Storyline

Featuring shades of Edgar Allen Poe's ["A Tell-tale Heart" and] "The Black Cat", 1922, with a Bonny and Clyde sub-plot, based on the Stephen King novella of the same name, centers on simple but proud farmer, Wilfred James, who, with the reluctant help of his teenage son, murders his wife to gain ownership of her inherited land. Shortly after, however, strange and supernatural occurrences begin to plague both James and his farm. Is it just simple bad luck, or is it the work of something much more sinister?

Plot Keywords

1920s, based on short story, farmer, based on novel, rural setting, cow, rat, guilt, murder, psychosis, year in title, cornfield, dragging a body, basement, butcher knife, stabbing, retribution, based on the works of stephen king, male objectification, hairy chest

Short Review

In cinemas, it might have been overshadowed by flashier rivals, but perhaps, on demand, this slow, but winningly bleak little tale will find the audience it deserves.

Trailer