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It's an apartment building complex like any other - until one night, a pitch black square shows up, hovering in the courtyard. What it is, nobody knows, it could be something from outer space or from another dimension, or maybe even a secret weapon the gouvernment is planning to test on the locals. And the less people know, the more they are prone to making up or listening to rumours. Young Harris (Mpho Koaho) has an open mind and is hell-bent on studying the thing, but Bill (Joey Freddy Larson), a self-appointed community leader with no official authority but strongman Ethan (John Thomas Gauthier) by his side, has decided the square might be a safety hazard (though nothing indicates as much) and has it guarded at all hours, keeping neighbours away by threatening violence. Still, Harris somehow manages to throw a ball at the square - and wouldn't you know it, it's completely absorbed. That same night, Anton (Martin Roach), an elderly neighbour who has spent a fair share of his nights watching the square, turns up dead, possible murdered, and of course, Bill and Ethan soon figure this must have to do with the ball Ethan has thrown at the square (without any actual proof or even a clue beyond their faulty reasoning), and they're mighty quick with their conviction of Harris as the culprit ...

A very nice satirical horror tale that works along the lines of humans being the biggest monsters of them all, and really manages to make its point, basically because the world this episode creates feels so real - all but the black square of course, but that's largely there as a catalyst to bring out the best and/or worst in its ensemble of characters, all brought to life by a very competent ensemble cast. And a genre savvy yet subtle direction carries the thing rather beautifully, making this pretty cool horror entertainment.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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