Dark Nature (2009) (Blu-ray Review)
Directed By: Marc de Launay
Starring: Niall Greig Fulton, Imogen Toner, Jane Stabler
Rated: UR/Region A & B/1:77/1080p/Number of Discs 1
Available from Troma
Hoping to enjoy a nice holiday in the country, McKenzie and her rebellious daughter Chloe travel to a remote Scottish community, but their weekend getaway turns into a nightmare as an escalating series of disturbances force them into desperate fight for their lives. DARK NATURE offers bloody thrills and the blackest of comedy as these women struggle against a brutal attacker who is hiding a secret that threatens to tear them to shreds. In the spirit of psychological horror classics THE SHINING and LONG WEEKEND, this smart thriller has a twisting, turning narrative that creates a sense of dread from the first shot and never lets up until the final seconds.
Dark Nature offers up some nice gore in a nice clean look, but the trouble with the movie overall is the movie’s pace. The characters aren’t bad at the heart of things. They just seem to be there without much flare or a hook to them. The dad seems alright, the mom is a bit much, the daughter hates everything and the brother is a little brother. It isn’t a horrible combo it just seems a little too typical. The main thing this movie offers is gore and on that front it does deliver.
Things just move way too slow for my taste here. Everyone is moody and move around accordingly. That is the type of thing that can take you out of what is going on and that is a shame because the actual plot going on isn’t bad. If we had a pace to go with that we’d have had a darn good film on our hands. Instead, we end up with an average one. Still, it is an average one with a nice HD look.
– Deleted scenes
– Commentary with director Marc de Launay
– Interviews
– Slideshow
– Tromatic Extras
