Set in the East Sussex countryside, brothers Ellis (David Whitney - Guardians) and Drayton (Tom Sawyer – Soldiers of the Damned) are travelling back to London, when Drayton suffers an epileptic seizure. Forcing his brother to call in at a remote hotel to ask for help.
The couple running the Hotel, Joni (Victoria Johnstone) and Cora (Shereener Browne) welcome them inside, but Cora immediately becomes suspicious of them. Particularly with Drayton's increasingly erratic behaviour, after he regains consciousness.
But after discovering what the brothers have stashed in the boot of their car, things take a very dark turn. But with police roadblocks going up, following reports of a nearby robbery (no prizes for guessing who's behind that) and the hoteliers expecting guests for an exclusive wine tasting party that evening, the brothers plan to lay low, quickly descends into a comedy of errors.
Featuring a number of plot twists and turns, not to mention bloody killings, I thought this was a rather fun film, that makes good use of it's scenic location. Being set at a remote hotel, overlooking a vineyard.
There was definitely a streak of jet black humour running through this, which helped lighten the tone of what otherwise could have been a very grim and dark feature and I was pleasantly surprised to see Comedienne and Actress Kate Robbins (TV's After Life) turn up in a supporting role, who arguably steals the show. As she discovers what's going on and proceeds to give the brothers an amusing lecture in the law and criminality.
Whilst not strictly a horror film, in the true sense of the word, I felt there was enough dark subject matter and blood to qualify. The film is coming to DVD in the US and Canada shortly and there will, hopefully, be a Digital release in the UK later this year. So if you get chance, I'd definitely recommend checking it out.
View the Trailer on YouTube.
