Lord Of Tears aka The Owlman (2013)
A man inherits a country house from his estranged mother with a letter telling him never to go there. The alternative-titular Owlman appears early on, a threatening presence in long shots and some sudden closeups with a tendency to ominous poetry. But the man stays to investigate anyway, helped by the house’s caretaker.
Making good use of a location and a monster costume, this close to zero budget video feature still runs a bit long and overuses “waking from a nightmare but not really” jumps, and there are a couple of characters who could have been integrated better so I wasn’t waiting for them to show why they were there. But the creepy bits are effectively creepy.
Director Lawrie Brewster and his group Hex Films have done a fair few features since, and they just completed a Kickstarter for an anthology film reviving the UK horror brand Amicus Studios, and I can see a shorter format working and fitting this kind of feel. Seeing this feels quite Amicus-y in its style already.
And he’s revisited the Owlman a couple of times too - and the Owlman also just came out as an action figure which may have cost more to produce than the film did (and which comes with an accessory based on an implied but never shown spoiler).
The medium: streaming free with ads here and there.
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