Indie Gems: Honeymoon

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Cabin in the woods? Totally safe.

Bea (Rose Leslie) and Paul (Harry Treadway) are newlyweds who decide to spend their honeymoon in Bea's family secluded lake cabin. It starts off great. They're in love, they joke, they make out everywhere. But then things get weird. Paul finds Bea wandering around in the woods, disoriented. Then she starts acting strange, forgetting things. And it only gets worse.

I applaud this little film for not going in the direction that I thought it would. Sure cabin in the woods films are done time and time again, but this one at least attempts to be different. Leslie and Treadway have amazing chemistry and they really feel like the perfect couple. It makes it all the harder to handle when things start to go south.

The tension builds well and the leads are strong. It's a very creepy film, and while it's not overly gory, it gets pretty damn unsettling. 

Grade: B

Memorable Quote: "You knew the water was cold." - Paul (Harry Treadway)

Comments

  1. DellOctober 23, 2015 at 9:20 AM

    Never heard of this one. Sounds like a really interesting movie. Is this on Netflix?

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  2. UnknownOctober 23, 2015 at 9:46 AM

    Ooh I was about to ask the same as Dell, then! This sounds worth a watch for sure :)
    - Allie

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  3. AnonymousOctober 23, 2015 at 12:43 PM

    I'll have to check this out. Never heard of it!

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    1. Brittani BurnhamOctober 23, 2015 at 1:13 PM

      The main girl in this was in Game of Thrones, so that's how it ended up on my radar.

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    2. s.October 23, 2015 at 2:13 PM

      Busted! Andrew doesn't read my very very rare Screaming Sunday posts :)

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    3. AnonymousOctober 23, 2015 at 3:31 PM

      LOL!

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    4. Brittani BurnhamOctober 24, 2015 at 7:06 AM

      *rings bell* Shame. Shame. Shame.

      Drew, you need to start watching Game of Thrones so that reference means something. lol

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  4. s.October 23, 2015 at 2:12 PM

    Oh I really liked this one. Leslie was very good and so was the guy, though I'm not a big fan of his in Penny Dreadful

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    1. Brittani BurnhamOctober 24, 2015 at 7:07 AM

      I agree, and I thought they nailed the accents well too.

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  5. BirgitOctober 24, 2015 at 2:46 PM

    Sounds interesting and not a typical spooky gory film

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    1. Brittani BurnhamOctober 26, 2015 at 1:05 AM

      It does have one scene that's pretty hard to watch.

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  6. Candice FrederickOctober 24, 2015 at 4:31 PM

    i wish i could have liked it more. it does have a twist, but i thought it was mostly boring.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamOctober 26, 2015 at 1:05 AM

      It's definitely a slow burn. I loved that it was different though. Worth it to me.

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  7. StephanieOctober 24, 2015 at 5:01 PM

    I'm glad you liked this one too, Brittani. I agree that these two had great chemistry, and I liked the fact that it surprised me. It's also on my list of movies I'm glad I didn't see when I was pregnant. Ha ha!

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  8. JoshNovember 2, 2015 at 6:08 AM

    With endorsements from you and Sati, I really need to give this a look. ;)

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    1. Brittani BurnhamNovember 2, 2015 at 1:42 PM

      You should! It's so different from what you'd expect.

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