I must admit that when I first saw the trailer for this on Youtube the low-budget cinematography almost put me off. Almost. Fortunately, the premise alone intrigued me enough to give it a chance anyway.
The story centres around an imaginative but troubled little girl called Emma who is under the care of her grandparents due to her mother's recent death and John, her grieving father's reluctance to face up to his responsibilities.
In this world there are 2 inter-dimensional factions that co-exist unseen alongside the human world; the dream-giving 'Storytellers' and the nightmare inducing 'Incubi'.
One night, after having been visited by a Storyteller, Emma's soul is kidnapped by an Incubi, simply known as 'Ink' who hasn't quite earned his stripes yet and needs her to use as a bargaining chip so that he can become part of the Incubi elite.
In real life, Emma consequently falls into a coma and is taken to hospital but when John is still reluctant to come to his daughter's aid, the storytellers must work together to save her from the Incubi's clutches by helping John face up to his responsibilities as a father and Ink to realise his true identity.
I think you will enjoy this movie, if like me, you are intrigued by subjects like metaphysics, dreams, time travel etc.; the scene in which the audience witnesses how the Storytellers manipulate the events that led up to an earlier scene in the movie which results in John being in a car crash and having to be taken to the hospital where his daughter is lying in a coma had me holding my breath (if only because it visually depicted something I've thought about myself.)
I'm glad I saw 'Ink' in spite of its ugly cinematography and I can tell it was a real passion project for its creators.
The story centres around an imaginative but troubled little girl called Emma who is under the care of her grandparents due to her mother's recent death and John, her grieving father's reluctance to face up to his responsibilities.
In this world there are 2 inter-dimensional factions that co-exist unseen alongside the human world; the dream-giving 'Storytellers' and the nightmare inducing 'Incubi'.
One night, after having been visited by a Storyteller, Emma's soul is kidnapped by an Incubi, simply known as 'Ink' who hasn't quite earned his stripes yet and needs her to use as a bargaining chip so that he can become part of the Incubi elite.
In real life, Emma consequently falls into a coma and is taken to hospital but when John is still reluctant to come to his daughter's aid, the storytellers must work together to save her from the Incubi's clutches by helping John face up to his responsibilities as a father and Ink to realise his true identity.
I think you will enjoy this movie, if like me, you are intrigued by subjects like metaphysics, dreams, time travel etc.; the scene in which the audience witnesses how the Storytellers manipulate the events that led up to an earlier scene in the movie which results in John being in a car crash and having to be taken to the hospital where his daughter is lying in a coma had me holding my breath (if only because it visually depicted something I've thought about myself.)
I'm glad I saw 'Ink' in spite of its ugly cinematography and I can tell it was a real passion project for its creators.