Rachel, a rookie cop, is about to begin her first night shift in a neglected police station in a Scottish, backwater town. The kind of place where the tide has gone out and stranded a motley bunch of the aimless, the forgotten, the bitter-and-twisted who all think that, really, they deserve to be somewhere else. They all think they're there by accident and that, with a little luck, life is going to get better. Wrong, on both counts. Six is about to arrive - and All Hell Will Break Loose!
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Found this and read a few reviews and decided to check it out. Decent enough to be worth the watch.I understand that lots of people love ambiguity in horror and, in fact, I do to an extent. My only problem with this was that I never could figure out just who the stranger was. Mystic man from the sea, Lucifer, Reaper, I just couldn't really place him enough to understand the significance of how the film ended. I didn't quite catch it in his final monologue either. That took away from how awesome most of the movie had been. I wanted the reveal. Aside from that, I thought the film was well shot. The actors were solid in their performances and the creepy, horrific nature of the film was there without going overboard. It is a bit of a slow burn though.Check it out.
The Three Acts:The initial tableaux: The movie starts in Scotland on the coast of the ocean near the small city of Inveree. A man walks among the rocks and modest cliffs around sundown; the waves are crashing against the rocks and the land. Groups of crows are in flight. The music is techno and overbearing; the visuals were impressive until we had the lens flare dumped on us. The man seems grim and dodgy as he lights his cigarette in the wind, and looks below him at the city lit against the dying light.Within Inveree, night shift police officers ready themselves for the evening, one wakening at 19 hundred hours. The crows are on the roof tops.Delineation of conflicts: Six has a purpose, and he sets off events within the city. As Rachel makes her first walk to the station, Caesar speeds past her and apparently slams into Six. His body is not found, though, just residual fresh blood. Rachel and Sgt MacReady process Caesar, then incarcerate him in a cell next to the more than suspected wife beater Ralph Beswick. MacReady introduces Rachel over the radio to officers Warnock and Mundie, who have recently finished coitus on duty. Sigh. Mundie hints on the call that Rachel has had trouble of her own before being exiled to Inveree. Mundie and Warnock find and bring in Six, who is a bit worse for the auto encounter. They summon Dr Hume.By this juncture, the cast and fundamental relationships are established, so it seems time for the flashbacks to begin. Most of the film's driving conflicts are about the internal struggles depicted in these reveries/flashbacks. Dr Hume has a bloody dark secret that sets him off to kill Six, but he is restrained. Each character has some secret that Six somehow brings to the surface.Resolution: Six seems intent on sanctioning each of the guilty. Who will be left?
I LOVE THIS MOVIE. I was scrolling through the channels looking for something to watch since Game of Thrones was officially done for the season, and I stumbled across this. It has Liam Cunningham from Game of Thrones - gotta LOVE Davros Seaworthy. But beyond just him, this movie was excellent. I'm a HUGE horror movie buff, the bloodier the better. This had SOME grossly bloody scenes in it, at least enough to make me happy, but overall, this is SUCH an excellent revenge, good vs. evil, supernatural movie with decent gore. I found the acting superb, and the atmosphere was delightfully dark depressing, and ominous. I don't think the movie had a huge budget, but they did FANTASTIC with what they had. The end was utterly and COMPLETELY satisfying. I would recommend this movie to ANY horror movie lover, or perhaps any revenge movie type lover.... Think "I Spit On Your Grave" but supernatural.
This title passed by my Netflix queue many times before a friend's recommendation sold me on it. The name is somewhat cheesy, but this movie is a solid little gem. 95% of the movie takes place in a desolate police station during the worst night shift of all time. Liam Cunningham is eerily compelling as the mysterious wanderer who throws a quiet night into a hellish nightmare by peering into the souls of those around him and witnessing their darkest secrets. The small cast allows the viewer to gain insight into each character and what they have done to draw Six to this place. Most of the film leaves you wondering what role the lead actress plays until it is finally revealed with an ending I will not ruin. If you like movies about the devil walking among mortals, this horror flick will give you exactly what you are looking for.