko o ka noho o ka luna hoʻokele a maʻalahi ʻike mai ke kiʻi ʻelua i ulu ʻoi aku kona ʻoluʻolu a me ka hilinaʻi iā ia iho i ka hana.

Ke wehe nei ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, Hazel (ʻO Sharni Vinson), Ade (Steven John Ward), Mark (Zino Ventura), a me James (Gustav Gerdener) ke hoʻopau nei i nā hoʻolālā e ʻaihue i ke kaikamahine a kahi kanaka waiwai a lākou i manaʻoʻiʻo ai ua hana ʻino iā lākou ma kekahi ʻano. Hele lākou ma luna o Katherine (Carlyn Burchell) a me ka mea i hoʻolālā ʻia e hele wale me ka ʻole o ke kahakaha ʻana o nā hōʻailona ʻano ʻē i kālai ʻia i loko o nā paia o ka home a me he mea lā ua like paha ʻo Katherine i ka hoʻopau ʻana i hoʻokahi pule lōʻihi ke kū lākou ʻo ia.

Lawe ka poʻe holoholo iā Katherine i ko lākou wahi huna a hoʻopaʻa i kahi wikiō e koi ana i kahi pānaʻi ma nā daimana kumu ʻole mai nā mākua o ke kaikamahine. Aia a hiki i kēia manawa, kūpono nā mea āpau e hāʻule i loko o kāu kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kidnap a aneane hiki i kekahi ke kali i ka leo o Liam Neeson e pane ana iā Hazel iā ia e kāhea ana i ka pana. Akā ʻaʻole kēia kāu kiʻi ʻoniʻoni maʻamau, a ʻaʻole pili ʻo Neeson i ka kikiki a mālama i ka lā.

Ma ka mea ʻē aʻe, hoʻomaka ka poʻe luina e ʻike aia kekahi mea ʻano ʻē e pili ana iā Katherine. Nānā iki wale ʻo ia i ka poʻe nāna i hopu; Loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻano feral maikaʻi iā ia, a ʻike liʻiliʻi wale nō e pili ana i kāna poʻe kāʻili. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole lōʻihi ia ma mua o ko lākou hoʻomaopopo he wahine ʻo Katherine me kahi tonona o nā ukana daimonio e wehe ana ʻo ia iā lākou āpau.

ʻAʻohe mea hao wale ma aneʻi, akā ʻo ka mea e hiki mai ana kahi hoʻāʻo nui i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ʻelua mau ʻano (kāʻili / hewa a me ka loaʻa) i kahi mea kū hoʻokahi. A pono wau e haʻi iā ʻoe, ma lalo o ke alakaʻi a Orr a me nā hana paʻa a nā mea hana keaka, aneane kūleʻa lākou āpau. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo Orr, Blackman, a me Jordaan, i hiki ke haʻi i kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka nui kaumaha i kaumaha ai a nalowale i ke kino a me ka ʻuhane o ka poʻe i kā lākou paʻa.

ʻO ka mea hana keaka liʻiliʻi (ʻelima wale nō mea hana ke helu ʻia ma IMDb) e hana ma ke ʻano he anakahi paʻa. Hoʻopuka ʻo Ventura lāua ʻo Gerdener i kā lāua kuleana me ka sadistic gusto. ʻAʻole pilikia kēia mau kāne i ke kāʻili ʻana i kēia kaikamahine a ʻaʻohe o lākou manaʻo e hōʻeha iā ia inā pono e kiʻi i ka mea a lākou e makemake ai. I kēia manawa, hoʻokani ʻo Vinson a me Ward hoʻi i ko lākou ʻano kanaka. ʻAʻole lākou makemake e hana i kēia, akā ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike i kekahi ala ʻē aʻe e uku ai ka makuakāne o Katherine i kāna hana. Hāʻawi ia i nā luina i kahi hopena kaulike maikaʻi me ka ʻole o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka cliche i kā lākou ʻano.

ʻO Steven John Ward lāua ʻo Sharni Vinson

Akā ʻaʻohe mea e hōʻole ʻia ana i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ʻo ka mea i loaʻa mau ke alakaʻi a ʻo Burchell's Katherine ke kikowaena o kēlā me kēia hanana. ʻO Katherine ʻO Katherine ke hoʻomālamalama i ka hoʻoweliweli a me ka mana i ka ʻokoʻa koʻikoʻi me Katherine palupalu a mākou e ʻike nei i nā wikiō e alakaʻi nei i kāna ʻona. Pāʻani ʻo Burchell i nā mea ʻelua me ka lima paʻa a ʻaʻole e hoʻokuʻu i kāna hana i lalo o ka mea maoli.

nohona, Hale ma Alanui Willow, he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a hoʻoweliweli maoli nō ia, e like me ka weliweli maikaʻi loa, kaomi i ka poʻe e nānā hohonu iā lākou iho. Ke lele nei nā laina ma waena o ka mea hōʻino a me ka mea i hōʻino ʻia, hopu pio a hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ua nīnau wau iaʻu ʻo wai lā ke kāne ʻino maoli ma aneʻi? No wai wau e hemo aku ai? ʻO kēlā mau pane, e like me ke ola maoli, ʻaʻole maopopo ka ʻokiʻoki, a hana ʻo Orr a me kāna mea hana i kā lākou pae e hoʻomanaʻo pono ai ke iho nā kīʻaha, ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo ka manawa pinepine a aia pinepine i nā aka hina. ʻike mākou iā mākou iho.

Hale ma Willow Creek hoʻokuʻu i ka VOD a koho i nā lawelawe kahe i kēia Pōʻalima, Malaki 24, 2017. E nānā pono e nānā!