Alone

Plain put, Claydon produced a vaguely distorted remake of "Halloween' in the style one cannot eschew after watching the likes of "Seven' and "The Cell' till they left a drone in one's ears: he left out Brad Pit and Jennifer Lopez, but managed to get a fine sound-track and a superbly over the top Miriam Margolyes, who delivers a memorable study in grotesque realism.

The horror, however, coming in about three waves of identical pattern, gets pretty repetitive very soon and culminates in an anticlimax entirely out of sorts. Claydon might need to watch "Nightshift' and "When the Bough Breaks' to get a better grasp on plot-development or the urge to have a point before shooting. But I'm miffed anyway because I wanted to see a Korean thriller by Sung-Hong Kim and dreamily trudged to the wrong festival-theatre, therefore my judgement might be somewhat biased by self-loathing...

This is technically well made - in terms of audio-visuals. But, despite clear craftsmanship in this, area the film is let down in the end by a severe plot deficit. After tantalising the viewer as the to gender and identity of the perpetrator the film decides not to bother with this. SO one is left with a sense of annoyance.

Pity

I have to begin by saying that this was probably one of the least original serial killer films i've seen in a while. You can pick your cliche from many films before it, be it the killers childhood problems to the tough, seen it all before detective. That said this is still a decent film with some very nice touches by the director. The point of view perspective of the serial killer is not a new idea, yet is very well used, and there are some genuinely creepy moments throughout. Unfortunately the ending is pretty predictable but is still very well handled by the director. On the whole a watchable film.

'Alone' is an obscure British horror/thriller that was released straight to DVD back in 2002. The movies feature a unique concept and thanks to the blue light filter everything's bathed in an eerie yet depressing atmosphere which makes this world feel colourless, dark and gives it a rather disturbing edge. But is this movie a lost gem or does it deserve to be forgotten.

The plot = Detective Hannah (John Shrapnel) & Jen (Isabel Brook) are desperately on the trail of a serial killer known only as Alex whose leaving behind a trail of dead women.

This movie is technically ambitious by using the perspective of the killer which gives this an intriguing angle and immediately draws you into their sick and twisted mind and every time this person is on screen its totally unnerving. There is also a decent amount of tension and suspense on display here and the mystery element is well done. However, there are quite a few flaws though, such as the characters they could have done with a lot more fleshing out as I didn't find them engaging enough to care and the way that it ended was severely disappointing and to be honest, I didn't even realize that it was meant to be a plot twist.

Overall 'Alone' would I call this underrated yes and no, as there are some good stuff on display here, but several plot elements could have also been handled a lot better also. So, I would call this flick an average effort all round.

I really started out watching this movie with an open mind, hoping I'd found some undiscovered jewel in the land of suspension. Well, I have to say that it contained some originality, but in the end it ended up being one of the worst movies I've ever seen. A 2 out of 10, trying to be nice.