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67%
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4.5
- Release Date: Nov 05, 2020
- Rated: N/A | Runtime: 95 Mins | Language: English
- Director: Jake Mahaffy
- Stars: Julia Ormond, Emma Draper, Cohen Holloway, John Bach, Nancy Brunning
Critic Reviews:
Reunion is not a “good” time. It is a bleak, somber film. The character relationships outside of Ellie and Ivy are never fully developed—I haven’t even mentioned home repairman Gus (Cohen Holloway), and for good reason—but these things don’t need to explained. Reunion lets us fill in the gaps with our own dark fantasies, which is where the true horror of the film lies.
One of the film’s strengths is the way it reveals the cause of its madness. Reminiscent of Memento, there’s a series of flashbacks told in reverse with a bit of new information revealed each time—and a different interpretation of the memory once all has unfolded.
Reunion is slow and ominous, so it definitely won’t be everyone’s cup of tea as it slowly creeps towards its big reveal. But writer and director Jake Mahaffy has proved that you don’t always need ghosts and creepy masked murderers for an effective horror film. Sometimes your family can be the most scary of all.
