Offseason
Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave has been vandalized, Marie travels to the desolate island town where she's buried. Just as she arrives, the island closes for the season, leaving Marie trapped in a nightmare.
- Released: 2022-03-11
- Runtime: 83 minutes
- Genre: Horror, Mystery
- Stars: Jocelin Donahue, Joe Swanberg, Richard Brake, Melora Walters, Jeremy Gardner, Jess Varley, Amanda Grace Benitez, Eliza Shin, Jonathan Medina, Ken Luzadder, April Linscott, Andrew Vilar, Andrew Varenhorst, Anthony Azar, Larry Fessenden
- Director: Mickey Keating
Comments
- stdepi - 24 January 2024
A disappointmen
Poor Jocelin Donohue is a competent actress, but this thin gruel of a pseudo-Lovcraftian script gives her little to do but mug wide eyed for the camera. Decide for yourself: Is her character Marie Aldrich (like 'eldritch', get it) more like Barbra ("They're coming to get you, Barbra") from Night of the Living Dead, or Mary Henry from Carnival of Souls? Or, heaven help her, Queen of the eye-bulge, Alma Moore from Shyamalan's execrable The Happening? Likewise, Joe Swanberg, Jeremy Gardner, and other cast members are wasted in the lazy scriptwriting. Far too many overlong shots of the main character running (although in a stylish outfit--thanks, costume department!) and not enough storytelling. - Doctor-of-Nothing - 11 December 2022
Plan 10 from the Remainder Bin
Ed Wood shot Plan 9 in 1957. Mickey Keating knew he couldn't top it so he opted for Plan 10. He paid a premium for graveyard mist and definitely nailed the emergence of characters from super soft focus into sharp close-up. But then he had a lot of practice -- only used the effect 30 or 40 times. And 'woman running down center of road' -- wow! -- something else that he's mastered. Oh, and let's not forget stretching a moldy twilight zone episode to 90 minutes... he's got that down too.
And then there's the soundtrack. Doing a needle drop on Satie in the middle of a flashback office scene.... what could be better. Ed Wood lives!!!
