GRIEVE Review of slow burn horror drama plus trailer

  

‘It’s coming for your soul’
Grieve is a 2023 American horror drama film about a mourning man who encounters an evil entity that feeds off sadness.

Written and directed by Robbie Smith. The movie stars Paris Peterson and Danielle Keaton.

Plot:
Sam (Paris Peterson) has lost someone close to him, and life has become blurry and unrecognisable. When his mother suggests a relaxing getaway at her forest vacation home, Sam seizes the opportunity — unaware that an age-old entity, one that feeds on sadness and twists fragile minds into psychedelic hellscapes, dwells in those woods, hungry and waiting…

PR blurb:
“The New England winter punctuates this love letter to creeping horror and slow cinema, like a marriage of Chantal Ackerman and Kiyoshi Kurosawa.”

Reviews:
” …for those who just want an easy-to-watch horror movie that doesn’t take much thinking, then they may need to stay clear […] director Smith has ambitions in his feature debut, but perhaps the answer is to show the audience something they’re familiar with, rather than trying to reinvent the wheel on his first try.” Battle Royale with Cheese

Release date:
Grieve was released on digital platforms in North America by Terror Films on October 6, 2023.

Trailer:

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