Deadly Presence

USA 2012
produced by
Shane Cole, Megan Lynn for Masked Films
directed by Shane Cole
starring Megan Lynn, Kathy Sue Holtorf, Sabrina Carmichael, Robert Dough, Jon D'Acunto, Dan Sutter, Bethany Brooke Anderson, George Lofland, K.K. Ryder, Krista Reese, Elissa Dowling, Emma Jacobs, Whitney Blair, Linda Macon
story by Shane Cole, screenplay by Shane Cole, Megan Lynn, co-writer: David Fite, music by H. Anton Riehl, Kevin Macleod, special makeup effects by Emma Jacobs, Rebecca Kuzma

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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It was just stupid, really, three girls - Andie (Megan Lynn), Candace (Kathy Sue Holtorf) and Julie (Sabrina Carmichael) - perform a séance at long deceased serialkiller Stanton's (George Lofland) long abandoned house ... and things get a little out of hand - nothing big, but it scares the living shit out of Candace. Well, nobody's really surprised, as Candace has a history in drugs and is presently on meds and so on and so forth.

A few months later, Candace invites Andie over for a few drinks. She seems awfully fidgety (but you know, her condition and such), and conversations with her keep returning to the séance in question. Eventually, Andie notices she's had a few too much, and Candace pretty much urges her to crash at her place ... and the next morning, Andie finds Candace dead in her bathtub with slit wrists. Andie wants to call the authorities, but she finds a DVD with a note from Candace to watch before informing anyone, and on that video Candace claims she has been possessed by Stanton's wife (K.K. Ryder), who's a spirit with a wrath (she was Stanton's first victim) - and the things that happen in Candace's house (including inanimate objects moving and the like) might prove her just right. Furthermore, Candace claims to have killed her boyfriend (Robert Dough), and when Andie finds clue after clue that lead to his corpse, she figures there's something seriously not right, something that's only getting more out of hands with Candace's death. But she might be fighting against forces too big for her to tackle ...

Rather obviously made on a very low budget, Deadly Presence proves to be the little film that can, a ghost story that puts very little emphasis on effects and spectacle and all the more on clever storytelling, interesting characters and of course atmospheric filmmaking. And add to this a very solid cast, and you've got yourself a pretty good film, actually.

Highly recommended!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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