The Girl in the Photographs
A bored young woman in a sleepy community called
Spearfish starts receiving photographs of brutally murdered young women.
Are they real or staged? The culprit is either a serial killer or some
creep with a sick sense of humour.
Director: Nick Simon
Writers: Robert Morast,
Osgood Perkins (as Oz Perkins)
Stars: Kal Penn,
Claudia Lee,
Kenny Wormald
Storyline
A bored young woman in a sleepy community called Spearfish starts
receiving photographs of brutally murdered young women. Are they real or
staged? The culprit is either a serial killer or some creep with a sick
sense of humour.
The Girl in the Photographs - Official Horror Movie Trailer (2016)
User Reviews
Almost unwatchable
How The Girl in the
Photographs was accepted into Midnight Madness at TIFF 2015 is certainly
a mystery to me. Poor writing and performances overall, this movie was a
chore to sit through. Even the usually excellent Katherine Isabelle is
mediocre at best here (granted she doesn't have much screen time). Karl
Penn's attempt at comedy was grating and absolutely unfunny. The plot,
while having some promise initially drowns in a sea of mess. I have
never walked out of a screening before, but The Girl in the Photographs
made me come close. I did stay until the end, but it certainly took a
lot of will power. It is unfortunate that this would be one of the last
projects that Wes Craven's name is attached to (as Executive Producer).
No matter how a movie turns out, I know equal amounts of blood and sweat went into making it, and because of that I try to find at least one positive point to make about any movie. In this case, perhaps the cinematography was the only element that wasn't terrible. Shot by the excellent Dean Cundey (Halloween, Back to the Future, Apollo 13, etc.) the movie looks good with some nice Steadicam work.
No matter how a movie turns out, I know equal amounts of blood and sweat went into making it, and because of that I try to find at least one positive point to make about any movie. In this case, perhaps the cinematography was the only element that wasn't terrible. Shot by the excellent Dean Cundey (Halloween, Back to the Future, Apollo 13, etc.) the movie looks good with some nice Steadicam work.
