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Tom (Colton Christensen) just wants to get away from it all - which is
why he has taken a job as caretaker of an out-of-operation off-the-coast
lighthouse, basically for all the quiet he can ask for. The place is (of
course) a bit creepy, and the stories of the local (but mainland) pubowner
(Cory Dangerfield) about the mysterious (and mostly lethal) tales about
the previous lighthouse keepers and the legends surrounding the lighthouse
don't really do much to calm Tom. And more and more, Tom seems to start
seeing things, things that often have to do with a carnivourous hog
attacking and killing people - which disquiet him enough to lay out bear
traps on the premises - but of course whatever it is that haunts the place
isn't to be stopped by bear traps ... but sees to it that Tom steps into
one. Enter Amy (Elizabeth Mouton), daughter of the last lighthouse keeper
and apparently the only person who ever lived on the island and left there
alive. She wants to find closure since her father (Luke Dowler) died here,
and she and Tom start to investigate and uncover the story of pirate
captain Weston (Robert Milo Andrus), who apparently stranded on the island
with his crew centuries ago, and whom greed actually drove to murder and
cannibalism. Problem is, Weston (or rather his spirit) might still be
around, and he's in a homicidal mood ... Not exactly the
reinvention of the wheel, The Forlorned is nevertheless a pretty
good spooker, a ghost story high on tension and atmosphere with a good
build-up, a mystery that doesn't give itself away in the first five
minutesbut keeps one guessing till the finale, jump scares in all the
right places, and gory bits whenever needed. And nice locations and a
competent cast don't hurt one bit either of course! Basically, a very
enjoyable exercise in genre cinema indeed.
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