Bishop's Cove

Heather (Emily McKinley Hill) is a young woman who is living her life with her girlfriend and friends when a man comes up and gives her a box. The box contains the ashes of Catalonia, someone who she was very close with in her teenage years. Heather has been asked to bring Catalonia's ashes back to her home to allow her parents to give her a proper burial. Trying to be helpful, Heather agrees and takes the box with her to meet Catalonia's parents. But everything doesn't go quite the way Heather hoped...

"Bishop's Cove" is an intense, punch in the gut horror flick. It is brutal, shocking, and violent. Hill gives an incredibly brave performance, and Heather is put through the ringer. It goes to unexpected places and pretty much nails the ending. My biggest complaint is the lighting -- much of the film is shot in very low light, many times so low that it's hard to even see what's going on. And it is distracting -- for example, there are intense scenes with important dialog but we can't help but think, "Yeah, OK, but I'd really like to see who is talking and what's going on." It's distracting... part of me hopes the director pulls back the film and brightens up the darker parts and re-releases it.

But overall, a really good horror flick that I have no trouble recommending if you're into intense, extreme horror.