Plot: During the sentencing of a trial, a judge has a heart attack. After recovering, he is incapable of doing his job, and he is sent to an elderly home. The people there aren't too friendly. One resident in particular is terrorizing the others with a hand puppet, sometimes with deadly consequences.
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May 18, 2025
Retirement homes are dreary places, and this film digs deep into that fear. Maybe it's not an outright horror film, and people expecting overt scares and/or gore will be disappointed. That said, this film freaked me out more than most other horror films have. It came really close to my personal hell.
Rush and Lithgow are great, the setting is unsettling, and the many close-ups and weird camera angles add to the dread. There are enough freaky moments, even though nothing too excessive or supernatural happens. It's a more than solid horror film, even though I fear it will only appeal to a certain crowd.