12: The Cellar (2022)
The Ten Steps (2004)
The Ten Steps is a classic little creepy story told in a short film, just ten minutes long. I’ve recommended it here before, including when The Cellar was announced.
Writer and director Brendan Muldowney returned to the idea eighteen years later to make a feature.
And some ideas make perfect shorts.
The counting (which was the parents’ idea, over the phone) is now part of a magic equation. A monster shows up, looking pretty good for his brief cameo but still. The ending seems to be a hope spot for no reason, it barely registers.
The main positive thing I have to say about it is that, like the short, it gets to the original point quickly. But still not as quickly.
I still highly recommend The Ten Steps but this let me down hard.
No more films named after parts of houses for me this year.
The medium: Shudder
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