The story of how the main got into this situation and the tension leading up to his car breaking down outside of the recording studio feels like filler. It does help suspend the audience's disbelief of him entering into this situation because he assumes the police are after him for a crime, and calling a tow truck might get him caught, but all the backstory with Leland Palmer was really boring. It was very stylish, however, when they used that long zoom to focus on the road of a local map, then transitioned to a helicopter shot of said road with the main's car, followed by another zoom upon the car and transitioning inside of the car, but not much else is notable for the first half.
A broadcast on AM1200 arouses his attention and his car breaks down when he investigates. Great use of the mysterious man with the flashlight. Inside of the building, the lighting and sound design are at their peak, with plenty of lighting practicals, flickering light, and ominous industrial music and white noise.
The confrontation with the rambling mental patient is amusing and hints and some greater, Lovecraftian evil. A demonic entity seems to be able to transfer itself from host to host via some unexplained manner.
Probably the most interesting unexplained element is the man with the flashlight, who the possessed main character signals by turning the lights on and off (it's very peculiar that he allowed the man inside to remain handcuffed, even though he seemed to be doing... the "devil's" work? Flashlight man is the star of the film and will make any viewer swoon!)
Then the possessed main feeds a strange monster inside of a hole with a massive face, which we only ever see part of--an eye here, a mouth there. Since he feeds the last man who was possessed, it seems to be a cycle, where, whoever is lured to the station, becomes possessed by the entity, and hacks up the former servant. I feel like too much of the creature was shown (which might be okay if they were using more traditional effects, instead of the CGI).
Overall, it's an okay supernatural horror that's fairly well-made, but there's nothing very interesting about the story, and while there are some unexplained elements, it doesn't present itself like a wonderful mystery or great cosmic horror and it has a rather slow start.
A broadcast on AM1200 arouses his attention and his car breaks down when he investigates. Great use of the mysterious man with the flashlight. Inside of the building, the lighting and sound design are at their peak, with plenty of lighting practicals, flickering light, and ominous industrial music and white noise.
The confrontation with the rambling mental patient is amusing and hints and some greater, Lovecraftian evil. A demonic entity seems to be able to transfer itself from host to host via some unexplained manner.
Probably the most interesting unexplained element is the man with the flashlight, who the possessed main character signals by turning the lights on and off (it's very peculiar that he allowed the man inside to remain handcuffed, even though he seemed to be doing... the "devil's" work? Flashlight man is the star of the film and will make any viewer swoon!)
Then the possessed main feeds a strange monster inside of a hole with a massive face, which we only ever see part of--an eye here, a mouth there. Since he feeds the last man who was possessed, it seems to be a cycle, where, whoever is lured to the station, becomes possessed by the entity, and hacks up the former servant. I feel like too much of the creature was shown (which might be okay if they were using more traditional effects, instead of the CGI).
Overall, it's an okay supernatural horror that's fairly well-made, but there's nothing very interesting about the story, and while there are some unexplained elements, it doesn't present itself like a wonderful mystery or great cosmic horror and it has a rather slow start.