2019 Directed by Roxanne Benjamin
When an inexperienced park ranger finds a dead body under mysterious circumstances on a remote mountain trail, she must guard it overnight until authorities can arrive, forcing her to confront some of her deepest, darkest fears.
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At a time when so many low-budget indies seem resigned to streaming, Roxanne Benjamin’s fun and forgettable “Body at Brighton Rock” feels ready-made for a Friday night on your couch. It’s a total slumber party of a movie, told with plenty of skill, even more potential, and an utter lack of preciousness from its delightful opening moments to its enjoyable shrug of a last-minute twist. A large part of that appeal is owed to the throwback vibe of a movie that eschews straightforward nostalgia in favor of a subdermal longing for a more innocent time. Benjamin is a rising star with deep roots in the horror world (previous credits include producing “V/H/S” and directing segments in anthology offerings “Southbound” and…
A young woman is very bad at her job but it's sort of not her fault since apparently it takes 18 hours for a coroner to get to a place she hiked to in an afternoon. Anyway I thought this was stupid.
The idea of the scalability of horror occurred to me as I watched this. In the hands of an able practitioner a film should be scary because the director wills it. But inside its walls, what scares the protagonist? That will change from person to person, situation to situation. So when Roxanne Benjamin tailors the boundaries of this film's fear to that of a green young ranger trainee who's apparently frightened by the mere prospect of being outdoors, I'm into it. At first.
The first principles behind Body at Brighton Rock were sound. And after seeing Benjamin's segment in Southbound, I was looking forward to her feature length debut. Even as a first time, though, this ended up way rougher…
Don’t go in the woods...alone. Poppy survival picture that stretches an already threadbare premise thin, yet maintains a creepy “hang out horror” vibe throughout. Now I’m super intrigued to see what Roxanne Benjamin does with NIGHT OF THE COMET. Bonus: Oingo Boingo!
Does an exceptional job at blending multiple genres and styles into one fluid, unique product. Also, such gorgeous and stylish cinematography, i appreciate how it really takes full advantage of the beautifully scenic setting. Plus a tight, well-written script and a phenomenal score by The Gifted too
They really cock teased hard on that bear...
Also the worlds fastest recovery from bear mace in the face. I’ve been around that shit. 10 seconds of splashing water on your face doesn’t do shit. But I guess recovering completely in that time is also doable.
The actress in this was frustratingly good at being a convincing irresponsible idiot who makes all the wrong decisions. Great bear.
Watched as part of my 2019 Movie Wrap-Up Challenge: Mike Round 3
This is the last 2019 Wrap-Up Challenge film, and the only reason it went on this long is because of the COVID-19 quarantine and the sudden drastic reduction of 2020 films. This year's "pick movies for me to watch" challenge kicked off with Molly Ringwald and ended with a bear. Much like my Saturday nights in high school.
I really was looking forward to watching this, but oh man it's bone stupid.
For starters..... the body. It isn't at Brighton Rock. Brighton Rock is a landmark that the protagonist says she can see across the valley (and it's far away). So.... yeah.... "Body on a Ridge Several Miles…
Man what a huge disappointment! For starters, this “park ranger” girl was one of the most stupid people I’ve ever seen! I mean, little kids would adapt to her situations better than she did. She didn’t seem to have even the slightest bit of brains, and if she did, she definitely wasn’t using them. Then there was a few things they had that made no sense cause no explanation even at the end (a burlap sack hanging from a tree that was dripping blood, a random brief shot of her with her headphones in which happened earlier in the movie that they happened again right after she fell)... & it was filmed & shot pretty horribly too... & then they decided to end it with a “twist” that seemed pretty obvious early on. 1 Star for the heat though-too bad the bear was only in it for like a couple minutes @ the end.
