| Horror, Thriller |
Director: Rob Grant
Writers: Chuck McCue, Jules Vincent
Cast: Thomas Cocquerel, Camille Stopps, Angus Macfadyen
A man and a woman regain consciousness under horrific circumstances, finding themselves held captive in an abandoned sanatarium by an unhinged and sadistic caretaker, in Rob Grant’s highly disturbing and darkly twisted, Alive.
Alive is a slow burner that, to begin with, conforms to some of the expected clichés seen in capture/torture flicks, but at the same time manages to divert from type, taking on some bold narrative turns that keeps the audience on a knife-edge. Alive is a high tension movie leaving its viewers guessing throughout as to who will survive or how will they die?
Alive’s plot surrounds two characters held against their will, with no memory of how they got there, they are taunted by their captor whose intentions are explicitly sadistic and the film plays out as a puzzle box of intrigue into finding out more about the core characters and their purpose to their captor.
The film’s most gripping aspect is the performances from the three core characters, the unnamed male and female patients (Thomas Cocquerel and Camille Stopps) and their unhinged tormentor (Angus Macfadyen). The fact that the characters remain unnamed builds up the intrigue throughout the film and brings in an intense dynamic where it’s never certain which way it will play out.
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