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This year’s Overlook Film Festival was filled with bold movies, many of which broadened the definition of traditional horror. From a tense two-hander and a teen heist movie to a NSFW alien tale and a philosophical road trip from Hell, these titles played well on the big screen and deserve releases to serve the masses. Distributors, reach into your pocketbooks and pick up these five great movies that haven’t sold yet.
“Hallow Road”
Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys are magnificent in this two-hander set largely in an increasingly claustrophobic car. The pair play a married couple going through a rough patch who receive a call in the middle of the night from their daughter (Megan McDonnell), saying she had a car accident on a deserted back road and may have hit another young woman. The bulk of the action takes place in the cab of the family vehicle, as Pike and Rhys try to piece together what happened with their daughter on speakerphone as they race to the scene of the accident. William Gillies’ twisty script keeps things stressful, and “Under the Shadow” director Babak Anvari and his DP Kit Fraser are wizards at sustaining a car ride that looks this visually dynamic.
“LifeHack”
This screenlife heist movie follows a group of web-savvy teens who brazenly try to steal crypto from an Elon Musk-type and get far more than they bargained for. 27-year-old Ronan Corrigan co-wrote and directed this dizzyingly creative look at the life of young hackers, inspired by his own very online upbringing. With a cast of talented young actors, Corrigan uses the computer screen as a way to dive into the emotional tapestry of the players, as well as clearly detail their clever plan of how to break into online accounts, which involves just as much social psychology as coding. Once he nails the landing with a bittersweet ending, it’s clear Corrigan has a brilliant career ahead of him.
“Touch Me”
This funny, quirky and horny alien comedy is destined to become a mainstay for midnight audiences. Writer-director Addison Heimann throws scores of inspirations — including ’70s Japanese movies, ’80s hip-hop and new-age gurus — into a blender to tell this unconventional tale of two self-loathing best friends (Jordan Gavaris and Olivia Taylor Dudley) who accidentally fall into a throuple with an arrogant alien (Lou Taylor Pucci), whose touch is as physically addictive as heroin. Mix in dance sequences, gory violence, tentacle sex and some genuinely emotional scenes, and you’ll approach the untamed imagination of Heimann’s vision.
“It Ends”
Four college-aged frenemies stumble upon a stretch of desolate road that goes on forever without turns, and if they pull over for more than 90 seconds, they’re attacked by a frenzied mob trying to scramble and overtake the Jeep. Mixing creeping dread with the tough realization that they might be stuck driving forever, the actors behave like actual disillusioned youth, striving to hold onto their humanity as the odometer ticks away endlessly. It’s a fleet exercise in big-screen philosophy from writer-director Alex Ullom that is sure to have audiences talking.
“Good Boy”
A supernatural horror movie told from the perspective of a talented dog actor, the Overlook premiere of “Good Boy” had to be bumped up from one to three screens because of a demand for tickets. The cute and clever film is sure to draw plenty of new fans, given the blend of genre with man’s best friend. The horror tale is digestible even with limited dialogue, and the unique perspective and clever cinematography make for a tasty and spooky cinematic treat.
