Triangle (2009)
Directed by Christopher Smith
When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.
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It's a complicated time-bending plot in the same vein as Memento, made on what appears to be a very small budget.
Triangle has been compared to the equally-intricate Christopher Nolan film, Memento (2000), and not unfairly.
Here one can easily trace the intertextual play with Dead Calm, Adrift, Ghost Ship, The Shining, TimeCrimes , Carnival of Souls – and even the infernal crabs from Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End put in an uncanny appearance.
Its genre roots are obvious – in Hollywood pitch-lingo, it would be 'The Shining meets Groundhog Day, with a little Final Destination mixed-in" – but Triangle’s creative team are asking a lot more of their audience than just to sit back and enjoy the jolts.
One of the most original and effective horror movies in the last twenty years, Triangle audaciously blends Groundhog Day style temporal disturbance with the empty eeriness of The Shining .
Triangle Chris Smith’s first two films, Creep (2004) and Severance (2006), have both been featured at past FrightFests, so having as this year’s festival opener the world premiere of his third film just adds to the sense of homecoming.
It literally repeats scenes with only slight differences, kind of like Groundhog Day but without Ned and the laughs.
Its genre roots are obvious – in Hollywood pitch-lingo, it would be 'The Shining meets Groundhog Day, with a little Final Destination mixed-in" – but Triangle’s creative team are asking a lot more of their audience than just to sit back and enjoy the jolts.
One of the most original and effective horror movies in the last twenty years, Triangle audaciously blends Groundhog Day style temporal disturbance with the empty eeriness of The Shining .
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But like Memento and, perhaps more fittingly, Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko (2001), Triangle offers instances of gleeful, electrifying suspense (I challenge anyone not to utter a gasp during Rachel Carpani’s final moments as Sally) and moments of blinding recognition, when you think you’ve figured out Jess’ mystery, only to have Smith twist the screws a little tighter, blur the reality a little more.
Here one can easily trace the intertextual play with Dead Calm, Adrift, Ghost Ship, The Shining, TimeCrimes , Carnival of Souls – and even the infernal crabs from Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End put in an uncanny appearance.
I thought “Creep” was a good concept but pretty painful to sit through while “Severance” was an underrated horror comedy that suffered from comparisons to “Shaun of the Dead.”
Chris Smith’s first two films, Creep (2004) and Severance (2006), have both been featured at past FrightFests, so having as this year’s festival opener the world premiere of his third film just adds to the sense of homecoming.
Triangle is a mind-bending thriller by British director Christopher Smith (Creep, Severance) starring an all-Australian cast (albeit with American accents).
I thought “Creep” was a good concept but pretty painful to sit through while “Severance” was an underrated horror comedy that suffered from comparisons to “Shaun of the Dead.”
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I thought “Creep” was a good concept but pretty painful to sit through while “Severance” was an underrated horror comedy that suffered from comparisons to “Shaun of the Dead.”
Chris Smith’s first two films, Creep (2004) and Severance (2006), have both been featured at past FrightFests, so having as this year’s festival opener the world premiere of his third film just adds to the sense of homecoming.
Triangle is a mind-bending thriller by British director Christopher Smith (Creep, Severance) starring an all-Australian cast (albeit with American accents).
After his passable, low-budget horror movie, Severance , the British writer-director Christopher Smith takes a big leap forward with this clever and compelling occult thriller.
All of which would make a terrific thriller in its own right, but Smith (who directed the pitch-black 2009 horror comedy, Severance) has greater ambitions for his narrative than just cheap thrills, however well-executed those thrills may be.
Its genre roots are obvious – in Hollywood pitch-lingo, it would be 'The Shining meets Groundhog Day, with a little Final Destination mixed-in" – but Triangle’s creative team are asking a lot more of their audience than just to sit back and enjoy the jolts.