Bright Hill Road (2020) Review
Bright Hill Road (2020) Review
When a misstep after a workplace shooting puts alcoholic Marcy (Siobhan Williams) on leave, she heads out to see her sister in California. Halfway there, she stops for a couple of days at the Bright Hill Road Boarding House. The walls close in on the deeply troubled Marcy, as she loses touch with reality and comes face to face with the misdeeds of her sordid past.
Director Robert Cuffley and writer Susie Moloney have fashioned a satisfying slow-burn creepfest that nods to the likes of the original JACOB’S LADDER, ANGEL HEART, CARNIVAL OF SOULS and still manages to grip despite the plot similarities. Siobhan Williams gives a committed lead performance that elevates BRIGHT HILL ROAD to a must-watch flick regardless of whether you’ve seen the aforementioned flicks.
Kicking off with a brutal blast of violence, as a former company employee decides to shoot his ex-colleagues, before landing our lead character Marcy at a spooky boarding house in the middle of nowhere there’s plenty happening in BRIGHT HILL ROAD to ensure that you stick around through the film’s slower moments. That director Cuffley’s story takes a path familiar to genre fans shouldn’t deviate from your appreciation of the film’s strengths, sure it’s been done before but when it’s done this well you don’t really mind travelling the same road again.
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