Absentia (I) (2011)
2/10
Wheres the other shoe?....
1 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her sister, Callie comes to stay with her as she finally declares him dead.

Callie finds herself drawn to a tunnel near the house. As she begins to link it to other mysterious disappearances, it becomes clear that the husbands disappearance might be sinister....

So Callie continues to run through the tunnel regardless...

if you like your horror movies cheap, and featuring lots of sinister creatures with their eyes missing and floating above beds, this is for you.

And without one single scare.

It's a good idea, and the two leads are really good, but the rest of the cast stink, especially the detective who looks like Pruitt Taylor Vince, just detract from the overall atmosphere of the film and takes you away from what is going on.

Kudos to the makers trying so hard with such a limited budget, but why get Doug Jones in a worthless role, just to give the film some added gravitas?

Come the end of the film, we are treated to another unseen body pull a character away, and then the one trying to save them get the blame.

And then come the end, someone runs down the scary tunnel and loses a shoe.

it's been done hundreds of times before, and better.

Sorry, just didn't do anything to for me.
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