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Annie (Briana White) is a documentary filmmaker who one day decides she
and her husband Neil (Michael Pugliese) ought to go on a raw vegan diet
with cameras placed all over the house to document the effects. In a
throwaway comment she says there are new age theories that a raw vegan
diet might open the door to another dimension ... but then, when playing
back the videos she has taken, she sees that exactly that is happening,
that the videos show the life of themselves ... but not themselves: They
are them, but lead different lives, have different jobs, dress
differently, have different hairstyles ... and their marriage seems on the
brink, quite the opposite of this dimension's Annie and Neil. Then Annie 2
announces she's pregnant, and Neil 2 feigns enthusiasm ... but then drugs
Annie 2 so she has a miscarriage, which leaves her heartbroken. This
world's Annie has by now found a tiny door to the other dimension as well,
only big enough to pass small objects through, so she sends over a small
printout of the photo of Neil 2's drugging her. So Annie 2 plans her
revenge on her husband ... but she also wants to get back at Annie 1 and
Neil 1 for watching her and Neil 2's every step, and soon finds a way to
do so ... Fan favourite Robert Picardo plays a specialist for the
paranormal whom Annie calls occasionally. Now granted, the
premise of Occupants is slightly ridiculous, even for a genre movie
- but a cleverly built up story really gets the most of it and makes the
on-screen goings-on really creepy, too. Plus the found footage approach
makes narrative sense for a change as this is where the very threat
emmanates from, and fortunately, the direction manages to keep things
interesting with the approach's rather limited means. And add to that a
strong cast, and you've got yourself a pretty cool movie.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
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