Finding the likes of Dead Birds (2004-also reviewed) to be a stylish take on the Horror Western,I was intrigued to stumble on a recent title in this genre combo, leading to me walking across the ozarks.
View on the film:
Locking their target on a Western with an eerie supernatural mood, the screenplay by Sean Anthony Davis, Jordan Wayne Long and Tara Perry (who also co-stars) disappointingly completely misses the mark, due to the long build up towards a fairly easy to predict twist ending, lacking any sense of a bubbling rising tension under the surface of this walled off town, which makes the push for the final into Folk Horror,come off as forced.
Locked and loaded over the red mists coming from the mysterious woods to the terrified town, co-directors Jordan Wayne Long & Matt Glass (who also did the cinematography and the score) display some ambition in the stylish long panning and crane shots across this chilly Wild West town, but are sadly able to delivery a fitting parting shot, due to the low budget undermining attempts at a creepy atmosphere, thanks to awarkward long silences in the soundtrack, and hollow sound effects, which crumble as the ghosts enter the town.
View on the film:
Locking their target on a Western with an eerie supernatural mood, the screenplay by Sean Anthony Davis, Jordan Wayne Long and Tara Perry (who also co-stars) disappointingly completely misses the mark, due to the long build up towards a fairly easy to predict twist ending, lacking any sense of a bubbling rising tension under the surface of this walled off town, which makes the push for the final into Folk Horror,come off as forced.
Locked and loaded over the red mists coming from the mysterious woods to the terrified town, co-directors Jordan Wayne Long & Matt Glass (who also did the cinematography and the score) display some ambition in the stylish long panning and crane shots across this chilly Wild West town, but are sadly able to delivery a fitting parting shot, due to the low budget undermining attempts at a creepy atmosphere, thanks to awarkward long silences in the soundtrack, and hollow sound effects, which crumble as the ghosts enter the town.