Written and directed by Oliver S. Milburn
Starring: Dan Richardson, Giles Alderson, Sophie Linfield, Niki Felstead, Paul Jaques
American micro-budget filmmakers should do themselves a favor and watch writer/director Oliver S. Milburn’s feature debut The Harsh Light of Day. The compelling UK production, shot on location in Dorset, England, is a model of smart, economical storytelling. It’s also an extremely well acted and produced little film that fully understands, and makes the most of, its budgetary limitations.
During a violent home invasion, occult author Daniel Shergold (a somber Dan Richardson) is brutally beaten while his wife is tortured and killed. All the while the assailants, wearing hoodies and white masks, videotape the grisly events. Surviving the attack, Daniel is left a former shell of himself, crippled and paralyzed by guilt and anger. His only link to the outside world is his compassionate home nurse Fiona (Sophie Linfield...
Starring: Dan Richardson, Giles Alderson, Sophie Linfield, Niki Felstead, Paul Jaques
American micro-budget filmmakers should do themselves a favor and watch writer/director Oliver S. Milburn’s feature debut The Harsh Light of Day. The compelling UK production, shot on location in Dorset, England, is a model of smart, economical storytelling. It’s also an extremely well acted and produced little film that fully understands, and makes the most of, its budgetary limitations.
During a violent home invasion, occult author Daniel Shergold (a somber Dan Richardson) is brutally beaten while his wife is tortured and killed. All the while the assailants, wearing hoodies and white masks, videotape the grisly events. Surviving the attack, Daniel is left a former shell of himself, crippled and paralyzed by guilt and anger. His only link to the outside world is his compassionate home nurse Fiona (Sophie Linfield...
- 9/5/2012
- by Bradley Harding
- Planet Fury
Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
In the digital age, in which anyone can now be a filmmaker, low-budget horror films are more than a dime a dozen, being easy to produce and rarely relying on strong performances. As such, it usually requires the confident execution of a strong, original concept to elevate the better of these flicks above the typical trappings of the genre. The Harsh Light of Day, the debut feature from young director Oliver S. Mlburn, falls prey not only to its garishly low-fi production values, but also a general dearth of ideas in the already overcrowded vampire film market.
Middle-class couple Daniel (Dan Richardson) and Maria (Niki Felstead) return home from the launch of Daniel’s latest book on the occult to find themselves besieged by a trio of mask-wielding maniacs who are making snuff films for money. The altercation ends with Maria being viciously beaten to death while Daniel is left paralysed.
In the digital age, in which anyone can now be a filmmaker, low-budget horror films are more than a dime a dozen, being easy to produce and rarely relying on strong performances. As such, it usually requires the confident execution of a strong, original concept to elevate the better of these flicks above the typical trappings of the genre. The Harsh Light of Day, the debut feature from young director Oliver S. Mlburn, falls prey not only to its garishly low-fi production values, but also a general dearth of ideas in the already overcrowded vampire film market.
Middle-class couple Daniel (Dan Richardson) and Maria (Niki Felstead) return home from the launch of Daniel’s latest book on the occult to find themselves besieged by a trio of mask-wielding maniacs who are making snuff films for money. The altercation ends with Maria being viciously beaten to death while Daniel is left paralysed.
- 6/7/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Harsh Light Of Day
Stars: Dan Richardson, Giles Alderson, Sophie Linfield, Niki Felstead, Paul Jaques | Written and Directed by Oliver S. Milburn
If you’re making a movie should have at least one of the following: a) a decent script or b) decent actors. If you’ve got both, you’re laughing, if you’ve only got one of those two things, then if it’s good enough, it can make up for the failings of the other. If you have neither a well written script nor actors that can’t act, you’re in trouble.
Unfortunately, The Harsh Light of Day falls into this latter category. The film is a low-budget horror in which a writer is brutally attacked in his own home by video camera-wielding masked thugs. His wife is killed and he is left paralysed. A deal with a mysterious stranger, however, offers him the chance for revenge.
Stars: Dan Richardson, Giles Alderson, Sophie Linfield, Niki Felstead, Paul Jaques | Written and Directed by Oliver S. Milburn
If you’re making a movie should have at least one of the following: a) a decent script or b) decent actors. If you’ve got both, you’re laughing, if you’ve only got one of those two things, then if it’s good enough, it can make up for the failings of the other. If you have neither a well written script nor actors that can’t act, you’re in trouble.
Unfortunately, The Harsh Light of Day falls into this latter category. The film is a low-budget horror in which a writer is brutally attacked in his own home by video camera-wielding masked thugs. His wife is killed and he is left paralysed. A deal with a mysterious stranger, however, offers him the chance for revenge.
- 6/5/2012
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
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