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Abbey Grace
USA 2016
produced by David Dittlinger, Stephen Durham, Patrick Gallaway, Steven Judd, Semi Anthony (executive), Rico Burgos (executive), Ron Durham (executive), Anil Gopala (executive), Jacob Hobbs (executive), David McClellan (executive), Craig Strong (executive), Amber Jean Michel (executive), Liam Duffy Forrester (executive) for 2nd Nature Films
directed by Stephen Durham
starring Debbie Sheridan, Jacob Hobbs, Amber Gallaway, Semi Anthony, Maggie McNabb, Jamie Hickman, Kirbi Mason
written by David Dittlinger, Stephen Durham, music by Niall Mathewson
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Ben (Jacob Hobbs) is a guy with massive problems, and his OCD coupled
with agoraphobia are only the tip of the iceberg. So far, his manipulative
mother (Kirbi Mason) has taken care of him, but she has recently died,
leaving his psychoanalyst sister Stacey (Debbie Sheridan) to look after
him. But she's a free spirit and doesn't correspond well to all his little
quirks, plus she has brought a dog Ben's so afraid of he eventually tries
to drug him. Eventually, the dog digs up a music box at the local
cemetery, and after that nothing is the same, as first he goes feral and
almost kills Stacey, then Ben freaks out more than usual claiming to see a
little girl later identified as the titular Abbey Grace (Maggie McNabb)
roaming the premises and threatening him. Stacey thinks he has lost it, so
she calls in her colleague Bridget (Amber Gallaway) for a second opinion,
and she turns out to be a woman Ben can really relate to. Thing is, Stacey
and Bridget soon see (and are threatened by) Abbey Grace as well, and a
spiritist (Semi Anthony) called to the scene bolts after an initial
investigation. Worse yet, Stacey starts to behave rather oddly - and
things can only go downhill from there ... Abbey Grace
is a fun little shocker that might not exactly re-invent the
ghost/possession subgenre, but it plays its story out very well, with
suspense and jump scares in all the right places, an original enough
set-up (what with Ben suffering from multiple psychological conditions)
and surprise plottwists aplenty to keep one entertained throughout, and a
quite solid small cast really carrying the film, helped also by a suitably
subtle directorial effort that gives the movie's menace enough room to
brew before the big outbreak. As mentioned, good genre fun!
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