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Ayla
USA 2017
produced by Matt Medisch, John Portanova, Elias, Jeremy Berg, Sean Patrick Burke, Elias Savada (executive), David Lowe (executive), Pam Longston (executive), Chris Longston (executive), Raphael J.H. Hickman (executive), Jill Pritchard (executive), Giles Daoust (executive), Richard Southard (executive) for Clayface Pictures, The October People, Title Media
directed by Elias
starring Nicholas Wilder, Tristan Risk, Dee Wallace, Sarah Schoofs, D'Angelo Midili, Bill Oberst jr, Andrew Sensenig, Darlene Sellers, Gary Lee Vincent
written by Elias music by Chvad Sb, special makeup effects by Christina Kortum, Sarah Prevo, cinematography by Jeremy Berg
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Elton's (Nicholas Wilder) sister Ayla has died some 30 years ago now,
when she was a mere 4 years old and he not much older - but he hasn't come
over her death to this day. And he keeps seeing her - which worries even
his mother (Dee Wallace), even if she's very much into the occult and
esoteric. Then one day when he wanders the woods near his childhood home,
he finds some kind of pod, which he takes home for inexplicable reasons,
and the next day, a grown up Ayla (Tristan Risk) hatches from the pod. She
lacks the ability to speak, and she doesn't understand the first thing
about the ways of humankind, but she does understand that Elton means well
and lets him guide her. For some reason, Elton doesn't feel his dead
sister coming back at all odd, and finally being able to bond with her
makes him feel like in 7th heaven, and soon, they also have sex - but not
everybody among Elton's friends and famly shares his enthusiasm, least of
all his girlfriend (Sarah Schoofs) and his brother (D'Angelo Midili). But
what's worse, Elton soon suffers from rashes, his blood pressure drops,
pretty much his lifeforce seems to be waning - and this just might have to
do with Ayla ... Horror fave Bill Oberst jr plays two very different
motel clerks. Ayla is a quite unusual movie to say the
least: Its premise sounds like a straight monster flick (even if Tristan
Risk is a very attractive monster for sure) but its approach mixes fairy
tale with verité cinema, psycho horror and even glimpses of comedy, to
result in a story that's really one of a kind and keeps one guessing to
the end, also carried by a subtle direction that often proves that less is
indeed more, and a very solid cast. Rather unique and maybe not for
everyone, but if you're into the macabre and unusual, then this is a
must-see.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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