8/10
Unique Spin on a Classic Tale
10 December 2020
Don Johnson's "Occurrence at Mill Creek" delivers some solid chills and moments of creeping dread, in a tale of family curses and haunted pasts. I enjoyed the more surreal moments - without revealing too much here - such as an unexpected moment of terror in a therapist's office, a dance with the dead in a moody bar (very "Twin Peaks"), and a blood-soaked finale where the protagonist Clara (Ava Psoras) comes to terms with a terrible family secret. I had some trouble fitting all the pieces together, but it was overall a unique and chill-inducing experience, with some genuine moments of terror. It's also worth mentioning here the title "Occurrence at Mill Creek" playing homage to the infamous "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", which if you've seen the former, you know...things aren't always as they seem.
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