Watch Me - Scopofile Productions (2006) |
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Posted 7 Dec 2006 I was sent a DVD to watch of an indie movie called "Watch Me". Now don't get me wrong. I do love indie films. But some of them can be a bit cheaply done. But since Melanie Ansley, who wrote and directed the film, had asked me to view it and review it, and since she asked so nicely I thought I would give it a chance and give you, my readers, an honest opinion of this movie. This movie is only 78 minutes long and was filmed in Australia and parts of Beijing. At first glance I thought this movie was going to be similar to some other horror movies I've seen, such as Stay Alive, Pulse or even The Ring. But the more I watched it, the more intrigued I became. It is about a cinema studies student named Tess whose friends one by one end up horribly murdered after opening an email attachment called "Watch Me". Each murder is the same: a red-headed woman, email attachment being opened, and the victim's eyes sewn shut. Tess ends up at a local illegal film dealer in the hopes that he can help her find out about this attachment. With his help, Tess tries to find out how she can stop these murders from happening again before she is the next victim. The actors in Watch Me are relative unknowns. But their acting abilities were so strong in this movie that I found myself becoming emotionally involved in their quest to stop the email. Frances Marrington, who plays Tess, gives a strong performance as the heroine with a haunted past. And Sam Voutas, who plays Taku the film dealer and also produces the movie, gives a creepy performance as the slimy dealer who seems to have ulterior motives for the attachment. He made my skin crawl whenever I saw him. The scenes were simple and believable. There is no orchestrated music but the background "sounds" are creepy and memorable. And yes, there is blood and gore in this movie. However, it is not overdone and fits appropriately into the scenes. For a short-length movie this movie packs a lot of punch. And I found the more I watched it the more I wanted to get to the bottom of the email attachment and find out all about it. This movie will not disappoint. I sure wasn't disappointed at all.
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