30. A Horror Film Where the Killer Murders with his Bare Hands

Tom (Iain De Caestecker) and Lucy (Alice Englert) haven’t been dating long, but on their way to a concert, they get caught in a loop, continually ending back at the same place, while Lucy is sure that she sees a man in a white mask. They pick up a man named Max (Allen Leech), who claims to be hunted by the same masked person, but turns out to be that maniac and can manipulate reality. They barely escape him, as he breaks Tom’s wrist.

Lucy and Tom try to hide in the woods after their car runs out of gas. However, Tom is taken by Max, and Lucy barely makes it back. When she flees, she stops to check the trunk. Tom is inside, dead, bound with a hose in his mouth so that he’s been breathing the car’s fumes. The next morning, Lucy sees Max on the road and drives directly toward him.

The leads were not told what would happen to their characters during filming, as it was shot in sequence. Their reactions are real.

This was directed and written by Jeremy Lovering (with Jon Croker co-writing), who was second unit director on Hot Fuzz and Last Night In Soho. This is a fine film, one mostly inside a car, with actors improving so much of their parts. It’s one that needs to be seen by a wider audience.

You can watch this on Tubi.