Glasshouse (2021) Review

Glasshouse (2021) Review

Confined to their glasshouse, a family survives The Shred, a toxin that erases memory. Until the sisters are seduced by a Stranger who shatters their peace and stirs a past best left buried.

From the very start director Kelsey Egan’s GLASSHOUSE makes for an utterly enthralling and layered delight, evoking fond memories of movies of the Seventies and Eighties that weren’t afraid to take the slow road and let the narrative build rather than explain everything off in the first five minutes.

With elements of both THE BEGUILED and PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK, this Gothic treat is a masterclass in world building through both the film’s production design and script. Add in the narrative’s ‘isolation’ factor, very relatable after our recent Covid related experiences, and you have a sci-fi drama-thriller that resonates with the times.

As his debut feature GLASSHOUSE marks co-writer and director Kelsey Egan as someone to watch in the future. It all feels very real, ensuring that you buy into it and become emotionally invested in the storyline and character plot arcs. The acting is top drawer with British actress Jessica Alexander (next seen in the upcoming live-action remake of THE LITTLE MERMAID) and newcomer Anja Taljaard as the sisters, Bee and Evie, along with BAFTA-nominated Hilton Pelser, proving that you don’t need a big cast to deliver the goods.

Small, but perfectly formed.

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