Let Her Out (2016)
Let Her Out follows Helen, a bike courier who
suffers a traumatic accident. As she recovers, she begins to experience
strange episodic-black outs, hallucinations, and night terrors-that ...
See full summary »
Director:
Cody CalahanStars:
Let Her Out follows Helen, a bike courier who suffers a traumatic
accident. As she recovers, she begins to experience strange
episodic-black outs, hallucinations, and night terrors-that lead her to
discover that she has a tumor, a benign growth that is the remnants of a
"vanishing twin" absorbed in utero. Over time, the tumor manifests
itself as the dark and demented version of a stranger. As Helen's
emotional and psychological state begins to deteriorate further and
further, she begins to act out in psychotic episodes that are influenced
by her evil twin - making her a danger to herself and her best friend,
Molly.
Country:
CanadaLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 August 2016 (UK) See more »Company Credits
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Color:
ColorAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1Did You Know?
Quotes
Helen 2:
You know how long I've been waiting? It's my turn Helen.
Helen: I can stop you.
Helen 2: You're just like her, you're weak.
Helen: I'm not.
Helen 2: Then what are we doing here?
Helen: This is the end.
Helen 2: For you.
Helen: For both of us.
Helen 2: She was a whore.
Helen: Stop!
Helen: I can stop you.
Helen 2: You're just like her, you're weak.
Helen: I'm not.
Helen 2: Then what are we doing here?
Helen: This is the end.
Helen 2: For you.
Helen: For both of us.
Helen 2: She was a whore.
Helen: Stop!
A
girl prostitutes herself out of the Gemini Motel in Toronto. She is
brutally raped and gets pregnant. She ends up stabbing herself in her
belly. Twenty three years later, bike courier Helen and her best friend
Molly are at the same motel when Helen gets hit by a car. As she
recovers, she suffers from visions and experiences.
This small Toronto indie horror seems to touch on many of the horror tropes. The problem is that it never settles on one. It does plenty of stuff. There are some good body horrors. The actress is workmanlike. It has some good functional camera work. All the good work can't distinguish it from any number of other indie horrors. It's hard to care about her story.
This small Toronto indie horror seems to touch on many of the horror tropes. The problem is that it never settles on one. It does plenty of stuff. There are some good body horrors. The actress is workmanlike. It has some good functional camera work. All the good work can't distinguish it from any number of other indie horrors. It's hard to care about her story.
Some horror movies can easily be declared as way too predictable and
cliché. This one for example, where anyone watching is way ahead (no
pun intended) of our main character. We know what is going on, even
without much of the backstory. It hurts (yes the viewer too, but in a
different way) just watching some things develop.
On the other hand, this has some really neat visual things up its sleeve and if you like horror, it does feed that lust and hunger you may feel inside. Not the best movie around or at Frightfest where I watched it, but not the worst one either. Just go with the flow, breathe and push ... well you know what I mean ...
On the other hand, this has some really neat visual things up its sleeve and if you like horror, it does feed that lust and hunger you may feel inside. Not the best movie around or at Frightfest where I watched it, but not the worst one either. Just go with the flow, breathe and push ... well you know what I mean ...
"Let Her Out" caught my attention with two things; the first and most
prominent thing was that it is a horror movie, of course. And the
second thing was that the synopsis for the storyline seemed interesting
and it could actually be a great movie.
I will say that I didn't really find this 2016 horror movie to be a particular masterwork piece within the horror genre. While the story was entertaining enough for what it was, then the movie was just suffering from being overly predictable and actually also being way too generic - leaning way too much up against many other horror movies. So it other words, it lacks originality.
There are some good enough moments throughout the course of "Let Her Out", mostly being the jump scares, but also the acting should be praised here. Alanna LeVierge really did carry the movie quite well with her performance as Helen.
"Let Her Out" is hardly a movie that will scare you out of your wits, but there are some creepy and spooky enough moments here and there to make it worthwhile to sit through the entire movie. However, "Let Her Out" just wasn't an outstanding or particularly memorable movie.
Nicely filmed and equally nicely edited, there is something oddly appealing about the movie in a strange way. And there are some rather interesting and somewhat disturbing visual scenes that were quite nice, and that was a definite boost in the right direction. Just a shame that the overall picture was so predictable and generic.
Helen's fall into madness was interesting enough, but the movie just didn't fully have what it took to be outstanding. But when the transformation scene took place, it just went down the drain so fast. While it looked nice and had great special effects, it was just, and let's be blunt here, too much!
This is hardly the type of movie that you will watch more than once, because the story doesn't have enough contents to sustain more than a single viewing.
I will say that I didn't really find this 2016 horror movie to be a particular masterwork piece within the horror genre. While the story was entertaining enough for what it was, then the movie was just suffering from being overly predictable and actually also being way too generic - leaning way too much up against many other horror movies. So it other words, it lacks originality.
There are some good enough moments throughout the course of "Let Her Out", mostly being the jump scares, but also the acting should be praised here. Alanna LeVierge really did carry the movie quite well with her performance as Helen.
"Let Her Out" is hardly a movie that will scare you out of your wits, but there are some creepy and spooky enough moments here and there to make it worthwhile to sit through the entire movie. However, "Let Her Out" just wasn't an outstanding or particularly memorable movie.
Nicely filmed and equally nicely edited, there is something oddly appealing about the movie in a strange way. And there are some rather interesting and somewhat disturbing visual scenes that were quite nice, and that was a definite boost in the right direction. Just a shame that the overall picture was so predictable and generic.
Helen's fall into madness was interesting enough, but the movie just didn't fully have what it took to be outstanding. But when the transformation scene took place, it just went down the drain so fast. While it looked nice and had great special effects, it was just, and let's be blunt here, too much!
This is hardly the type of movie that you will watch more than once, because the story doesn't have enough contents to sustain more than a single viewing.
Final rating: 5/10 for the genre and 3/10 overall. While "Let Her Out" certainly is entertaining enough for a single viewing, there are far better horror movies out there.
Thanks for reading and have fun watching movies.
0 comments:
Post a Comment