The latest film from Dread Presents, Tin Can is a science fiction thriller that has also been released on Digital today, ahead of the film’s Blu-ray release on September 6th, 2022. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears in visionary filmmaker Alex Garland’s shape-shifting new horror film.” But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. “In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. Men stars Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear and Paapa Essiedu. Meagan Navarro wrote in her Men review for Bloody Disgusting, “Alex Garland’s adherence to the abstract will be divisive, but those that don’t mind enigmatic descents into surrealistic, gruesome horror will find this a trip worth taking.” She also notes that the latest A24 horror film “bides its time with a measured unsettling until an insane, unforgettable third act.”
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Here’s everything headed our way between August 9-August 14, 2022.įirst up, A24 and director Alex Garland‘s new horror movie Men is now available on Blu-ray and Digital as of today, August 9th, the film released in theaters back in May of this year. In total, we’re getting SIX brand new horror movies this week! This week’s new horror offerings are led by TWO recent A24 movies that are getting wider releases at home and in theaters, and Netflix is back with some original horror of their own. The Reef: Stalked swims into theaters, VOD and Shudder on July 29. But it struggles to keep everything afloat against the heavy weight of a cast unable to sell fear or urgency, and a heavy-handed trauma healing metaphor that comes and goes like the tide. Stalked stages a few suspenseful moments and teases of shark terror that harkens back to the frequent dread of The Reef. In most cases, not over-showing your predator is a smart move, but putting so much of the human drama at the forefront often makes the shark an afterthought. Pausing to hug out some unresolved issues in what should be a perilous situation diminishes the survival horror. The overt metaphor between Nic’s PTSD and an unrelenting shark lacks the connective tissue to make it work or instill rooting interest. Traucki showcases excellent instincts when it comes to building dread and suspense around the survival horror, but it’s overshadowed by the overemphasis and inconsistencies of the human component. It doesn’t help that the establishing scene in the kayaks gives a sense that the shore isn’t too far off, leaving salvation constantly in sight and attainable. Not even when death or injury occurs do the core foursome seem all that hurried. Traucki can’t coax a sense of urgency from the core foursome the closest any of the cast come to selling the shark as a significant threat is with two island children and their mother. If only that tension were matched by the cast. The choice to continue employing actual shark footage over CG fabricated predators is an asset. A scene in a kayak and an adrift paddle mere moments after seeing the ocean predator lurking below instills a white-knuckle breathlessness.
When Traucki focuses on the shark, the filmmaker delivers moments of prolonged tension. It’s Nic’s conflicts that take precedence the shark’s presence seems to exist solely to move along the plot and catalyze Nic’s healing. Nic struggles with her phobia on a kayaking and diving trip, and mending broken bridges isn’t the only problem an aggressive shark is also hunting them. She leaves behind her family and life, only to return after a lengthy absence for a memorial trip with Lisa, Jodie, and Nic’s other sister Annie ( Saskia Archer ).
Nic arrives too late she finds her sister drowned in a bathtub, triggering a new phobia of being submerged underwater. Nic parts with friends Lisa ( Kate Lister ) and Jodie ( Ann Truong ), then heads over to check on sister Cath ( Bridget Burt ) after observing the bizarre behavior of Cath’s boyfriend Greg ( Tim Ross ). Traucki demonstrates he’s still got a knack for wringing tension out of the subgenre, but an emphasis on human drama bogs this sequel down.Ī serene day of diving ends in tragedy for protagonist Nic ( Teressa Lane ). For its follow-up, The Reef: Stalked, Traucki employs the same tactic of incorporating shark footage into a different tale of survival. For many, the effective shark attack horror movie often ranks high among fin flicks. Writer/Director Andrew Traucki‘s 2010 movie The Reef took a less is more approach in narrative bolstered by composited footage of actual sharks.
Bloody Disgusting’s The Reef Stalked review is spoiler-free.
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