- Director: John Berardo
- Author: John Berardo
- Stars: Isabella Gomez, Jack Sochet, Lindsay Lavanchy, Shireen Lai
REVIEW
There’s one thing concerning the shiny appeal of Outdated Hollywood that makes murder appear additional stunning and The Model instantly leans into that with a chilly open that introduces a slimy photographer and a mannequin who doesn’t take kindly to his suggestion of doing a number of poses with out her clothes. Sadly, she will likely be brutally murdered for this and as we see her physique half fused with a model, we enter into current day and meet Sophia, a dressmaker who’s on the lookout for the right spot to arrange her future clothes empire. Unknowingly selecting the very warehouse the place we noticed the aforementioned homicide happen, Sophia is so comfortable to have such a big and well-lit house that it by no means happens to her to second guess why a model has been left on the premises.
Anybody with even a small quantity of horror film acumen can guess how it will play out: the model goes to wreak havoc of the supernatural type on Sophia and her family and friends. Although the setup looks like a fertile playground for B-movie camp, The Model takes itself relatively severely and chooses to deal with the dynamics between Sophia and her sister Liana and, by extension, the way in which their mutual buddies behave when the haunted model begins inflicting bodily hurt that’s, at occasions, deadly. In reality, a lot time is spent with Liana and her psychological and emotional journey you can simply overlook you’re watching a horror movie in any respect. As folks start to sq. off over who’s grief is extra extreme and who deserves to be probably the most depressed, the model begins taking folks out, and thank goodness, as a result of there may be far an excessive amount of speak about emotions on this film. That being stated, Isabella Gomez does convey a rawness into her portrayal of Liana that works nicely towards the pragmatic nature of Nadine (Shireen Lai) and the hippy/dippy therapeutic converse of Hazel (Lindsay LaVanchy). It is a pal group that feels lived in and actual.
The ultimate thirty minutes is when the entire motion occurs. A personality from earlier within the film is introduced in as an professional of kinds. Primarily, it seems like an episode of Supernatural stuffed right into a shorter run time and with solely 1 / 4 of the charisma. There’s a lot good within the movie, however the deal with interpersonal dynamics takes away from the backstory of the model and the constructing basically. The Model may have been a enjoyable, considerate and considerably campy horror film, however its self-seriousness makes it extra of a relationship drama that has a aspect of paranormal.
Accessible on Digital, VOD, Blu-Ray and DVD on October 14
Lisa Fremont
