Director: Kevin Tran
Writer: Kevin Tran (Screenplay)
Starring: Scott Friend, Brooke Bloom, Lindsay Burdge, Michael Cyril Creighton, Jennifer Kim, Daniel K Isaac
Plot: Residents of a suburban community enjoy a night at home with their friends and family, while an ominous threat looms just outside their doors.
Runtime: 1 Hour 9 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Verdict: Slow Burn
Story: The Dark End of the Street starts as we meet a host of residents in a suburban community expecting parents Jim (Friend) and Patty (Burdge), Korean family, Sue (Kim), Keith (Isaac) and daughter Natalie, Cat lady Marney (Bloom) whose beloved cat Bruce is the latest victim of a string a pet murders in the community. We have other locals Isaac (Creighton), Richard (Parrack) along with teenage band members.
As night arrives strange connections are made between the residents, as the pet killer looks to strike again.
Thoughts on The Dark End of the Street
Final Thoughts – The Dark End of the Street brings us an everyday incident filled time in one street, we get to see how everyone is going about there own day, there own reaction to the pet killer around, find security in a neighbour, alcohol, or just friends. Everything does seem very grounded, with nobody looking to solve the problem, only them looking to prepare themselves from the potential problem. This does make everything feel slower, because this is more about the human nature, rather than any sort of thriller on tracking somebody down, or even investigating what happened. The best way to describe this one, is to make sure you are prepared for a film about human nature, rather than wanting to see an intense story unfold. We do get to see how you will never know what people are going through behind their own doors.
Overall: Very Slow Burner.
