We’ve discussed several times in these Lifetime reviews that the mystery is often the most superfluous element. The films are very rarely trying to surprise or fool the audience. In fact, the reveal is often right there in the title (see: She’s Obsessed With My Husband).
Much like Stepmom from Hell, however, co-writers Geoffrey D. Calhoun and David Y. Chung’s The Past Comes Knocking is presented as a genuine mystery. Following the usual cold open in which teaching assistant Jane (Bella Chadwick) is attacked and bludgeoned with a shovel in the woods, the rest of the film follows her College professor Dr. Susan Shaw (Marem Hassler) as she tries to unravel what happened.
The problem is that the mystery is so obvious to anyone paying even casual attention that The Past Comes Knocking contains very few surprises.
Dr. Shaw is a renowned journalist-turned-teacher who became famous after writing...
Much like Stepmom from Hell, however, co-writers Geoffrey D. Calhoun and David Y. Chung’s The Past Comes Knocking is presented as a genuine mystery. Following the usual cold open in which teaching assistant Jane (Bella Chadwick) is attacked and bludgeoned with a shovel in the woods, the rest of the film follows her College professor Dr. Susan Shaw (Marem Hassler) as she tries to unravel what happened.
The problem is that the mystery is so obvious to anyone paying even casual attention that The Past Comes Knocking contains very few surprises.
Dr. Shaw is a renowned journalist-turned-teacher who became famous after writing...
- 9/5/2024
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
The first original, LGBTQ+ series to debut on the newly launched, queer network, DIVABoxOffice.tv, Scare Bnb, is set to begin streaming 28th February 2023.
A five-episode, limited series produced by A Baker Production, episodes one and two, “The Hosts,” will launch 28th February 2023. An additional three episodes, “The Double Booking,” will begin streaming later this year.
In Scare Bnb, two couples—long-time friends since high school—are in high spirits when they arrive at a remote, rental cabin in the Tennessee woods for a much-needed vacation … But, upon their arrival, they find the overly attentive owners may want to host them to death.
Directed by Christin Baker (Secs, Execs, Riley Parra, Merry & Gay, Christmas at the Ranch, I Hate New Years, Season of Love), the series stars Mandahla Rose (Forever Not Maybe, All About E), Sterling Victoria (Venus as a Boy; Charlie, Trevor and a Girl Savannah), Abisha Uhl (Electric Addiction,...
A five-episode, limited series produced by A Baker Production, episodes one and two, “The Hosts,” will launch 28th February 2023. An additional three episodes, “The Double Booking,” will begin streaming later this year.
In Scare Bnb, two couples—long-time friends since high school—are in high spirits when they arrive at a remote, rental cabin in the Tennessee woods for a much-needed vacation … But, upon their arrival, they find the overly attentive owners may want to host them to death.
Directed by Christin Baker (Secs, Execs, Riley Parra, Merry & Gay, Christmas at the Ranch, I Hate New Years, Season of Love), the series stars Mandahla Rose (Forever Not Maybe, All About E), Sterling Victoria (Venus as a Boy; Charlie, Trevor and a Girl Savannah), Abisha Uhl (Electric Addiction,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
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