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CAVEAT (2020) dir. Damian McCarthy

After being pleasantly surprised by McCarthy's first feature, Caveat, this one went straight into my watchlist. And I'm glad I looked for it quickly, cause Oddity is even better. The director has fine-tuned the small issues that kept his other film from true greatness, so now there's nothing holding him back. For starters, it's been a really long time since I encountered such effective jump scares. There are only a few of them, but so perfectly timed that they all got an itty-bitty scream out of me. The central mystery remains interesting until the very end, even if there's a point when you can tell where it's going. Also, Carolyn Bracken gives a truly fantastic performance; I didn't even realize she was playing a dual role until it's mentioned in the movie itself. So yeah, I'll be paying attention to McCarthy's future work.

directed by Damian Mc Carthy, 2024

"He told me you don't remember any of this." "I think I'd remember killing someone." "But you don't."

Caveat (Damian McCarthy, 2020)

I am reading The Grey Bastards and this is the dedication page.