Olivia (Tiffany Downey) is an actress who thinks she's destined for success in Hollywood. But once there, she has problems to even get an audition for a commercial let alone a film role. This experience leaves her so frustrated she eventually throws herself to her death off the Hollywood sign. She left behind a 15 year old son, James (Chance Caeden), who, once grown up (and played by William Mann) also follows the lure of Hollywood, along with his girlfriend Skyler (Stefanie Infante), who like his mum is an aspiring actress with little on her resume, and their best friend Casey (David Lami Priebe), a musician with big dreams. Given all three have little to show for themselves, it's easy for James to persuade the other two to accompany him to the Hollywood sign, alledgedly for a film shoot - and they do bring cameras, equipment, the works. But the closer they get to the sign, the more erratic James gets, almost as if driven by an outside force. And he's really hearing the voice of his mother, only mother isn't very happy as she makes him responsible for her lack of success - and now tries to lure him to his doom ...

A decidedly weird movie, but fascinatingly so, as it in an unorthodox way blends horror motives with a character study and a dark Tinseltown tale and tells everything in a triplike way that blurs the line between (the film's) reality and imagination and then flat-out refuses to explain things away, instead leaves much to imagination. And thanks to a relatable cast and a directorial effort that knows when to remain grounded and when to just take off, this has turned out to be a very enjoyable and enjoyably unusual movie for sure.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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