Frayed (2007)
5KFrayed: Directed by Norbert Caoili, Rob Portmann. With Tony Doupe, Aaron Blakely, Alena Dashiell, Tasha Smith-Floe. A small town sheriff’s worst nightmare comes true when his homicidal son escapes from a psychiatric hospital. An intense manhunt ensues as the dark secret behind the son’s evil past becomes revealed.
“I saw this at the Screamfest in Hollywood on October 18 2007. Finding out after viewing this movie that it was made on a shoestring budget with newcomer actors in Seattle, Washington, I have to give makers of this film some props. The setups are top notch, the lighting and visuals are on par with much of what Hollywood even puts out for horror. Some of the actors in the film showed quality also. There is a pitch perfect scene involving a character in the back of a pick-up truck. Everyone involved seemed to be into making a good movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll that being said, there were a lot of problems with the film. The makers said that the film didnu0026#39;t have a distributor yet, and I think when they do get one (and Iu0026#39;m sure that will be real soon) the distributor will have them trim some of the fat. and there is a good bit of fat to be trimmed. There was some unnecessary scenes of people talking to each other on cell phones, relating things we already knew.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThey say they pay homage to u0026#39;Halloweenu0026#39;(the original); thatu0026#39;s great and all, but there is a difference between homage and heavily borrowing…They didnu0026#39;t list u0026#39;Haute Tensionu0026#39;, u0026#39;Identityu0026#39;, u0026#39;Silence of the Lambsu0026#39; either and there was definitely some lending from those films as well.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf there was a grade for suspense alone this film would get a 9 in my book. If you come looking for a bloody/gory movie, this is not your flick. If you loved the first Halloween you will very likely dig this movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhen I think of all the crap horror films that go straight to DVD, if I stumbled upon this flick I think I would be pleasantly surprised.”
