Luke Boyce directs Caito Aase, Shaina Schrooten and Bishop Ali Stevens in this claustrophobic horror where a stripper and a born again Christian find themselves fending of hellspawn while trapped in a peep show booth during The Rapture.

This actually a really strong concept but a story of two halves. The first hour is genuinely very likeable. Strong lead characters, well cast with unknowns who know the assignment. The sleazy neon and sexy puce look of the set is very effective visually. But the second half sees our mismatched protagonists wandering up and down the same fake looking corridor, battling the same cheap special FX to diminishing returns. They mainly say rather than show in terms of character development too. Cut 15 minutes out of the last 40 and they may have had a new throwback favourite. Shame as a I can see Tim Seeley was involved and I like his comics. I’d also make of point of checking in with Caito Aase again if she was cast in more horror stuff. A near miss and that is frustrating.

5

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