LOWLIFES (2024)

 

Directed By: Tesh Guttikonda and Mitch Oliver

Written By: Al Kaplan

Cinematography: Matt Young 

Editor: Jason Hamill

Cast: Matthew MacCaull, Amanda Fix, Brenda Llewellyn, Cassandra Sawtell, Richard Harmon, Elyse Levesque, Josh Zaharia, Kevin McNulty 

The survival instincts of a road-tripping family are put to the test when they have no other choice but to stay the night at a remote homestead.

This is a film that is definitely better. If you don’t know much about it before you watch it even though the poster makes it look like a run-of-the-mill horror film. Hopefully, you are reading this after the film, As there are minor spoilers.

This film offers the typical violence thrills and scares, but it also offers up quite a few twists that are quite original and fun that keep the film entertaining.

Though the film might reveal its hand early. It seems necessary to heighten the situation that the characters find themselves in.

Most of the most creepy characters in this film, or actually the most innocent, and those that seem the most innocent tend to be the most disturbed ones.

This is a single horror film for the most part, so it maintains its ground and stays on the ground, which works for this tale. All the actors are spot-on in their performances.

This film deserves more of a theatrical release or to be part of the BLUMHOUSE productions. The film gives more to the audience and shows respect for them rather than being easily formulaic and providing cheap thrills. just as this is more entertaining than any of the American horror stories by Ryan Murphy

Surprisingly, this film is more solid than expected. It shows what can be done with imagination and a low budget. it offers a lot with what little it makes you believe it has. It even has a pro-LGBTQ+ romance in it. 

Grade: C+