Lost Gully Road

Urban dweller Lucy is waiting for her sister in a rented secluded cottage in the Rain Forest. Her sister's arrival is delayed and a week in paradise progressively turns out to be a week in hell as she encounters a series of symbolic objects and happenings playing with her nerves and putting her on edge. Is the house haunted? Is she being stalked? Is she deranged and everything only happens in her mind? What is revealed toward the end of this gripping movie is guaranteed to curdle your blood... The allusion to the Little Red Riding Hood in the woods of deep greens is beautifully photographed by László Baranyai and so are the indoor scenes with great use of lighting and clair-obscur. The music composed and performed by Dave Graney & Clare Moore gives at times a clear insight into Lucy's feelings and psyche and other times builds up the suspense and anxiety. Lucy is portrayed with faultless humanity by Adele Perovic. The script by Donna McRae and Michel Vale is minimalist in form but very dense in content. As in Johnny Ghost, Donna McRae's direction is inspired. Sensitive yet firm, she seems to play with the audience, making one feels as isolated, lonely and vulnerable as Lucy. Lucy getting high on pills and champagne for her lonely birthday is shown in a psychedelic style that reminded me of French horror classics of the 70s like Jean Rollin or Joël Sierra. The suspense, isolation and maddening angst are a strong reminder of The Tenant by Roman Polanski.

Sooo slow and the main character is such a miserable you know what! Good grief. I have been abused but she is just a stupid, miserable, rude person. The beginning is so slow that I almost didn't finish. It is all about her and just builds too slowly for too little of an effect! The other characters are all very fleshed out but she just never gets any depth to her character. She is like a wet wash rag! Why don't you read one of the books maybe it will make you more interesting. Sheesh! There are enough crochet quilts in this house to cover a small village. The nature is beautiful and once she starts walking around you hope that she will enjoy i but no she walks around with her head phones in.

Lost Gully Road is an Australian supernatural movie. It is a movie that does take its time to tell the tale of a young woman hiding out in a house in the Australian bush.

The isolation and boredom set in, but odd thing begin to happen.

The movie does show the isolation and loneliness that the main character begins to experience.

This is a very creepy and atmospheric movie. A few people have complained that it is too slow and really not much happens for long stretches.

The movie invokes a sense of eerieness that really gives the viewer an unsettling feeling.

The acting is good, if a little minimal but again, it does help the movie's sinister's undercurrent .

This may not be a film for everyone, but for those who stick with it, will be rewarded.

This appeared on my streaming service and I was looking forward to watching it on this cold, rainy evening as I really enjoy a good isolated cabin in the woods scenario. Unfortunately this was the most boring film I have ever seen. The actress is wooden and can't act for peanuts. She cannot hold an entire film on her own, how the heck was she picked..... is she the daughter or a relative of the producer or financial backer? Expecting us to watch her wooden face for almost one and a half hours, along with her bowl haircut and pierced nose is really asking a lot of the audience. Zero charisma and talent. Now if we had a Ruth Wilson playing the part it may have been something else but it is what it is..a stinker. Better to paint your ceiling and watch it dry.

I have been patient for 45 minutes into this movie. There has been nothing suspenseful, no sense of impending anything (bad, good or amusing.) The main character, Lucy, needs to develop some real interests because all she can seem to do is be bored and annoyed that there isn't a television. What I wouldn't give for a week where she is, quiet and peaceful, ghost or no ghost. I've watched this far in hopes that maybe there is a subplot involving the sister and why Lucy is hiding in the woods. Is the 'man' they keep discussing, Lucy's partner but Cassie is cheating with him while trying to convince Lucy that he is dangerous to her? Maybe Cassie and the man are trying to make Lucy think she's crazy? I don't know and at this point I don't even care. Lame, boring, and annoying.