Sunday, July 29, 2012

The Tall Man (2012)


A rural Washington community is plagued by a story of a child abducting 'tall man'. This was a surprising watch for me.. when it started I was expecting a typical Hollyweird horror film, and indeed for about the first hour that's what it seemed to be, but some details started to seem out of place. This continued to build until the story line emerges as something totally different and more than a little shocking. It may sound like a tinfoil hat thing but its possible that what is portrayed actually happens! >cue Twilight Zone music< Rod Sterling: In this sleepy little town a crazy notion has just been given birth... lol. Gone Baby Gone (2007) meets Gone (2012). There is another older film I could tag but that would be too much a spoiler so it shall go unsaid.. if you seen it you will know which I am thinking of when you get to the end of this one. There is an extended scene between the 'yawn another slasher' and 'wait.. what the hell is going on?' you have to kind of muck (clue) through.. but once on the other side its all good stuff. You will definitely need your brain with you on this. Even though its tagged horror there isn't much scary in this one. Solid production value and a huge corkscrew of a non cheesy twist make this one worth seeing. Recommended.

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