7 Keys – FrightFest 2024 Movie Review
Director: Joy Wilkinson
Writer: Joy Wilkinson (Screenplay)
Cast
- Emma McDonald (Layla)
- Billy Postlethwaite (Tomb Raider)
- Amit Shah (Pain Hustlers)
- Kaylen Luke
- Jane Goddard
- Jemma Moore (Host)
Plot: Daniel has kept the keys to the places he’s lived in. Lena wants to use them – on the ultimate tour of London, a weekend of getting to know each other intimately in other people’s homes. This risky fantasy soon becomes a deadly threat.
Runtime: 1 Hour 33 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: 7 Keys starts when Daniel (Postlethwaite) and Lena (McDonald) both get stood up on their Friday night dates. They decide to keep each other company leading to Lena learning about Daniel’s obsession with keeping the keys from his former homes.
The pair get caught in a whirlwind romance, which sees them visiting the former homes. However, things take a dark turn, as their former lives start getting exposed.
Verdict on 7 Keys
7 Keys is a horror thriller following two people who get stood up by dates. They decide to spend the evening together and the weekend together. It turns exciting when one has the keys to their former flats and they decide to go and experience their former life, until a darker side to the plan comes together.
This movie takes us on a strange date, as the couple decide to enter other people’s homes to fulfill a fantasy. Strangely, people would do this willingly and even be turned on by it. This does make it harder to care what happens to either of them before we learn the truth. It presents an interesting story in the opening sequence, one we have seen be more of a cut and dry idea for horrors. However, it moves that to something else, creating a paranoia the audience could suffer from after seeing this movie. We do get two strong performances from the leading two stars, who carry the movie and the mystery about where things will go next.
Final Thoughts –7 Keys plays into the audience’s paranoia.
