Black Cab is a 2024 supernatural horror film about a couple who are diverted to a remote haunted road by their jovial cab driver revealing disturbing motives and his true intentions.
Director by Bruce Goodison (Then Barbara Met Alan; Murdered By My Father; Leave To Remain) from a screenplay by Virginia Gilbert and David Michael Emerson with additional material by Nick Frost.
The Sony Pictures Television-Stolen Pictures co-production stars Nick Frost (Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob; Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans; Slaughterhouse Rulez; The World’s End; Attack the Block; Hot Fuzz; Shaun of the Dead), Synnove Karlsen (Last Night in Soho), Luke Norris (The Colour Room), George Bukhari and Tessa Parr.
Plot:
When Anne (Synnove Karlsen) and Patrick (Luke Norris) hail a black cab after a night out their driver (Nick Frost) is chatty, jovial even, but they are in no mood to talk. The couple is barely on speaking terms. That is until they realise the driver has no intention of taking them home.
Locked in the cab with no means of escape, the driver transports the couple to a stretch of deserted and supposedly haunted road. But what is his purpose? Is he mad or just plain evil? And why has he selected Anne and Patrick as his victims?
Reviews:
“The filmmakers endeavor to launch a ghost story with the material, but very little paranormal activity is found in the movie. Black Cab is more of a screenwriting exercise than a true nail-biter, dealing with lengthy speeches and limited movement, which doesn’t inspire much suspense. Viewers expecting evil from the premise are served a lukewarm chiller instead, and one that runs out of creative gas early.” ★★ Blu-ray.com
“By the time the movie slogs and sputters through the third act, the story becomes increasingly muddled as I try to make sense of the whole thing that’s been going on. It was a real pity because I was rooting for Nick Frost to make a breakthrough as a versatile actor who can excel more than just appearing in comedies. He certainly deserves better than this huge, missed opportunity.” ★★ Casey’s Movie Mania
” …this is a 30-minute premise stretched to three times its tensile strength. It might’ve worked if Gilbert focused tighter on developing the characters and driving the story via dialogue. But despite Frost’s game performance, the writing fails him by giving him not enough truly clever or menacing or interesting or psychologically curlicued manipulative things to say.” Decider
“It offers a rare leading role for Frost […] who’s more often seen in supporting roles, often as comic relief. Here he’s unmasked as a frightening antagonist early in the story, but it’s still continuously disarming because we’re accustomed to liking the characters he plays […] It’s a fantastic performance by Frost, made even better by how surprising it is.” Gizmodo
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Release:
Black Cab is available to stream on Shudder.
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
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