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Daisy
USA 2024
produced by
Michael S. Rodriguez for MSR Studios, Deep Murder Productions
directed by Michael S. Rodriguez
starring Michael Wainwright, Sparkle Soojian, Wade Pierson, Manuel Ramirez, Matt Macedo, D.T. Carney, Jamie Krivobok, David Riley, Mark MacPherson, Marissa Bray, Alysia Ingrim, Israel Ledesma, Marcus Esparza, Kevin Walter, Will Barcoma, Jesus Rivera, Wesley S. Rodriguez, Wyatt M. Rodriguez, Billy Rodriguez, Maya Barcoma, Geovonna Casanova, Emil Ink, Nikki Jones Curtis, Steven Urbina, Marla Boushele, Juan Rodriguez, Art Paul
written by Michael S. Rodriguez, music by Tricia Minty, creature design by Jamie Krivobok, special makeup effects by Jamie Krivobok, Stephanie Galvan, visual effects by James Daily
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Ginger's (Sparkle Soojian) pretty much on a date from hell with Trevor
(Israel Ledesma), a guy absolutely full of himself since he owns a muscle
car - but who has little answers when the car breaks down other than walk
to the next garage. And that garage is run by Felix (Michael Wainwright),
an Afghanistan veteran with a prosthetic leg and not exactly a likeable
personality. However, he claims to have exactly the spare part Trevor's
car needs, to lure him in the back and then kill him. And while Ginger
waits impatiently in the front, Felix feeds Trevor to Daisy, the
human-sized bat-like creature who saved him back in Afghanistan and whom
he has taken care of ever since. Then Felix sics Daisy on Ginger as well
...
Jerry's (Manuel Ramirez) is worried because his son has vanished into
thin air, so he packs his son's best friend Zero (Wade Pierson), and the
two make it to the desert town he was last seen, and before long land in
Felix' garage. And it doesn't take them long to suspect Felix to have
something to do with the son's disappearance, either, but suspicion alone
will get them nowhere. However, the only one who can let them in on Felix'
secret monster is the alcoholic priest (Matt Macedo), And drunk as he is
he's not exactly the most reliable of witnesses. And yet, when they check
out Felix' garage that night and find the badly bruised yet still alive
body of Ginger, they figure there might be something to the priest's
stories ...
A pretty fun creature feature, and one that doesn't just
blindly follow a genre formula but takes some time to build up interesting
characters and add some actual mystery to the proceedings. That said
though, the directorial effort is totally genre-savvy in the best possible
way, setting all the suspense sequences and jump scares in all the right
moments and never shying away from violence, while the titular monster
comes across as genuinely scary. And the outcome of all of this is pretty
cool genre entertainment.
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