Bring Her To Me is the trendy iteration of the attractive supernatural thriller. You know, the sort that producer Charles Band has gone again to repeatedly a la Netherworld or Castle Eros. Hesitation and trepidation seem earlier than the movie even begins as it’s written and directed by Brooks Davis and co-written by Kent Roudebush. They are the identical duo who breathed life into one of many worst issues Full Moon Features has ever created, The Gingerweed Man. So, does this sensual story of nightmares and demons make up for the filmmakers’ previous failures, or is it lifeless on arrival?
Mara (Bec Doyle) is having bother sleeping as of late. The nightmares plaguing her see her journey to a spooky world whereby a demon confronts her. Mara tells her woes to Raz (Kalond Irlanda), a kindly barista who simply so occurs to know a dream interpreter. Said individual, Abigail (Roslyn Gentle), agrees to assist Mara, and he or she units some floor guidelines. No matter how robust it will get, Mara must see the dream to its finish.
That is less complicated stated than accomplished, although, as actuality and the nightmare are quickly crashing collectively. While awake, Mara sees Raz and Abigail as regular one minute, then as bandaged-up freaks the subsequent. The demon (Emerson Niemchick) is after her physique, however why her, and what does he plan on doing with it?
“…Mara sees Raz and Abigail as regular one minute, then as bandaged-up freaks the subsequent.”
Bring Her To Me is available in slightly below an hour lengthy, which is an efficient factor. Instead of making an attempt to pad out the story with pointless digressions, the screenwriters finish it as soon as it will get to its logical conclusion. That finale makes the movie, by the best way. It is a terrific and twist-filled conclusion that pays off large time.
Happily, the unfolding occasions previous the previous few minutes are additionally good. Mara is a likable protagonist who viewers will instantly latch onto. Raz and Abigail’s willingness to assist appears real… at first. The demon is suave and engaging for an unholy creature of the underworld, that’s.
While the pc results all through Bring Her To Me are subpar, the sensible results and Alexys Paonessa’s particular make-up are wonderful. Jonathan Walter’s evocative rating can be aces, bringing quite a lot of the temper and environment that’s current. The solid additionally all do job, with Doyle and Niemchick clearly having quite a lot of enjoyable.
Bring Her To Me is a little bit attractive, a bit thrilling, and considerably creepy. The music and solid credibly convey to life a loopy story of demons and lust in a method that by no means feels exploitative. So, to reply a query from the start, sure, Davis and Roudebush have made up for his or her earlier crime upon cinephiles.
