When Gemma (Jasmine Hyde) and her husband, Will (Richard Flood), lose their young son in a grim accident, death colours their marriage. At first, Gary Sinyor’s low-budget British thriller fashions itself as a film about grief and the way it clouds our vision; Gemma experiences temporary blindness induced by the panic attacks she’s started suffering since the accident. In an attempt to get away from it all, the couple leave their own frankly ridiculous house (apparently, Gemma’s career as an audiobook narrator is lucrative enough for them to have an indoor swimming pool) for a glamorous guesthouse in the Lakes, courtesy of neighbourly presence and former pharmacist Paul (the creepy Simon Cotton).
The film lurches into conventional horror-thriller territory as it progresses, though there are interesting moments, such as the blurred visuals that match Gemma’s slipping vision and the inventive sound design woven into the audiophile subplot.
