[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Winterskin (2018)

More micro budgeted horror from British auteur Charlie Steads, in which a man is accidentally shot whilst hunting in the woods and ends up at the cabin of lonely Agnes...

What comes next is akin to a mash up of Stephen King's Misery and Hellraiser all taking place in a Gothic snowy cabin in the woods. Once the set up happens in the first fifteen minutes it does come across as dialogue heavy, some of it quite clunky, well either the dialogue is or the acting from Rowena Bentley as Agnes, take your pick.

However it's not really dialogue and acting where Steads generally wins out it's how he uses his tiny allowance which is mere pocket money in contrast to the majority of films. The effects are generally quite impressive, especially those of the 'skinless' and the aforementioned snowy setting is excellent even if the largely orange hues of the colouring give the film a warm feel when it perhaps might have been better with colder blue lighting.

Overall Winterskin is another decent effort from Steads. Someone whose creativity always leaves his budget far behind. If you got any enjoyment from his 2020 films A Werewolf in England or Death Ranch then i'd say give this a go. You'll probably quite like it.