| Joshua | |
MOVIE YEAR: 2006 DIRECTOR: Travis Betz WRITING CREDITS: Travis Betz GENRE: Horror CAST: Ward Roberts, Jeremiah Jordan, Aaron Gaffey COUNTRY: USA RUNTIME: 95 min RATING: 9/10 
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 Kelby gets word that his old man has died, and together with his fianc� he heads to his home town to attend the funeral. Haven't been back home for 13 years, once there he meets two of his former old friends that he share a dark past with. A past that made him move and start his life over, but that is now back and this time there's no escaping it.  Joshua, released by Fangoria/Gorezone, is a indie flick with a gruesome plot that is really hard to describe without ruin the movie for those who have not yet seen it. All I can say is that Joshua is a truly creepy flick with a story that stays with you long after the movie's finished. Kelby's father dies while serving time on death row, and while Kebly seem like he couldn't care less about his father, he still goes back to his small home town in Indiana, bringing along his new fianc� to go with him. Once there he gets a visit from an old friend of his, and later at the funeral he meets another one of his old friends. You can easily tell that things between them are not very good and the further the movie goes, the more is revealed. Together they have a dark childhood secret that now is brought back to life again. It's a terrifying tale that is quite brutal and frightening. A lot of indie flicks have this bad feel to them. Often, even if the stories are good, they might still feel too cheap and usually they feature some really horrible acting, something that seems really hard to escape from when it comes to these type of films. It's always fun to see indie flicks though, and to see what people can make out of a extremely small to no-budget, but the whole outcome is unfortunately most of the time not that great. Joshua came like a real surprise, as I was expecting this movie to be watchable at best, but ended up really liking it, especially for the script which is brilliantly delivered. It's a sick and twisted movie, and it's so not your average predictable horror movie, there's a lot of thought put into this one. Little by little the story is revealed, and it just becomes darker and darker. It's clever and impressive, and at the same time truly dark and sick. It's interesting all the way through, and comes out looking really good in the end. When finished watching it, I was actually really impressed. First off I wasn't expecting anything, and secondly, the fact that it was an indie flick that was so well done with such an interesting and gruesome story just made it even more impressive. There are not too many scares, actually there are no scares that would make you jump out of your seat or anything like that. It's more psychological and the plot itself is so sick, it's hard not to be affected by it. It's has this creepy feeling to it that constantly grows the longer you watch. Long after the movie was over, it kinda hit me just how sick the plot really was and thinking about it now does not make me feel too good. It sounds like a negative thing but is infact the total opposite. Not to many movies succeed in doing this, and writer/director Travis Betz should get a lot of credit for his accomplishment.  Joshua is a really impressive indie flick with a story that stays with you long after the film is over. It's truly a clever movie and I can't wait to see what Travis Betz will do next. Truly recommended. --- |
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