- Director: Jeremy W. Brown, Mick Strawn
- Writers: Jeremy W. Brown, Mick Strawn
- Stars: Sam Wren Vincent, Nicole Apelian, Russell Shealy, Jai’Reeh Demond
TV shows like Alone, where contestants pit themselves against nature, seems like fertile ground for a horror film. Solitude takes this premise but doesn’t make the most out of it.
We are thrown into the survival game midway through with Kara, talking to the camera. She is hungry and is trying to hunt her dinner. Already just existing on a soup of grass and bugs, the hunger and the weariness has set in. At night, she begins to hear some strange noises, and first put down to mental fatigue and not enough calories, Kara’s traps are messed with in such a way that she thinks that she isn’t alone in the woods…
As the other contestants begin to tap out and leave, despite accordingly to the show runners, being the most mentally and physically strong group they’ve ever had. Kara is awaiting her medical check but the area she is in is currently inaccessible due to flooding… and the weird, inexplicable incidents continue to ramp up.
Solitude has a lot of going on and if I am honest, it is probably too much. The premise is perfect for a horror film, all alone with a camera in the middle of nowhere is horror film gold. Unfortunately, there are too many unnecessary plot points. To discuss them would go into spoiler territory so I won’t do that but sometimes keeping things simply is the best mantra to take. I understand that you want your film to stand out but doing a simple idea well, can do that.
Vincent makes Kara a very relatable main character whilst directors Brown and Strawn use the setting very well with some of the night sequences being very effective.
Not as focused as it could have been but with some good sequences, Solitude still has large sections that work.
Available now On Demand
Ryan Morrissey-Smith
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