Deadly Display

This is one of those one location very little characters kind of films that I normally love but for that to work you need really solid performances and a good tight script, this movie hasn't got both of these things. The acting ranges from bad to very annoying espically the male lead who is I think trying to do a b-movie thing but it just comes off annoying and throws off the tone when it gets pretty serious in the third act. The script takes ages to get going anywhere and has painfully bad dialogue that really feels like a first draft plus the ending dosent really make any sense. Maybe try to avoid this one.

Really damn good performances from Annabella Rich (Incessant) and Cy Henty in this (largely) two-hander, and the music is really good, in particular the two great original songs written for the film; 'tis a pity, then, that Deadly Display is scraped so thin over a feature-length runtime, because there's a good chance that this would have absolutely shone as a short.

Still need to watch Carlo Lizzani's original The House on the Yellow Carpet, as well as Steve Sibley's earlier remake of the said film. It was absolutely lovely meeting him at Horror-on-Sea and I'm looking forward to seeing more of his work.