Chris Nash directs Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic and Cameron Love in this indie slasher where a relentless killer is resurrected in a forest and we follow his deadly stalking of a group.

Very purposefully relaxed for a genre exercise. We occupy the killer’s POV with much of the action (/inaction) happening over his shoulder as he ambles through the woods. Which means lots of downtime just hiking through nature. A bigger picture does emerge as to why this is all happening, good solid mythology, but the doomed characters never really come to life. There is one spectacular kill. A genuine all-timer. The filmmakers have dubbed this experiment an “ambient slasher”. I’m not against the concept in theory but in practice I crave something a lil juicier.

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Perfect Double Bill: When Evil Lurks (2023)

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