ROWS
(2015/MVD Visual DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: D Film: C
David
W. Warfield's Rows (2015) is a well shot and decently acted
low budget gothic fantasy thriller inspired by Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Starring Hannah Schick as Rose, a young woman who is working a summer
job for her father's land development company, is tasked to deliver
an eviction notice to a reclusive old woman living in a ramshackle
farm house. The woman is an enchantress with strange powers who must
preserve the old house, which holds the secret to her immortality.
The
enchantress puts Rose under a spell and soon she finds the Old Woman
Rose murdered her friend Greta. They go to bury the body, but become
lost in a seemingly infinite cornfield and must repeat a series of
surreal or terrifying events in order to solve the mystery and break
the spell. The has some interesting ideas and comes off a little
flat. The film also stars Lauren Lakis, Kenneth Hughes, and Joe
Basile.
Presented
on DVD in standard definition with a anamorphic widescreen aspect
ratio of 2.35:1 and a lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 track, the film looks
and sounds fine for the DVD format but could benefit to a Blu-ray
upgrade. One of the highlights of the sound mix is the creepy score,
which is very effective in many spots of the film.
No
extras... unless you count Chapter Selection as an extra.
Rows
is an interesting creepy little film if you are a fan of M. Night
Shymalan-esque thrillers. Some moments have some iffy acting and
direction but all in all, it plays off as a bizarre and creepy little
tale.
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James Lockhart
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