The score, the acting and the filming...all incredibly dread inducing. The plot is not unpredictable, especially if you are familiar with classic horror. But that doesn't stop it from evoking profound discomfort, especially for anyone with kids.
The film starts off with the familiar discomfort of being singled out for your sexuality, by someone who you don't know particularly well and who is just a little too prodding. But it quickly ratchets up from there into a never-ending nightmare of grief, paranoia and the disintegrating relationship between two people who once loved each other. Not since watching The Descent and experiencing second-hand claustrophobia from the scenes in the caves, have I been so physically affected by a horror movie. It feels more like a fleshed out short film than a feature picture, but the concept is so simple, the exposition so concise and the tension so unbearable, that the curtailed length serves the film rather than detracts from it. I only wish more horror movies committed to a shorter, more impactful story like this one.
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