Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Monster monster


Outcast (2010)

Directed by Colm McCarthy this low budget film stars Niall Burton, James Nesbitt and Katie Dickie. A mother and son move onto a council estate in Scotland while being hunted down by two men.

With low budget horror films the key is always the script and implying what you can't afford to show, here unfortunately when the monster of the piece is finally revealed it really highlights that this is a low budget film. What the film has in it's favour is a good cast and some decent performances but the script could have done with another draft as the central romance in particular is a little thin on the ground. There are some creepy elements but never enough to sustain the film or make up for the poor monster at the end.

2/5

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