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directed by Axelle Carolyn
UK 2013
After a failed suicide attempt,
recently-widowed guilt-ridden Audrey (Anna Walton,
HELLBOY II) retreats to the Welsh countryside and Talbot
Cottage, so named after its "well-respected" previous owner
according to nosy caretaker Theresa (Tanya Myers,
CONTROL). Almost right away, her sleep is disturbed by
sounds of another occupant despite the insistence of Theresa and
her physician husband Daniel (Nick Brimble, FRANKENSTEIN
UNBOUND) that there are no undesirable presences in the
house, particularly in that locked room at the top of the
stairs. Audrey comes to believe that they are further
manifestations of her guilt over her husband's death in a car
crash until the noises get louder and more threatening. Daniel
indulges her curiosity and reluctantly opens up the locked room
where she discovers the belongings and a photograph of previous
owner Douglas Talbot. When Douglas (Tom Wisdom,
300) appears to her as a ghost, he turns out to be a
seemingly benevolent apparition who is just as puzzled as to how
it is that she is the first person who has been able to see him
in the thirty years that he has been dead. As ghost and human
become accustomed to each others presences and share their past
pain, Audrey begins to heal and Douglas finds himself
increasingly able to interact with the physical world. At this
point, the film could turn into an eighties romantic comedy, but
director Axelle Carolyn - making her feature debut - keeps
things sober, steering the film away from being a modern take on
THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR as Theresa - who admittedly has
been pining for Douglas all these years - warns Audrey that the
energy feeding this relationship is not positive (that "ghosts
don't evolve" and the hurt and anger is just as raw now as it
was when Douglas ended his own life). When a renewed Audrey
decides to return home and move on with her life, will Douglas
be willing to let go of his only connection to the physical
world? |
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Theatrical Release: 12 July 2014 (USA)
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DVD Review: Revolver Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!
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Runtime | 1:43:40 | |
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2.40:1 Original Aspect Ratio
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Audio | English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo | |
Subtitles | none | |
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Edition Details: Chapters 12 |
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Revolver's dual-layer, progressive, anamorphic DVD of this digitally-photographed production is superficially pleasing. The image is not strongly detailed (and an encoding glitch lasting a few frames occurs early on), but the cinematography is also intentionally soft to a degree. The 2.0 stereo track capably conveys the offscreen sounds, the beautiful score and music stings, and the dialogue. Carolyn appears in a Q&A film festival segment in which she
talks about how the location inspired the story (as well as the
likely budget), her preference for "old gothic stories that the
Brits used to be good at", and the absurdity of the UK
censorship issues. The disc also includes two earlier short
films by Carolyn: the light-hearted "The Halloween Kid" narrated
by Derek Jacobi (I,
CLAUDIUS) and features Walton, as well as the more
thematically relevant "The Last Post" starring Jean Marsh (UPSTAIRS
DOWNSTAIRS) and produced by SOULMATE producer
Neil Marshall. |
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