The Strings
Directed by Ryan Glover
In the dead of winter, Catherine, a talented musician, travels to her aunt's remote cottage to work on new material in solitude. Once there, she and local photographer Grace spark up a budding romance while visiting an abandoned farmhouse with a disturbing past. Soon after, strange and seemingly supernatural occurrences begin to manifest at the cottage, escalating each night and dangerously eroding Catherine's sense of reality. A SHUDDER ORIGINAL.
In the dead of winter, a musician travels to a remote cottage to work on new material, but soon finds herself under attack from a mysterious dark presence.
Cast: Teagan Johnston, Jenna Schaefer, April Aliermo
Member Reviews
Slow burn, but I loved this. Visually beautiful, good music, haunting and some queer representation. Wish there was more relationship depth shown, pretty melancholic but it works. Not for everybody as the pace slow and more psychological. My favourite movie that I have seen in a while.
This is vibes. It's slow, it's not going to give you huge amounts of coherent plot. Its cast appear to be mostly musicians so the acting isn't virtuoso (but lead Teagan Johnson is incredibly good at being in front of a camera). Less of a horror film, more the sound of a particular sort of Canadian independent music made manifest. & I think exploring aspects of being a musician. This is vibes.
Loved the use of liminal space and the long, wide shots. I'm a big fan of slow burn movies with little dialogue because I enjoy a great actor giving a great performance that has me feeling every emotion they are eliciting. I especially enjoyed the fact that these actors weren't the best--when it came to their delivery of their lines--but we actually were able to see a little bit of their own personalities shine through.
Kind of interesting music, but damn was it slow and boring.
I'll echo a lot of the same complaints; very thin plot and character development, very strong atmospheric build, very interesting cinematography, and I enjoyed the music a lot. This feels like a first draft, with a lot of spots that could have been cleaned up or given more depth. It is a very slow movie, and I don't necessarily mind a slow build, but the payoff just didn't seem worth it to me.