The Evading

Posted by Horror Grinder on October 1, 2007

Review by Mitch Emerson

After his wife dies, Josh Carter (Eric Stevens) suffers from depression. The condition gets so bad he begins having visions of a figure in a black cape. The figure pulls Josh into a secret society, and soon Josh recalls the accident that killed his wife in a completely new and disturbing way.

Combining visual elements from films like The Ring and The Grudge, Rick L. Winters has written, produced and directed a film that has outstanding effects, somewhat decent acting and a twist that actually changed my opinion of the film. Let me expound on that for a moment. Starting off slowly (so slow you don’t learn the main characters name until eighteen minutes in) with shots that are held for a moment or two too long, then switching to a somewhat lengthy scene involving some Bible-thumping cult that culminates in a mass suicide (“Don’t drink the Kool-Aid!” my wife yelled at the screen) made me feel that I was wasting my time. Even the great, if overused, effects weren’t helping. Just when I was about to give up, Winters ramps up the action a bit and reveals a twist that fans of movies like Stay, The Sixth Sense and A Beautiful Mind will appreciate, which made me do an about face. (more…)

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