![]() ![]() A few stinger-backed jump scares are delivered with gusto, but for the most part Dead Inside is an exercise in deliberately paced, slow creeping horror - and a very successful one in the aesthetic sense. Sterling use of light, shadow and focus sees much of Dead Inside drip a Gothic, spine-tingling atmosphere from the screen throughout, while the confident cinematography and unnerving score work together to bring the foreboding, haunted house ambience to chilling life. ![]() Right off the bat, it’s pleasing to see that director Teo hasn’t lost the knack for generating genuinely spine-tingling visuals that he displayed way back in 2009 with Necromentia (review here). Meanwhile, the increasingly frustrated remainder of the group see love triangles, distrust and sheer bitchiness turn them on each other - the fatal results mimicking the portentous hallucinations described by Sarah. Ostracised by the group after the realisation of her first premonition, Sarah finds herself tormented by disembodied voices and ghost-like figures. Soon after the group’s arrival, the creepiness begins as Sarah becomes witness to strange visions depicting the deaths of her newfound acquaintances. Unsure of what exactly to expect from her fragile friend, Lucy invites along a group of buddies to make a party of the evening. In an effort to help their mentally disturbed daughter settle into a new life back in her childhood town, Sarah’s parents arrange a sleepover for her, inviting along her old friend Lucy (Sage Howard) in order to ease the transition. ![]()
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