d./w. Scott Jeffrey;
p. Scott Jeffrey, Rebecca J Matthews; cast: Becca Hirani, Thomas Mailand,
Tiffany-Ellen Robinson, Mika Hockman, Cassandra French, Patsy Prince, Lucy
Chappell
Passable slasher from Proportion Productions with an
original, if unconvincing, plot held up by a brace of strong performances.
Aesha (Hirani, aka producer Matthews, formerly Becky Fletcher) is sent by her
mum to stay in an isolated B&B run by cheery Dan. He goes out for the night,
leaving Aesha in charge of an unseen poorly daughter. Later, a nun comes
knocking at the door but Aesha is sensibly reluctant to let a stranger into a
house that’s not hers. The nun’s identity is screamingly obvious from the start
(well, not the very start – there’s a 12-minute splash panel prologue) and
since she evidently has access to the house, it’s unclear why she spends so
long asking to be let in. Nevertheless, these scenes of Aesha talking through
the front door are the tense, uncomfortable heart of the film. The distinctly wobbly
story (and some frustrating continuity errors) are ameliorated by good
photography and sound and Lee Olivier-Hall’s tense score. Originally announced
as Knock Knock, it was filmed in March 2018 as The Watcher.
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