The Hollow (TV Movie 2015)

The Hollow: Directed by Sheldon Wilson. With Stephanie Hunt, Sarah Dugdale, Alisha Newton, Hilary Jardine. Something happens when Sarah, Marley and Emma visit their aunt Cora. A strange creature is killing people one by one. The only way to survive from the creature: to hide until dawn.

“RELEASED TO TV in 2015, u0026quot;The Hollowu0026quot; is about three sisters (Stephanie Hunt, Sarah Dugdale u0026amp; Alisha Newton) who travel to an island in the Northwest to live with their aunt (Deborah Kara Unger), but they soon discover that the islandu0026#39;s cursed and the inhabitants are doomed to die every hundred years on Halloween. The girls eventually meet-up with some survivors played by Richard Harmon, Hilary Jardine, Jonathan Whitesell u0026amp; Dylan Playfair. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThereu0026#39;s a lot of good in this movie. For instance, the foreboding forest ambiance is excellent, as is the creepy monster, which is a fiery version of the creature in 2013u0026#39;s well-done u0026quot;Scarecrow.u0026quot; The serviceable no-name cast is decent, highlighted by Sarah Dugdale as the emerging heroine and Hilary Jardine in a too-brief role, both of whom are easy on the eyes. Unfortunately, the movieu0026#39;s ruined by overkill horror-flick banalities that scream u0026quot;the filmmakers are amateurs.u0026quot; The film wouldu0026#39;ve worked better by slowly building suspense, but the creators evidently thought the audience had ADHD and needed some contrived horror-shock every three minutes. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThings get better by the midpoint when the girls discover others and the mystery of the island is explained, but the amped-up horror clichés soon return. The plotu0026#39;s great, but the script needed serious work. Too much of the dialogue, for instance, consists of one of the sisters calling for another, e.g. u0026quot;Emma,u0026quot; u0026quot;Emma,u0026quot; u0026quot;Emmau0026quot; or u0026quot;Sarah,u0026quot; u0026quot;Sarah,u0026quot; u0026quot;Sarah.u0026quot; Still, thereu0026#39;s enough good in this movie to make it worthwhile for some. I enjoyed the good elements despite its flaws. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTHE MOVIE RUNS 85 minutes and was shot in Mission, British Columbia. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGRADE: C-“