
A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house for a series of ever more panicked home treatments, mistakenly protecting her from the arrival of Nurse Mary and ... (Full plot summary below)
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A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house for a series of ever more panicked home treatments, mistakenly protecting her from the arrival of Nurse Mary and any outside help.
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| Village VoiceNick PinkertonThis is great filmmaking in the sense that overplayed virtuoso guitar shredding is great music -- which is to say, not at all. |
| Film ThreatJeremy KnoxSo genuinely horrific and unrelentingly sad and grim, many people will not have the stomach for it. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...has elements of horror, as the plethora of knives and hypodermic needles point to, but this is a unique entry for those who like thought-provoking concepts served up with their grue. |
| User ReviewSebastian SWow..It's been several years since I met a film of this calibre.. |
| User ReviewMichael RTwisted. Keeps you interested the whole time. |
| User ReviewKieran HAbsolutely amazing, one of the best thrillers I've seen in a long time |
| User ReviewMichael GThis movie was fucking awesome, Its like a independent british Hitchcockian, niorish nuance type film. Crazy as hell, man, CRAZY AS HELL! |
| User ReviewDown Town Kevin BDefinately going to be a classic thriller. |
| User ReviewAdam EThis is a haunting depiction of mental illness that sustains a high level of eeriness throughout, right down to its dilapidated setting. The trio of actors stun under the gifted direction of Simon Rumley. |
| User ReviewAnne NYou'll have some laughs, you'll be very disturbed, your nerves will be tested, you'll shed some tears,... if you would just dare and see this one! Horror? My ass!! This is (weird) drama to the fullest. Beautifull and wacked... just the way I like it. |