Fang – Movie Review
Director: Richard Burgin
Writer: Richard Burgin (Screenplay)
Cast
- Dylan LaRay (Trial of the Chicago 7)
- Lynn Lowry (Shivers)
- Jess Paul (The Last Witch Hunter)
- Tom White
- Peter Berwick (Devil’s Island)
Plot: It’s winter in Chicago and Billy Cochran can’t stop alienating the people around him. His mother Gina is in and out of the hospital and her mind is breaking down, caught between her glory days as a Southern belle and her current state of decay. One night, Billy gets an unexpected visitor: a rat that springs out of his bathroom and bites him.
Runtime: 1 Hour 38 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Fang starts when young man Billy (LaRay) finds his life getting more difficult. His mother Gina (Lowry) is struggling with her medical condition and his work is getting affected by the changes in his life. The two end up getting a living carer Myra (Paul), who helps with the everyday operations in the home.
Billy finds himself questioning his own reality when he starts believing a rat bite is changing him. He starts losing sleep and his mother’s demands are getting worse. Myra becomes the only calm in his life, as he is left to decide on whether to go through with a rash decision.
Verdict on Fang
Fang is a horror thriller that sees one young man see life’s problems catch up with him. This sees him struggling to deal with the aftermath of a rat bite, believing he has become infected with something.
The movie here does an excellent job to show the strain life can take on people caring for terminally ill people. It shows just how difficult making ends meet and caring for somebody who doesn’t know what they are doing wrong is. Creating a breaking point that would change everything. The movie does create some nightmare sequences that only add to the uncertainty of what is going on.
Dylan LaRay does an excellent job to show the changes his character goes through, creating a performance that is filled with uncertainty.
Final Thoughts – Fang is a nightmarish trip into the unknown inside a mind.
