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A timely and atmospheric eco-thriller hamstrung by a plodding plot where the slow-burn comes in the last act, not the first. Add a slacker boyfriend that is so completely annoying and useless it makes 88 minutes feel like three hours.
The Beach House
- Drama
- Horror
- Mystery
10/22/2020
88
NR
Wish you were here.
A romantic getaway for two troubled college sweethearts turns into a struggle for survival when unexpected guests – and the surrounding environment – exhibit signs of a mysterious infection.
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Wuchak
Theres something in the water
Two college youths (Liana Liberato & Noah Le Gros) take a romantic getaway to the lonely shores of Cape Cod before the Summer season hits. An unexpected older couple disturbs them a bit (Jake Weber & Maryann Nagel), but thats nothing compared to the curious goings-on in the environment.
"The Beach House" (2019) is a capably made slow-burn ecological mystery with a Northeastern coast milieu. It starts out similar to Beach House from the year prior, but takes a sci-fi/horror turn in the second half.
The landscape is scenic in a typical coastal sense, but desolate and somehow haunting. The tone is mundane and increasingly nihilistic. The film shoots for creepy mood rather than over-the-top thrills, ...