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.
Тело у Брайтон-Рок, Rastros na Escuridão
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.
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…
Definitiv die falsche Job-Entscheidung, Wendy!
Als bekannter "Bear-Buster"-Veteran hab ich mich natürlich wie'n Kleinkind auf der Kirmes gefreut, als ich "Body at Brighton Rock" zufällig momentan gratis auf Prime entdeckt hab, nur leider ist das Cover mehr als nur unvorteilhaft gewählt, wenn ihr mich fragt...
Wenn das Vieh mehr als ⅓ der vorgegebenen Fläche eines Posters einnimmt, sollte es zumindest eine dementsprechend aktive Präsenz am Geschehen haben, 4 reingeschriebene Minuten am Ende trotz permanentem "Krallenspuren an Baum"-Teasing gleichen da einer ziemlichen Verarsche, wenn ihr mich fragt... immerhin war er echt, wofür's von mir auch die 2,5 ⭐ gibt!
Über die Geschichte muss man nicht viele Worte verlieren... Wendy is'n angehender Park-Ranger, deren tägliche Hürden allerdings nur aus Hundekacke aufheben und…
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…
This is a pretty interesting movie. It doesn't reinvent the horror genre wheel and doesn't do anything too ambitious, but for a short, low-key thriller, it is a quick and intense watch. And as a filmmaker, I'm impressed how much the director got out of so little resources
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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!
No, from the get go her pals should not have.
A difficult trail and she's on her own. I have a terrible sense of direction. I always fuck up, so I feared for this girl right away. Still her dancing through the woods is legendary. I'm so sick of my daily walks I think I'll step it up a gear and skip wiggle and pony tail hair toss my way around.
Spending the night with the dead body, that's hard. All those films you've ever watched, here you go. But honey that dead body has a tale to tell, it's not going to let you down. Be cool with it. Oh and remember beasts are hungry for rotten flesh and of course the actual killer. Prove them all wrong, you can do it.
I cheerleadered my brains out for this girl. That bear attack. Give this girl full access
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
signs being a park ranger isn't for you:
- you regularly litter
- you get freaked out by sounds in the forest
- you get lost
- you contaminate a possible crime scene
- you don't really like most animals
- you throw your radio away in a cathartic display of littering
I’ve seen commercials for local car dealerships that are shot better than this.
There’s a shot about halfway through the movie where we slowly rotate a full 360 degrees around an empty valley at night, starting and ending on a section lit by the lone campfire of our protagonist. This is evocative shot is more effective than most big budget studio thrillers.
