Greenlight (2019)

Greenlight: Directed by Graham Denman. With Chase Williamson, Shane Coffey, Caroline Williams, Craig Stark. A director’s dream job quickly descends into a nightmare when he is forced to film a real-life murder.

“How far would you go to make your dreams come true? Would you beg, steal, or even murder? First time filmmaker, Jack Archer (Chase Williamson) tries to figure out what his threshold is Graham Denmanu0026#39;s impressive Greenlight.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJack is struggling with trying to get a feature film of his greenlit in between crummy PA gigs and soul crushing dinners with his girlfriendu0026#39;s disapproving family who thinks heu0026#39;s a bum. By pure luck, Jack gets an interview with a sleazy low budget film producer (a scene stealing Chris Browning) who takes to the young filmmaker and agrees to let him produce a script of his.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt seems like everything is finally going Jacku0026#39;s way until, after the first day of filming, his producer tells him that he needs to ask a big favor – he wants the last death scene in the film to be real. From then on, Greenlight becomes a twist-filled thrill ride that never lets up.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne thing youu0026#39;ll notice about Greenlight is that itu0026#39;s better acted than most indie horror films of this sort. Williamson and Browning in particular are excellent and have fantastic chemistry in their scenes together. Veteran scream queen, Caroline Williams, gets one of her better roles in years as the produceru0026#39;s wife whou0026#39;s also starring in the film within the film. Itu0026#39;s also way better shot than most indie horror films, leaving me to wonder why something like this couldnu0026#39;t have played in theaters.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe script is also stronger than most films of this type, focusing more on character development and suspense than buckets of gore. In fact, there are moments that are downright Hitchcockian. While the pacing is typically good, there are a few moments towards the middle that drag a tad and some of the twists can get a little silly, but Greenlight is still a very impressive low budget horror offering and worthy of your time.”