THE BEACH HOUSE
(September 2019)
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 ¡Qué 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)
