The Latent Image – Movie Review
Director: Alexander McGregor Birrell
Writer: Alexander McGregor Birrell, Joshua Tonks (Screenplay)
Cast
- Joshua Tonks (It Listens From the Radio)
- Jay Clift (The Bleeding Edge)
- William Tippery
Plot: A thriller writer finds his story coming to horrifying life when a mysterious drifter arrives at the door of his isolated cabin.
Runtime: 1 Hour 23 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Latent Image starts when a writer Ben (Tonks) starts having visions of his latest story. This leads to a stranger (Clift) coming to the cabin creating an uncomfortable experience. However, his other visions see him getting pleasure from a stranger visiting him.
As the time together passes by, Ben finds himself dealing with the problem. It sees him trying to understand his creation as he reflects on his own isolation that he has created.
Verdict on The Latent Image
The Latent Image is a horror thriller following an author getting caught up in a twisted work of trying to understand his new novel. However, when things get too close for comfort, he ends up in a bigger battle to understand everything going on.
This is a movie that uses the idea that an author starts questioning their sanity after being left in isolation. It blurs the worlds to show us how things cross over and we are left to see what will happen next. This offers up plenty of interesting ideas and keeps guessing and by the end of the movie, you will be shocked by the outcome.
Final Thoughts – The Latent Image is mind-bending thriller showing isolation taking over.