A Gothic Tale (2009)

- written April 2009

Summary: This is a haunting story that examines emotional greed and personal choice, while challenging one's own sense of good judgment, morality, love, and human ethics. Three twisted and tortured souls forever linked by their ties to an unnamed Stranger, at the mercy of one another and the compromises they made to prove their love to one another.           Overall: A very interesting and complex intertwining story of 4 main characters. We have a stranger with a suitcase and what he wants people to do to see inside it. Everyone is willing to kill, at first, until they realize what they’ll have to give-up. What we have here is a direct descent into madness with visuals, imagery and the whole 9 yards into delusion. It’s a good film that really messes with your head as you deconstruct what you are given and who is truly going to fulfill the stranger’s request.           Good job with some very nice performances. I thought “The Stranger” character could have been even better…as it was bordering on “Lou Cypher” from “Angel Heart.” Otherwise you have to enjoy both Marshal Hilton and Jamey Hood.           Comparison: Needful Things meets Angel Heart

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