The Man in the Trunk

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03/25/2020 not a bad movie...not fast paced but it does keep you intrigued. See more 02/15/2020 Total time waste. It drags the story unnecessarily. See more 02/09/2020 Well written suspense, kept you on the edge of your seat and the acting was very good. See more 01/11/2020 I caught this mystery thriller at its limited theater release in Los Angles. I was kept on the edge of my seat through the whole movie and was surprised by the unexpected twist at the end. It's apparent that this movie didn't have a big Hollywood budget, but the production quality is far above what I expected from a super micro-budget independent film. The score was great at setting the tone of the movie, which was consistent throughout. The Villain was quietly evil, which was super creepy. Give it a watch, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. See more 12/08/2019 As director and screenwriter Marc Hampson proves with his wonderfully queasy suspense-horror hybrid "The Man In The Trunk," a load of great filmmaking can be achieved with a vast, cold forest, a wistfully eerie musical score, and the increasing ascension of a film director plainly conversant in blurring the lines between blockbuster and indie. Young lawyer Andrew Tucker (played with terrific aplomb by Ace Marrero) and wife Sara (Vanessa Reynolds) are upstairs making a baby when they're visited by Andrew's former college roommate turned cop Erik (Steven Winter). Erik smells bad and looks stricken from head to toe, as if he's just had drinks with the devil himself. He needs Andrew's help, which will require a night drive to destinations unknown. Andrew apparently owns a collegiate history of pulling Erik out of jams, and is clearly still afflicted with that enabler's empathy. So out into the black night they go, where the disturbed Erik reveals that he's got some junk in the trunk of the very human variety. Shovels are procured, and soon we're in the stark and consuming woods, digging a man-sized grave -- just Andrew, Erik, and the man in the trunk. Without giving away all the candy in the store, there's an evolving supernatural element to "The Man In The Trunk" as it builds into an elite and unsettling hostage horror film, continually ratcheted by Hampson's own psychologically disruptive, piano-twinkled score. Arguably few scenarios are as disquieting to the viewer psyche as the abduction plot, and Hampson sweetens that pot with every time-tested ingredient an upper-echelon suspense film requires. In the sum of its parts, "The Man In The Trunk" proves gloriously uncomfortable and claustrophobic as it delivers its compelling squeamishness in droves. See more 12/06/2019 Thrilling and suspenseful to the end! Kept me completely engaged. The entire cast was amazing! See more Read all reviews

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