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<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="592" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="592"> <tr> <td width="100%">  </td> </tr> </table>    <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="455" align="right"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="right"><img border="0" src="../stills/holistay-1.jpg" width="450" height="243"></td> </tr> </table> <p>Finn (Gavin O'Fearraigh) and Branna (Erin Gavin), tourists from Ireland, arrive at their perfect holiday home in South California, a nice villa with pool they've got all to themselves ... until Tony (Steven Martini) and Gia (Gabriela Kulaif) arrive as well, apparently the place has been double-booked. They try to sort things out but can reach neither the owner of the villa nor the travel agency - but since the place has two roomy bedrooms anyways, the couples decide to both stay at the villa, Finn and Branna because they actually enjoy the other couple's company, and Tony and Gia because ... they're actually not Tony and Gia at all, not even a couple and much less married as they claim, she has actually embezzled some money and now has to lay low for a few days, and he has been hired to get her out of the country, something that proves to be more difficult than expected as the yacht he wants to put her on is still out at sea. Soon though, weird things start to happen, like a guy in a druid outfit popping up outside the house but always making the perfect disappearing act when someone tries to catch him. Then Finn and Branna's room is thrashed. And there is also wailing outside the house at night, something only Tony can hear. Needless to say, after a few days everybody's freaked out a bit. And Tony and Gia are more than a bit happy when they finally receive news that their yacht has come in. And it's then that they learn the threat of the druids outside is terribly real ...<p> <p>Definitely more of a slowburn horror movie - but not so that one would mind, as the film sets up its story and its characters quite beautifully, gives the characters actual, distinctive profiles as well as good arcs, and makes all of them very relatable. Plus the story of the two couples trying to get along in itself is already pretty entertaining. The creepy scenes are also well-handled though, and when terror strikes it strikes hard - only to end in a totally unexpected but all the more amusing post-finale scene. And all of this, along with a pretty solid cast, makes this really cool genre entertainment. <p>  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2023"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>