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Summary
- This claustrophobic horror-thriller with two great performances keeps viewers guessing until the very end.
- Low stakes film with high tension that mirrors the anxiety and paranoia of our times in an eerie Australian setting.
- Influences from David Fincher and Mike Flanagan shine through in this small film.
What would happen if you enlisted Mike Flanagan to direct a Black Mirror episode that was written by the Duplass brothers? The hypothetically thrilling end result might look similar to You’ll Never Find Me. Set in the eerie Australian outback, this new psychological horror entry drops on Shudder today, March 22, and is the debut feature from directing duo Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell.
Not familiar with their work? Not to worry. After all, their acclaimed short films, including The Recordist and Call Connect., are available on YouTube, in case you’d like to brush up. They’re shorts, after all, and it might just pay off in spades before you dive head-first into a terrifying ordeal that is You’ll Never Find Me, as Bell & Allen’s earlier works clearly show off their talents that more than paved the way to this exciting feature film.
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You’ll Never Find Me
4/5
- Release Date
- June 10, 2023
- Director
- Josiah Allen , Indianna Bell
- Cast
- Brendan Rock , Jordan Cowan , Elena Carapetis , Angela Korng , Luca Trimboli , Finn Watson
- Runtime
- 96 Minutes
- Writers
- Indianna Bell
- Studio
- Someone Like U Productions, Stakeout Films
- Effectively claustrophobic and tense horror-thriller that studies paranoia.
- Remains unpredictable throughout and has two great performances.
- It’s a small film with low stakes.
filmmakers like Mike Flanagan proud, as mentioned earlier. Anyone with a Netflix subscription has probably seen Flanagan’s The Haunting of Hill House and maybe even The Fall of the House of Usher, and fans of these series will certainly eat up the striking content in You’ll Never Find Me.
And on that note — “You’ll Never Find Me?” More like, “You’ll Never See It Coming.” Once a desperate young woman (Jordan Cowan) knocks on the front door of an unassuming caravan owned by Patrick (Brendan Rock), you might think you know who’s the good guy and who means trouble. But think again.
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If Rock and Cowan seem like they have solid on-screen chemistry together, that might be because they starred together in an earlier project by Bell and Allen: the aforementioned short film, The Recordist. Both projects put the actors in close proximity with these tight-knit, claustrophobic settings that will keep you at the edge of your seat, with your blood pressure spiked… and you might even find yourself shielding your eyes if you’re one of the many anxiety-stricken Americans.
Cowan and Rock’s roles in You’ll Never Find Me are entirely different from the short film, and Cowan’s character isn’t even given a name. She is billed simply as The Visitor, just as Edward Norton was only known as “Narrator” in Fight Club. And speaking of, in our interview with the directors, they mentioned how acclaimed filmmaker David Fincher has been a huge influence on their work. And it shows.
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Brace Yourself for the Ending
Once the woman enters the house — she appears before us freezing and soaking wet from the terrifying overnight storm outside — she starts to get creepy vibes from resident Patrick. He insists she stays and gets comfortable, even after she becomes visibly restless and wants to head out. But then the tables turn — and turn again. And again. Wait, is Patrick now getting suspicious of the Visitor’s motives? Why won’t she explain herself more thoroughly? This is all included in the anxiety-inducing first act, and you might think, “Hold up, isn’t there a whole hour left in this movie?”
Thankfully, there is. And once the mood calms a bit, since the caravan’s two occupants are stuck inside thanks to Mother Nature, they take a seat at the table and play cards. And the game they settle on couldn’t be more perfect. Anyone else grow up playing “B.S.”? Each player gets to call out someone else if they think the card that’s being placed in the middle isn’t what the player says it is. Cue the story parallel here, as Patrick and his charming yet shady new guest are constantly playing a game of verbal chicken. Each may or may not have skeletons in the closet — figurative and perhaps even literal — but what is real, and what is instead a manifestation of human paranoia that seems to be plaguing society these days?
On a similar note, the recent hit film Out of Darkness, which utilizes a made-up Stone Age dialect, highlights themes of “who’s the real monster, at the end of the day?” This is, of course, echoed in spades with You’ll Never Find Me, a uniquely simplified new horror entry that ranks up with this year’s Monolith as exciting new additions to cinema out of Australia. Fire up the popcorn and prepare to bicker with your friends about the absolutely bonkers ending to Allen & Bell’s debut feature.
You’ll Never Find Me starts streaming on Shudder Friday. Watch it through the link below:
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