Thursday, May 20, 2021

THE BEACH HOUSE (September 2019)

THE BEACH HOUSE
(September 2019)


 “I was thinking… maybe it wasn’t such a great idea to come to the beach…”

Truer words, as they say, were never spoken…

Jeffrey A. Brown’s feature debut, The Beach House, sees two couples sharing the titular abode during the off season, the four of them apparently the only humans on that stretch of private seaside real estate.
But that initial mood of isolation and low key oppressiveness soon gives way to shuddery body horror when things go horribly (and inevitably) sideways, as they are wont to do in horror movies.

And while this one definitely gets the ¡Q horror! seal of approval, I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that, given our current Global Moment, a horror movie about exposure and infection and catastrophe and apocalypse might not be the right cup of proverbial tea for those of you who don’t subscribe to the idea of horror cinema as aversion therapy.
So, think long and deep before visiting this particular vacation spot…

“All other planets are too harsh for life as we know it. We are the exception. We’re delicate.”

(The Beach House OS courtesy of impawards.com)