Hellmington

(2018) Hellmington MYSTERY THRILLER

Co-written and directed by Jay Drakulic and Alex Lee Williams with the daughter of a prison guard, Samantha Woodhouse (Nicola Correia-Damude) or Sam for short visiting her dad, Joe Woodhouse (Andre Brussieres). And before he dies, he then gives her a name of "Katie Owens". And the first things she does is ask her uncle, Rupert Woodhouse (Michel Ironside) who happens to work in law enforcement himself whether she can read Katie Owens file. The last officer who worked on Katie Owens case file was Detective Abdi Khan (Gabe Grey). Viewers then find out that the word "Hellmington" is a name of a high school. We also find out that both Sam Woodhouse and Katie Ownes attend to the same high school and that the last person who saw her alive was her boyfriend, Brad Kovacs (Munro Chambers).

What viewers was hoping the movie to be was a routine mystery movie, the last five minutes asked more questions than it answers. In other words, the ending sucked.

I'm 57 min deep...and I'm like.."uhhhh...okay?..." This movie is soooo slow and prematurely dramatic for something that's so mysterious there's no pertinent clues shared to make it interesting. The main character's uncle was the only thing I raised an eyebrow for since Total Recall is a classic. I have dedicated 57 min....25 min left... I'm too far in not to finish it. ughhh.

This film had the makings of something really interesting. The lead develops from stone cold bitch to something more interesting (although a longer run time may have made that process a little more organic), Michael Ironside is solid as ever and a whole host of weird and wonderful characters get introduced but never fully explained.

The plot, though rather conventional, has enough to sustain momentum beyond the 80 odd minutes of the film so why the crunch on runtime?

Without giving too much away, it's worth a watch and would easily be a 7+/10 if the filmmakers had just given it time to breath!!

Would be very good if not for the rushed and stupid ending... All movie it was very captivating and engaging...good story,acting,build up... the last 5 minutes spoiled everything...would be a solid 6 stars.

Really there was not any horror elements to this film. More of a Drama, and somewhat a mystery, but not by much. As another review mentioned the ending seemed rushed and was really ineffective in giving the movie a good stamp. Can not recommend.