You've seen the set-up a 100 times before: new niceguy cop on the block moves to the country with his pregnant wife where his fellow officers dismiss him as a city-slicker. Bad stuff happens and it turns out he's more plucky than he seems. Also, the town has a terrible secret etc etc.
This film is played as a straight tense thriller with nods to the modern horror and spaghetti western. The combination almost works, mostly due to some earthy performances and cool night time set pieces. What didn't work was the pregnancy/miscarriage subplot which produced some surreal relationship melodrama that distracted from the overall story.
"Gunshots?! No honey, those are cars backfiring! Let's talk about how great our lives are gonna be here in Murderville." "I totally haven't been shot at all! I just spilled BBQ sauce on myself. A big bottle. How was your day?"
This film is played as a straight tense thriller with nods to the modern horror and spaghetti western. The combination almost works, mostly due to some earthy performances and cool night time set pieces. What didn't work was the pregnancy/miscarriage subplot which produced some surreal relationship melodrama that distracted from the overall story.
"Gunshots?! No honey, those are cars backfiring! Let's talk about how great our lives are gonna be here in Murderville." "I totally haven't been shot at all! I just spilled BBQ sauce on myself. A big bottle. How was your day?"