dwpollar Review of Coffin Rock

Coffin Rock (2009)

Well manufactured and written thriller from Australia ...

[8/10 · 1 December 2011]

1st watched 11/27/2001 – 8 out of 10(Dir-Rupert Glasson): Well manufactured and written thriller from Australia that does a lot of things very well and does very little wrong as far as this type of movie. The story is about a couple(played by Robert Taylor and Lisa Chappell) who are having a hard time conceiving a child – so they visit a specialist to see if the husband's sperm has some issues. There, a male secretary at the clinic, apparently becomes quickly attracted to the wife or sees some potential with her or the couple -- quits his job – moves close to them and tries to establish something with the wife. Kind of by accident -- after they develop a friendship, the women gets drunk and has sex with the former secretary. She then becomes pregnant before the couple knows the results of the tests at the hospital. The husband assumes he's able to reproduce and his test was normal – so doesn't even attempt to find out the results. The wife, at this point, isn't sure who's child she's carrying but the other man then starts stalking her and turns out to be pretty much a crazy person. These type of crazy person-stalking movies have been done before, but this movie sets up the story and characters so well that by the time the scary parts begin you care about the individuals, and it makes the movie scarier. The acting is very good and the only real down point of the movie is the premise, as far as why the male secretary chooses this couple for his torment. Overall, this is one of the better movies in this genre(if you can call it a genre) and shouldn't be missed.