This film makes no sense whatsoever, it doesn't work as a horror movie and it doesn't work as a psychological thriller.
As other s have said, the film takes "Rear Window" and adds roaches. But it's not a very good copy of "Rear Window" and there's no real suspense or horror. And just when it might be getting somewhere, everyone starts acting insanely. The roaches finally appear and I start asking why is he doing that, why is she doing that, what are they thinking.
Two thirds of the film is a "Rear Window" copy, where the main character is restricted to his bedroom due to the after effects of an illness, spending his time photographing everything he can see out of his bedroom window. The problem with this approach is that he CAN leave his bedroom, even going outside at one point. This negates all the claustrophobic tension, what little there is, and reduces the film to voyeuristic weirdness. Over the period of the film it becomes clear t hat there's nothing really wrong with him, but I think this is mainly due to a poor script and bad acting rather than a deliberate plot arc.
When the roaches finally appear the main character suddenly seems unable to use the phone to call the police, having watched two people getting killed on the street. Instead he keeps watching events outside his window. Watching a roach creep up on his sister in the street, he again fails to use the phone to call her and warn her, even though we know she has her cell phone with her.
And, of course, we have the obligatory "all females are useless and just scream their heads off at the first sign of trouble" cliché. Please, the world has moved on from the 1950's.
As a slasher/monster movie this film is a complete failure. There are few deaths, nearly all shown in terrible lighting so there's nothing to see, and you have to wait at least an hour for the first real attack. If want a bit of gore, skip the first hour and watch the rest. You'll still understand what's going on, and still find yourself disappointed.
I would think you could make this film for under a million dollars as you only need two rooms and one outside location, although I could have rewritten the story to only need one room. There's very little SFX involved as most of the film is just two or three people talking, and you could remove several people from the film and not notice the difference, thus saving on actors fees.
Overall this is a poorly conceived, adequately executed attempt at film making from a recent graduate of film studies. As something to watch, I'd stick to watching paint dry.
As other s have said, the film takes "Rear Window" and adds roaches. But it's not a very good copy of "Rear Window" and there's no real suspense or horror. And just when it might be getting somewhere, everyone starts acting insanely. The roaches finally appear and I start asking why is he doing that, why is she doing that, what are they thinking.
Two thirds of the film is a "Rear Window" copy, where the main character is restricted to his bedroom due to the after effects of an illness, spending his time photographing everything he can see out of his bedroom window. The problem with this approach is that he CAN leave his bedroom, even going outside at one point. This negates all the claustrophobic tension, what little there is, and reduces the film to voyeuristic weirdness. Over the period of the film it becomes clear t hat there's nothing really wrong with him, but I think this is mainly due to a poor script and bad acting rather than a deliberate plot arc.
When the roaches finally appear the main character suddenly seems unable to use the phone to call the police, having watched two people getting killed on the street. Instead he keeps watching events outside his window. Watching a roach creep up on his sister in the street, he again fails to use the phone to call her and warn her, even though we know she has her cell phone with her.
And, of course, we have the obligatory "all females are useless and just scream their heads off at the first sign of trouble" cliché. Please, the world has moved on from the 1950's.
As a slasher/monster movie this film is a complete failure. There are few deaths, nearly all shown in terrible lighting so there's nothing to see, and you have to wait at least an hour for the first real attack. If want a bit of gore, skip the first hour and watch the rest. You'll still understand what's going on, and still find yourself disappointed.
I would think you could make this film for under a million dollars as you only need two rooms and one outside location, although I could have rewritten the story to only need one room. There's very little SFX involved as most of the film is just two or three people talking, and you could remove several people from the film and not notice the difference, thus saving on actors fees.
Overall this is a poorly conceived, adequately executed attempt at film making from a recent graduate of film studies. As something to watch, I'd stick to watching paint dry.