The Clinic

I was completely enthralled by this film from beginning to end. The opening shots of the arid landscapes across rural Australia were just gorgeous and the two leads were casted perfectly. The film starts very similar to Jeepers Creepers and 2008's Aussie debacle RoadKill but quickly turns into something much more than that. We have a dilapidated motel on tap with a motel manager that looks eerily similar to Nick Nolte. Once the couple get to their room the real fun starts as the film makes a complete left turn and a turn that I didn't see coming. From here on the film belongs to the female leads as they struggle for survival. I will not give anything away here, all I am saying is watch this film. You will thank me later.

When I picked this one up I was not looking forward to seeing it at all. I had just seen "Sutures" and I thought this was going to be along the same lines as that film. But I was Pleasantly surprised.

This film was pretty suspenseful. The story sucked me in pretty fast, I was interested to find out what was gunna happen to the main characters and how everything would be explained. However, as the film got closer to the end it slowly started to fall apart, and it all let up to a terrible ending.

The movie is worth watching for the simple fact that you will be very entertained up until the last 15 minutes or so, and there's a pretty good amount of gore so that should keep the gore hounds interested. Worth watching, just don't expect a great pay off.

There isn't one boring scene in this movie. This must have been a 'low budget' movie but the result is great. A couple is on their way to spend Christmas with their parents. They decide to stay a night in a motel. When the man unsuccessfully tries to buy a take away meal somewhere at Christmas eve he discovers his wife is missing when he returns to the motel. - It turns out this was all just a prelude to the real movie which starts when we see Beth waking up in 'the clinic' in a bath tub full with ice ( as on the movie poster ). Her baby is no longer with her. We follow Beth in her quest where she is, what happened and most of all: what happened to her baby? - Most horror movies are completely over the top. This one isn't it, unlikely perhaps, what happens to Beth in this movie could happen to a girl out there, who thinks she is safe. It is a horror movie so expect blood and violence but again, very realistic. I rate this movie as a seven which means I don't think this movie will disappoint you in any way.

This is an interesting film. The writing is solid enough and the acting is fine. The biggest drawback for me was the score. It is overly emotional and often the emotion being displayed on screen by the actors was being overshadowed by the overly emotive score. There were several instances where silence would have been perfect, rather than the single female voice wordlessly singing notes, which was overly used to the point of exhaustion.

The story is interesting. It takes a little while to get going and when it hit's it's stride it is a steady jog rather than a sprint. However, this pacing suits the film as the relationships between the characters needs to be established for the film's premise to truly work.

You can see that this film took inspirations from others. One which immediately sprang to mind was the Saw franchise, although with no traps and much less gore. More a case of being placed in a situation with limited information available to you and having to survive. So I guess in that way it is more like Cube. Overall it is a film which I would recommend, however NOT if you are a pregnant woman!

The movie started out well. A pregnant woman, Beth (Bethell) and her fiancé Cameron (Whitfield) are on their way to spend Christmas with their parents. They decided to spend the night in a motel since it's late. Cameron decided to buy them both takeaway food but realized the shop is closed. When he went back to the motel, he find that Beth is missing. On another part of the story, Beth wakes up in a bath tub full of ice naked and realized that her baby is taken from her. The story of survival to find her missing baby begins.

Everything to the nudity, violence, gore and profanity is perfect. The suspense was good enough for me to continue watching. The acting and the atmosphere to it was also good. This was the first time that I watch a movie with Tabrett Bethell and she was amazing. Everything was good until the ending. I kinda felt unsatisfied when I finished watching the movie. I expected something more from it, a lot more. And not that simple. Since everything before the ending is good, I gave the movie a 6. Overall it's a good movie for all the horror fans out there if you have an extra time on your hands.