We don’t always get sent press releases; sometimes indie movies reach out to us on the socials. Like, for example, The Cellar, and they sent us a link to the trailer.
I know the staple of indie movies is horror, but I like the look of this. The production values really do stand out when you think the budget for something like this must be minuscule. I mean that compared to the $1,000,000,000 all Hollywood movies seem to cost these days.
The Cellar stars Meghan Adara, Neil James, Charlotte Marshall, Michaela Sands, Obie Dean, Tom Clear, Sophie Flack, Wayne Liversidge, and Sophie Karl. Jamie Langlands is the writer and director.
Langlands has a huge acting resume of about 100 credits. In fact, I have seen a couple of his movies, in which he acted. Sadly, they weren’t good. I thought Piglet was terrible, as it had no thread through the story.
The other, which I watched recently, was Spiders on a Plane. I was hoping for some camp horror, but it took itself too seriously. If you’re making a movie called Spiders on a Plane, you need to lean into the camp.
Back to The Cellar, it’s Langland’s third time as director, and the trailer makes it look pretty good. The story is:
A young girl wakes up imprisoned underground, with amnesia. She must escape, unravel the mystery behind her captivity, and confront her personal struggles. A suspenseful tale of survival, truth, and inner turmoil unfolds.
The Cellar is out on DVD and Blu-ray from the official website, and a review is on the way.
