Polterheist (2018)

Polterheist: Directed by David Gilbank. With Jo Mousley, Sid Akbar Ali, Jamie Cymbal, Pushpinder Chani. Two gangsters are given 72 hours to discover the whereabouts of a stash of drug money stolen by their boss. There’s only one problem…they just murdered him. Frantic to find the cash, the hapless criminals kidnap a psychic medium and force her to contact the dead gang boss. Unfortunately for them, they only succeed in unleashing an evil spirit bent on revenge.

“Based upon the original short this feature length film shows the originality that UK independent film making can still provide. Taking the base premise of gangsters trying to locate missing money, the twists u0026amp; narrative turns are layered well maintaining the films pace. Gritty shots of urban streets u0026amp; explosive acts of violence show the influence of Get Carter (1971) The cast deliver good solid performances with Jo Mousley inhabiting the role of Alice Moon u0026amp; the dead Frank exceptionally well. Sid Akbar Ali u0026amp; Jamie Cymbal are a great pair of mid level gangsters. The character of Uday (played by Pushpinder Chani) is another level of deranged u0026amp; outlandish violence; as such he is probably the least believable character. Gun, knife u0026amp; cricket bat stand-offs pepper the drama with darkly comic dialogue u0026amp; action (especially paying for parking …) The visual effect of ghosts is particularly well conceived u0026amp; executed.nIt is thanks to video-on-demand, Netflix, Amazon u0026amp; other streaming services that smaller films like this can get the greater audience they deserve. And this is definitely a film that is worthy of viewing. It is to the great credit of the cast u0026amp; crew that films like this can be made, u0026amp; I look forward to seeing more from director David Gilbank. (I can only imagine what he could have done with just a tenth [£4 million] of the budget for the 2000 version of Get Carter!)”