Him Indoors (2012)
Review by Jude Felton
The last time I saw Paul Davis, who is the director of
Him Indoors, he was on a murderous rampage, as Death Face, in the excellent
short film The Other Side. With Him Indoors he steps behind the camera, and is
no less murderous in this blackest of comedies.
Gregory Brewster (Reece Shearsmith) is your average
everyday serial killer. Not that you would know this to look at him though; he’s
very clean cut and incredibly unassuming, which I guess makes him perfect as a
serial killer. He also happens to be an agoraphobic. This, as you would
imagine, causes problems for Gregory, and his favorite pastime.
He’s a devious son of a gun though, and he has a plan; a
truly twisted plan that should see his world set to rights. That is until his
neighbor, Lizzie (The Woman’s Pollyanna McIntosh), pays him a visit and then
things get really twisted.
Him Indoors is a riot of black humor throughout, the
jokes are subtle but very funny, the dialogue is wonderful and Shearsmith is
just superb as Brewster. Although the humor is very much to the fore, there are
also moments of crunching violence, a good deal of claret and some very
impressive close-up SFX.
The script is the real star though and it is
pitch-perfect, making the 11 minute running time just fly by. Serial Killer
movies are nothing new, and it takes something special for one to stand out as
adding something new to the genre; Him Indoors does this perfectly. The premise
is intriguing and the execution is just spot on.
If you get the chance to see Him Indoors I suggest you do
so at your earliest convenience. Paul
Davis has shown with this short movie that he is definitely a director to keep
an eye on, and is more than adept at killing folk on both sides of the camera.
Subtle, shocking and very, very funny!
Him Indoors recently played at Fright Fest. For more information check out the Official Site.
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