Yvonne Strahovski

Justin Bruening

Abigail Pniowsky

Julian Bailey

Anna Pniowsky

Stephanie Costa

Ryan McDonald

Chi Fung

Bruce Speyer

Mark Lukac

Erin French

Dominique Gosselin

Nadia Guglieri

Nicole Gallant

Ken Pickett

Byron A. Martin

Marc Reichel

Dennis Iliadis

Lance Ranzer

Stephannie Hawkins

Erin Palmer

Liam Kiernan

Mike Scannell

Adrienne Biddle

Glenn S. Gainor

Ogden Gavanski

Rick Shaine

Peter Cosco

Martin Gendron

Carol Beadle

Gabor Vadnay

Andy Antoine

Ed Wild

Nathan Whitehead

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Thriller

He's Out There

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Octane Entertainment

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daughter

mother

island

darkness

psychopath

vacation

woods

survival

cabin

remote island

lake house

mother daughter relationship

Gimly

An attempt was made.

_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

_**Cabin-in-the-woods flick involving a mother & two little daughters**_

A woman (Yvonne Strahovski) goes out to a vacation home in the backwoods of Virginia with her two little girls, but their retreat takes a horrifying turn. 

“He’s Out There” (2018) is cabin-in-the-woods horror influenced by the Friday the 13th flicks, but more mundane and modern. The technical filmmaking is impressive, such as the locations, cinematography, score/soundtrack, mysterious ambiance and Yvonne as the protagonist.

The set-up is good and the climax is engaging enough but, speaking as a fan of this subgenre, the middle hour is dreadfully dull because the social dynamics are limited to the mother & two daughters, which doesn’t cut it. Yvonne is fine with what’s she’s given, but the lil’ girls are uninteresting (and unsurprisingly so). The scenario needed one or two additional characters to stir up the dynamics and engage the viewer. Either that or exchange the dull kids for a couple of teen girls, SOMETHING.  

The film runs 1 hour, 29 minutes, and was shot at Lost River, Quebec, which is about an hour’s drive northwest of Montreal.

GRADE: C- (while my wife gives it a C)

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A review by Gimly

Written by Gimly on Fri Oct 26 2018

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