In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.
Shot in the middle of Lockdown, the screenplay by co-writer/co-editor (with brother Carson) / director Erik Bloomquist take their earlier kitsch Horror manipulation of time and reality from 2020's Ten Minutes to Midnight, into a deliciously macabre Sci-Fi direction, with the shocks playing on the psychological terror of twins Sarah and Spencer Moss discovering that they have booked in the hotel for a night that never ends.Īccepting the offer of the night manager, (played with a stark contrasting calm by Greg Schweers) the Bloomquist's web the Spencer's (played with a terrific on-edge fearfulness by Amelia Dudley & Taylor Turner) into a wickedly harsh twist ending, which leaves them with the hotel guestbook.įacing off against limitations of a real location and Lockdown conditions, director Erik Bloomquist reunites with Thomson Nguyen and impressively overcomes all the obstacles with a surreal, foreboding atmosphere ignited in long claustrophobic tracking shots, following the Spencer's sinking into the foundation of The Eagle Inn.
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