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Title: Splinter (2008)
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| Cast overview: | |||
| Charles Baker | ... | Blake Sherman Jr. | |
| Jill Wagner | ... | Polly Watt | |
| Paulo Costanzo | ... | Seth Belzer | |
| Shea Whigham | ... | Dennis Farell | |
| Rachel Kerbs | ... | Lacey Belisle | |
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Laurel Whitsett | ... | Sheriff Terri Frankel |
While camping in the woods, Polly Watt and her clumsy boyfriend Seth Belzer damage their tent. They decide to spend the night in a low-budget motel. Meanwhile the criminals, Lacey Belisle and Dennis Farell, have trouble with their runaway car while heading to Platt and they walk on the lonely road. When Polly passes by Lacey, she stops the car and the couple is rendered by Dennis. However, Polly hits something in the road and while replacing the tire, they are attacked by a weird splinter. The car overheats and they stop in a gas station, where they are trapped by zombies, victims of the splinter parasite. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A nice little horror movie, "Splinter" isn't brilliant, but it's engaging nevertheless. It offers a creepy atmosphere and competent acting. My main quibble is with the writing -- specifically, the sometimes illogical and implausible things the characters do and the occasionally silly dialogue.
I also would have liked an explanation of what the creature was and how it formed. There's a lot of talk about the age of the trees and how the surrounding woods are an "old forest," but this fact never comes into play in relation to the creature. Nor does the orange sign (which seems important because the camera zooms in to show it to us) posted by the side of the road proclaiming the region an "experimental" area. Perhaps there are plans to explain everything in a sequel. Despite these shortcomings, this film is worth seeing.