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One night, on her way home, Judy (Gianna Jacobs) is overcome by a
stranger, knocked out ... and suddenly she finds herself tied to a chair
in someone's basement. That someone is Adam (Nicholas Michael Jacobs), a
guy in a ski mask who just loves to torture and kill helpless women - but
not because he's a psychopath (well, that too), but because he gets paid
for it: He runs a webshow on the internet that's pretty much the torture
equivalent to cam sex - he lets his audience choose his means of torture,
with each suggestion being paid for, and only kills his victims once he
has collected enough money. That said, Judy isn't one who's likely to sell
her hide cheaply, she tries to fight her attacker off the best she can
(being all tied up), even tries to drag him into a conversation and call
upon his conscience when he for a short period removes the tape from her
mouth, and ultimately she deploys a plan to fight back ...
One thing's for certain, Night is a deeply unsettling
movie: Basically because it's shot in a very spartan way, in fact exactly
like a webshow like this would be shot, with no camera angles, next to no
editing, no musical score, no cinematic trickery, the audience is just
presented to a static shot and sees the horror unfold, without the camera
blinking or turning away. That the violence on screen actually isn't all
that explicit is completely besides the point here even, as it's the
blunt, in-your-face approach that makes it so disturbing - that and
Nicholas Michael Jacobs' nonchalant, almost business-like character, who's
so irritatingly calm compared to his vile actions. Now this is
definitely not a film for everyone - but one that will likely stay on the
minds of its assorted audience for quite some time.
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