North Circular Road

This non-slasher (thank you!) movie is hard to rate as the presentation has no coherence. The cinematography leaps from bright lights/big city to low-key, Irish floral, apparently on a whim. The make-up was bizarre, with Matthew looking at times as if he had a huge port wine stain, and Janice with pitted skin. The Seeress veered from white clown make-up to the skin of a woman dying of blood loss. The main characters, Matthew and Janice had absolutely no chemistry and couldn't fake it. No way could I believe he was her husband and that they conceived a child together. They seemed to have such an isolated life together that I could understand why she had an affair. I think the underlying plot of the movie is based on "Gaslight", mentioned fondly during one the final scenes, but neither the director nor the young cast could pull off a plausible imitation. Not a bad way to spend a rainy night, but a waste of "Cinematography Night". Not one actor was able to pull off the belief that he/she became the person they portrayed, which is death to a good film.