Stars: Carter O’Donnell, Brady O’Donnell, Trina Campbell, Michael Thyer | Written and Directed by Nick Psinakis, Kevin Ignatius
Opening on a foreboding score and the sight of a cabin in the woods, viewers are introduced to the home where brothers Henry (Carter O’Donnell) and Jacob (Brady O’Donnell) live in fear of their abusive father. After waking up early and tying up their father, the teens take a journey through Northwest Pennsylvania woods to find their cult member mother. Despite the boys taking time to have fun and enjoy their summer, the horrific experiences linger in their minds. No matter how far they travel, the boys cannot escape the terrors endured at their father’s hands.
Co-writers/directors Nick Psinakis and Kevin Ignatius effectively utilise the setting, as aerial shots capture the never-ending feel of this wilderness where hints of a tangible terror lurk within. This is effectively paired with Ignatius’ score,...
Opening on a foreboding score and the sight of a cabin in the woods, viewers are introduced to the home where brothers Henry (Carter O’Donnell) and Jacob (Brady O’Donnell) live in fear of their abusive father. After waking up early and tying up their father, the teens take a journey through Northwest Pennsylvania woods to find their cult member mother. Despite the boys taking time to have fun and enjoy their summer, the horrific experiences linger in their minds. No matter how far they travel, the boys cannot escape the terrors endured at their father’s hands.
Co-writers/directors Nick Psinakis and Kevin Ignatius effectively utilise the setting, as aerial shots capture the never-ending feel of this wilderness where hints of a tangible terror lurk within. This is effectively paired with Ignatius’ score,...
- 2/21/2023
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
Kevin Ignatius and Nick Psinakis’s atmospheric story of abused brothers on the road has minimal plot but is sharply directed
This horror-flecked backwoods Pennsylvanian fable should serve as a useful calling card for writer-directors Kevin Ignatius and Nick Psinakis, who summon up an ambience so oppressive, it’s as if the film is being beamed straight out of the deep, reptilian brain. The atmospherics and the plot’s occultish trimmings feel somewhat indebted to Panos Cosmatos’s 2018 film Mandy but this is an undeniably sharp technical exercise, in spite of its obvious shoestring budget.
A nerve-jangling prologue sees dark-haired siblings Henry (Carter O’Donnell) and Jacob (Brady O’Donnell) cable-tie their abusive father Duane (Michael Thyer) to a bed and abscond from his cabin on BMXs. They’ve got good reason: in one river-bathing scene, we see he once branded Henry with a clothes iron. After a tipoff from a gardening customer,...
This horror-flecked backwoods Pennsylvanian fable should serve as a useful calling card for writer-directors Kevin Ignatius and Nick Psinakis, who summon up an ambience so oppressive, it’s as if the film is being beamed straight out of the deep, reptilian brain. The atmospherics and the plot’s occultish trimmings feel somewhat indebted to Panos Cosmatos’s 2018 film Mandy but this is an undeniably sharp technical exercise, in spite of its obvious shoestring budget.
A nerve-jangling prologue sees dark-haired siblings Henry (Carter O’Donnell) and Jacob (Brady O’Donnell) cable-tie their abusive father Duane (Michael Thyer) to a bed and abscond from his cabin on BMXs. They’ve got good reason: in one river-bathing scene, we see he once branded Henry with a clothes iron. After a tipoff from a gardening customer,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
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