Bill (Tom Michaels) buys himself enough food and wine for a romantic dinner for two - even though he knows he's to eat alone as he has ever since his girlfriend has left him. On his way home he stumbles across Joanna (Jade Warwick), whose car has broken down - and it's nothing that Bill can help her with, but at least he can offer her a roof over the head for the night, and he has somebody to have dinner with after all. And after initial reservations, Joanna comes to believe Bill might actually be just a nice guy and accepts hiis invitation. Heck, she even goes so far as to wear a (very flattering) dress of his ex for the occasion, and rather unexpectedly the two of them end up in his bedroom together after dinner - when out of the blue Bill's ex shows up, and she's not happy ...

Now one thing up front, this short takes quite a number of hints from Psycho in both style and story, to the point where the ending doesn't come quite as surprisingly as intended.   but then again, borrowing from Psycho means borrowing from the best, and it's not that Before the Nightfall doesn't have its own merits as well, from its subtle yet genre-savvy direction to its effective camerawork to its strong cast, all of which help to make this a very enjoyable genre miniature.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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