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After Robert (Michael Doc Davies) learns that Connie (Michae Orfanos) has killed herself in his old hometown Tuckerman, he's overcome by ... something that tells him he just has to go back there and find out what has really happened - fact is, Robert and Connie haven't been that close, haven't even talked to one another for years, but she was the girl who took his virginity back in their teens, so that must count for something ... maybe. Robert is accompanied by his sister (Robin Wantland), who he drops off at their parents he refuses to see though, and his best friend forever Michelle (Shelia Stanfield), who both at one time urge him to drop his "investigations" ... but he's determined to push on - and before long learns that Tuckerman is pretty much "plagued" by death, with freak accidents happening on a daily basis, and especially those who come back after being away for some time tend to kill themselves - people just like Robert, actually. So Robert starts to freak a little, and that's only augmented by the ringing in his ears, and the fact that he starts to see dead people, and the fact that he seems to get nothing out of all out of the locals, half of them want to drive him out of town, the other half want to ... well, persuade him to leave. But then there's Donald (Tony Gschewnd), who's quite obviously a bit off the rocker - but he claims to be the only one knowing what's going on, and Robert believes him ... but does he actually even want to know what's going on?

What's most appealing about Tuckerman, actually, is how cleverly it's written: It seems to take special joy in leading the audience into narrative dead ends and putting up wrong clues every turn along the way, to in the end still resolve everything in a very satisfactorily way - and that's even with several plotpoints that are easier guessable than probably intended, the resolution still catches one off-guard, and at the same time puts everything together as a perfect picture. And add to that a directorial effort with a predilection for creepy details and a fitting neglect for empty spectacle, and an ensemble cast uniformly up to their task, and you're left with ... just a pretty good (and creepy) movie.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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