Here's a great audio review of Besetment by Bill Chete and Lady Phantom. They had as much fun reviewing it as we did making it! 2017-09-14: E60 – Besetment. Show Notes: – HORROR AUDIO BROADCAST: Length – 00:27:24| DOWNLOAD MP3 – Topic: (2017) Besetment horror movie review BillChete & Lady Phantom. Carefree and desperate to avoid any responsibility, Jessica, a college student, visits a yard sale to buy a gift for her best friend. However, the music box she. Besetment is a produced and directed by Brad Douglas. Brad Douglas’ Besetment convincingly depicts a financially desperate young woman’s descent into small town Hell; in this case, Mitchell in Oregon. Well-filmed and well-acted by all, the film initially captures the true life horrors of unemployment, parental separation and alcoholism as Amanda (well-portrayed by Abby Wathen), foolishly places her trust in another older woman, creepy Mildred (Marlyn Mason), to escape her own “bitch” mother. So far, so mildly worrying. Unfortunately, having set up a potentially sick situation – upon which it would be unfair to elaborate too much further (though promotional artwork already gives some of the game away) writer-director Brad Douglas squanders the full impact many of the horrific elements simply by denying them the full dramatic delivery they demand. There are some unpleasant things to come (ahem), for sure, but the overall ambiance remains placidly polite. Or even obliquely comic even during an incestuous scene that should be deeply disturbing. For example, during a key moment when Amanda is trying to gain sad soul Billy’s empathy, his domineering mother suddenly appears and buffs their victim over the head with a frying pan. A dramatic moment lost and straight onto the next scene.
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