Bright Hill Road

Left quite the neutral emotion in me. The storyline was a bit silly; however, was good enough to make me stay until the end. Though the plot was not this movie's strength, I still could not predict the ending.

Firstly, Siobhan Williams is outstanding. Her portrayal of an alcoholic is brilliant. Anyone who has had a close relationship with someone who is addicted to alcohol will recognise the denial. I can guarantee that if an alcoholic and the person they lived with saw this film together they would all be split 50/50. The alcoholic would say 'That's not me', the non-alcoholic would say 'That's you'. If you haven't experienced alcoholism this film would give you a great insight into the problem. The story line is good. Enough twists to keep you well entertained. The acting brilliant and the photography and direction well above par. If you're looking for something to entertain and inform you, this is a great film. If your're looking for some laughs and giggles, steer clear.

Great movie thats very relatable to anyone who has had issues with alcohol. Only a few people in it but everyone played thier parts very well

Following a traumatic workplace accident, a young woman placed on leave decides to visit her family across the country and decides to stop over a motel for a bit of rest and relaxation, but the longer she stays in the strange room the more she finds her sanity slip away as the events of the past continually come back to haunt her.

There was a lot to really like with this one. The fact that it turns a rather simplistic and formulaic approach into a rather fun and gripping thriller. Shown to be grappling with addiction issues and an unresolved grip on the past before being afflicted by the trauma while at work, we're given a nice backstory to understand her psychosis from the start of the film. This goes a long way to understanding how the stay at the motel begins to affect her as the past trauma and grief over what happened in her life begins to get more pronounced, tying nicely together with her addiction issue to create a confounding setup that tests her sanity quite well. This builds up rather well as time goes on where she stays at the hotel long enough to have lost all semblance of reality based on the situation she finds herself trapped in and the mounting stress of being alone at the motel which combines together into an appealing, hallucinatory-styled series of scenes throughout here. This all builds ominously throughout the middle part of the film where it gets far darker in terms of on-screen imagery and the threat to her mental state that it's far more chilling than expected and serves quite nicely as a result. There isn't much really slowing it down, but it tends to grind to a halt when the creepy neighbor is also shown to be at the motel. While it admirably shifts before whether or not he's real or part of her psychotic mindset, the fact that they're scenes together aren't that crucial to the storyline and tend to feel like padding to stretch the running time out. The finale, as well, seems a little rushed as it seems to just rush into a resolution that doesn't entirely feel earned based on the build-up before-hand as this is figured out where it's going quite early on with very little of the moral intended to be taught being applied. Still, this isn't truly detrimental as these factors only end up lowering the film just slightly as a result.

Rated Unrated/R: Violence and Language.

Starts off well, competent acting. attractive lead actress. So we are quickly into an office revenge mass killing but from there it goes downhill. Like most low budget horrors it has the semblance of an idea but cannot maintain the pacing or hold the viewers interest!

I am seemingly the first to review this and have watched it so you do not have to - avoid it is not worth the effort a pretty boring effort although it does manage to conjure up a fair amount of bleak and haunting atmosphere but that does not a good film make - Rating of 3.4 on this one is about right!