Roar (2009)
A quietly disturbing film in which a young woman has an additional set of keys cut and then realizes she might not be the only one in her house that night.
Intriguing short film from Blackwood director Adam Wimpenny. Made with a cast of three recognizable faces - Russell Tovey (Being Human), Tom Burke (The Musketeers) and Jodie Whittaker (Broadchurch). Roar is the sort of urban legend horror tale that always makes me shudder. So simple yet chillingly effective. Wimpenny's fourteen minute film is beautifully made and acted, in fact good enough to keep the Blackwood disc in my collection. There's also a commentary track as well.
I'm sure i would have thought this even better had i not recently watched a very similar film from 2014 called Deadly Virtues which used the exact same key plot points as Roar.
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