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This movie revolves around the world's gentlest captivity. Evan is more ill tempered than menacing or threatening. Lily shows very little ability to plan an escape. The ending is a pleasant surprise, but shows how much more inventive the rest of the story could have been.

Tori Kostic is Lily, a teenage girl with an abusive father who runs away with her boyfriend into a forest. He exits stage left early and she seeks food and shelter.

After finding a nice house in the middle of nowhere, she is taken in by a delusional man who believes that she is his daughter.

He is a bipolar dude who berates her while "coaching" her for some upcoming track event. Lily is trapped and in order to survive, assumes the identity of the crazy man's daughter.

The Vince Lombardi style "dad" has his girl running on a treadmill and doing numerous situps in order to whip her into top physical condition.

I must say that by the end of the film, Lily was quite ready for a marathon.

The ending has a bit of a twist but it did not surprise me. The two main characters are onscreen for most of the movie and they are fine.

Overall, an average drama.

This film is boring from the start to end. Complete waste of time. This never takes off.

It's a light and exciting ride that will keep you wondering.

Nothing about this "movie" made any sense whatsoever & wasn't the least bit plausible. I am so upset that I wasted time on this. Just skip it. The ending is a huge letdown.

This was my personal favorite of the movies on Frightening Ass Film Fest.

If like me, you're a fan of suspense, and love a movie packed with tension, then this one will tick a lot of boxes for you. It's very tense, at times a little grim, and I guess on occasion you'll need to suspend belief, but it's gripping, very cleverly crafted. The film felt very different to other horror/thrillers I've seen recently, there was a fair bit of originality to it..

The first part of the film was somewhat moderate, built up tension. The second half of the film trebles the tension, at times the twists are almost back to back, it was expertly done.

William Kircher plays the cabin owner and is pitch perfect here. the other main actress is good, but WK steals the show in my opinion. for me, this is a clear 7/10.

Girl gets locked but and has several possibilities to escape but does not use them, she could have done more. I kept waiting for the climax yet there isn't one. Instead there is a plot twist that could make things climax but instead we get an unrealistic progress which made me think wtf. The ending soon follows which left me speechless like "are you serious?" I wish I skipped this one but I can only warn others now.

Also the father's acting and behaviour were irritating. Better skip because this movie is empty!

William Kircher and Tori Kostic (in her acting debut) provide us with great performances, a very special dynamic duo that for that alone is worth watching the movie. Both are the best of the film. The script, by Savvas Christou (also the director), is good enough to get to know and develop the two characters and reach the climax. It may be a simple story, but it is still excellent.

If you're a thriller fan you're gonna like this movie. The story was good, the acting was good. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I've probably seen every thriller out there. If you'd like a good thriller with a twist, then just give it a chance and you won't be disappointed.

Well it wasn't a typical movie It turned out different then I expected. There were a few loose ends that left you saying... What happened to this person? Or what was that noise the dad heard?

I really loved this film even though there were a few plot holes for me, namely that Lily wouldn't be smart enough to play along with a lunatic to get to a point where she had access to help. But other than that, I thought the buildup was really excellent. A really fun ride.

When look at how daddy love his daughter, especially the closeness, loving, interaction with his fake daughter, it just makes me feel sick. Indeed which daddies interact with their daughter that way? Nil.

Making a B-movie means not having enough budget for a film, location and personnel, but that doesn't mean it's bad. The small budget of course limits the spectrum of where you can shoot and film. In addition, you can't get stars like Bruce Willis (Knalltüte) because you don't want to risk him burning down the beautiful Waldhaus (house in the woods),just because he was offered 49 Million instead of 50.

But now to the film.... It's a very interesting Stockholm Syndrome psychological thriller that keeps the audience interested until the end and the ending is absolutely unexpected. Moreover, the actors are very good, mainly father and "daughter". A film with only six actors, a house in the woods and a somewhat confusing script (but that's what mystery is all about).

Only 30 years ago, a Hollywood director and producer would have risked making something like this, but today? No, of course not. The people need bread and games, and Hollywood shamelessly exploits this situation by shooting far simpler, dumber and shallower scripts, but with lots of action, blood and naked torsos. ;)

It's more like a school play. The actresses walk around with stiff necks and tense posture and just narrate their monosyllable predictive lines. Yaaaawn! All those first 9-star comments and likes are well over-rated and just from supporters. Anyway, if you have time to kill, then watch it and rate it.

Just watch !! You expect its happen but its not.. good to watch ..

Interesting story that keeps you guessing until the last second. A lot of character development, great acting performances and very aesthetically pleasing shots.

It does suffer from an uneven pace but overall it is a great indie psychologial thriller.

It constantly kept me engaged, I had this feeling that I was constantly switching sides in terms of resonating with the main characters. Both main actors are great.

It a perfect movie for you if you're a fan of Psychological Thrillers.

A character-driven psychological thriller with a brilliant ending! The lead actors had a great chemistry, but to me the guy who played the Dad was exceptional. He'll make you sympathize with the "villain". Overall it's a very entertaining watch for the genre fans and way deeper than what it might look on the surface!!!

To make this short and sweet all I have to say is go watch the movie and enjoy how the story unfolds.

It was a slow burner at the beginning but after the first part it starts to build up exponentially.

Loved the acting from William Kircher, overall the cast did a good job.

The ending was all the money for me (I won't say no spoilers).

I love this genre and we need more well-done movies like this.

Really good horror movie, well directed, nice mind games! 100% enjoyed it!