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The Strings
Directed by Ryan Glover
In the dead of winter, Catherine, a talented musician, travels to her aunt's remote cottage to work on new material in solitude. Once there, she and local photographer Grace spark up a budding romance while visiting an abandoned farmhouse with a disturbing past. Soon after, strange and seemingly supernatural occurrences begin to manifest at the cottage, escalating each night and dangerously eroding Catherine's sense of reality. A SHUDDER ORIGINAL.
In the dead of winter, a musician travels to a remote cottage to work on new material, but soon finds herself under attack from a mysterious dark presence.
Cast: Teagan Johnston, Jenna Schaefer, April Aliermo
Member Reviews
I'll echo a lot of the same complaints; very thin plot and character development, very strong atmospheric build, very interesting cinematography, and I enjoyed the music a lot. This feels like a first draft, with a lot of spots that could have been cleaned up or given more depth. It is a very slow movie, and I don't necessarily mind a slow build, but the payoff just didn't seem worth it to me.
Hold on, did I miss the part where this was R-rated?
Not a lot of story but very atmospheric. Some of the cinematography was beautifui and it all created a kind of ASMR effect for me. More of a story or pronounced character development might have ruined that so...if you want something dark and brooding to relax to, this might be your cup of Kava tea.
There are a lot of concepts in this movie that are unexplained. For example, in the first scene, who is that person whose bloody hands are gripped onto a metal box? Who is that man? I wish that aspect was more well-explained. The relationship between the protagonist and the other female wasn't in depth enough (as well as her relationship w/ her ex-boyfriend Derek), in order to feel a strong sense of emotion during the climax at the end or to explain the pain she may have experienced at the end of the film. I did enjoy the music though. Also, the film had an eerie sense about it.
Just kind of disappointing. Has a lot of build up and no real payoff, I understand that they were probably intentionally leaving things unexplained, but it didn’t really work for this film. Ends very abruptly too. Catchy songs at least