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Screenwriter Grafton (Bill Oberst jr) has "fallen" down some
stairs under mysterious circumstances, and has thereafter spent about a
fortnight in coma. And now that he has come to again, his best friend
Dieter (Mikhail Blokh) does everything to accomodate him. He even lets him
live in his country home since Grafton can't really cope with living in
his own house where he almost died just yet. Grafton is anything but
back to normal just yet though, his memory is still awfully sketchy
especially regarding the actual falling down the stairs and the events
surrounding it. And he's not only still frail from the events, he also
passes out frequently. A hypnotherapist (Cindy Merrill) visits Grafton
regularly, and he responds to hypnosis exceptionally well - only his
reactions are extremely disturbing at the same time. And eventually,
Dieter finds a script that Grafton can't remember to have written that's
more than a little disturbing. Eventually, Grafton starts to hear things
that aren't there but that disturbingly have to do with an ax, then he
sees his hypnotherapist dead, is visited by his estranged wife (Lise Hart)
only to later find out he has possibly killed her, and suddenly nothing
makes sense anymore ... or does it in a rather twisted way? Deadly
Revisions is a very clever little horror thriller, as basically it
relies on an extremely well-structured story that features all of its
suspense pieces and shocks, twists and turns at all the right moments, and
presents its audience with a mystery that's resolved only at the very end.
Now I'm sure some viewers (me included) will find parallels to similar
movies from decades ago, and in a way, Deadly Revisions'
deliberately laid back pace and subtle approach to horror might have an
old-fashioned air to them - but in the best possible way. And add to that
some great performances (especially Bill Oberst jr delivers quite the
right balance between being helpless and creepy to make his character
work), and you're left with a pretty good piece of genre cinema. Recommended!
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