Squeak and I'll Run to You (2022) User Reviews

Grim, but not in a good way

[Sumovers · 3/10 · 7 January 2024]

Weirdly captivating. The writer is the director who also acts in it, so its definitely a vanity project.

He arrives in an overly dramatic thunderstorm and is ushered to his room in the creepy house, with a creepy host.

I'm not sure it was meant to be serious or not. Its certainly ridiculous that's for sure.

The dotty professor should have seen it coming.

The filming is quite nice, beach scenes and really bad Roman doggie cemetery, He should have read the tomb stone, and realised he was in trouble and left then. It woildn't have been much of a flim if he had though would it?

Its very uncreepy.

More like "You'll Run Away Screaming".

[tmccull52 · 1/10 · 5 April 2022]

Let's watch Oxford Professor Rex Shepherd walk for a good long while. Then, let's watch Shepherd remove his glasses, look around for a moment, and put them back on. Back to watching Shepherd walking for awhile. Oops! Time to take of those glasses, look around for a moment, and put them back on.

Walk. Glasses. Walk. Glasses. Walk. Glasses. Walk. That's pretty much the first 15 minutes or so of this movie. Oh! Look! Oxford Professor Rex Shepherd steals a book from the library. Walk. Glasses. Walk. Glasses. Walk. Train ride.

Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Glasses. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Glasses. Walk.

Oxford Professor Rex Shepherd arrives at a spooky old inn and has a conversation with the only other person at the inn, the caretaker/property manager, Albert Bassett. Let's watch Albert pause dramatically for effect at the use of certain words as he speaks to Oxford Professor Rex Shepherd. Am I beating to death the point that the main character is "Oxford Professor Rex Shepherd"? So does this movie.

Now, let's listen to thunder rumble and watch lightning flash every time that Albert Bassett pauses for dramatic effect. That will distract us from the point that Oxford Professor Rex Shepherd isn't in the least bit wet, even though it started raining about halfway through his walk-glasses-walk schtick on the way to the spooky old inn.

Now let's listen to Albie admonishing Rexie that no pets are allowed at the inn, even though Rexie clearly has brought no pets with him. Rexie points out to Albie that he has no pets, but Albie reissues the admonition anyway.

All righty! It's walk-glasses-walk time again as Oxford Professor Rex Shepherd heads out for a jaunt in the countryside. During this walk-glasses-walk stroll, he espies a Roman cathedral or some such in the distance, and he decides to explore the ruins.

Walk-glasses-walk. Walk-glasses-walk. Apparently, the director found this kind of action endlessly fascinating, and he beats the viewer over the head with it ad nauseum as the movie progresses.

I, on the other hand, wasn't quite so intrigued or enthralled with Oxford Professor Rex Shepherd's walk-glasses-walk routine as I fell asleep right after his tedious conversation with a cleric who turns out to be a ghost. Consequently, I can't give you any further clues or details about the movie, but I can pretty much guarantee you that Oxford Professor Rex Shepherd will tell anyone else that he comes across that he's Oxford Professor Rex Shepherd every chance that he gets to. Since this is supposed to be a creepy, spooky, ghostly horror movie, maybe Oxford Professor Rex Shepherd's walk-glasses-walk routine eventually turns into run-scream-run. My routine during watching this turd became snooze-snore-turn off TV.

Truly tedious

[davebeck-51383 · 1/10 · 4 January 2024]

It seems Amazon movies seem to be getting filled with these dreadful homemade projects, with no warning about how bad they are. A review on here (very obviously left by the main actor/director in this travesty of a film) claims 'The film moved like a bullet and was over as quickly as it started'. That would only be the case if said bullet was taped to a dying sloth which in turn was stapled to a two-legged tortoise... with a limp.

The same reviewer said there were times the film had them 'laughing out loud'. I found myself laughing out loud while I waited for what seemed like an eternity for something to happen, but it was more a laugh of exasperation, a twitchy, 'what am I doing with my life' laugh.

This laugh continued as I spent a week and a half watching the Professor sit on a train, a month passed by as I watched the Professor go for a walk. Young family members died of old age as I watched the Professor walk up the stairs.

I find it difficult to believe the budget of £7000 doesn't have about £6000 left to spend. The price of an iPhone and a free subscription to Capcut video editor can't have eaten into the budget too much.

I'm all for creativity, but this sort of amateur nonsense needs to be confined to Indie film festivals where viewers have a vague idea of what they're walking into. They should not be released onto unsuspecting members of the public who are just looking for something to watch on TV without at least some sort of warning.

I'm conflicted

[berg-74532 · 8/10 · 30 July 2022]

If you claim to be a horror fan but don't know the source material for this you should be mildly shamed of yourself. I enjoyed this but I've got the feeling James may not appreciate this adaptation but I have another feeling he would be thankful like I was that this wasn't a parody.

A real dog's dinner of a film

[paulcouch-79015 · 2/10 · 1 January 2024]

There aren't nearly enough British horror films, so I desperately wanted to like this, but it falls at the first hurdle.

It's a real vanity project - written by/directed by/produced by/featuring... you know the type.

While James Head's script has potential, the performances, direction, and special effects are atrocious. To call this "Inspired by the work of M R James" is insulting to James' memory.

An arrogant Oxford Professor descends on a Cornish village in search of ... well, something ... and uncovers more than he bargained for. It sounds like a decent James-eque story but Head's insistence on cramming really poor spook smoke effects into every scene is a real chill killer.

William Fitzgerald makes the Professor the kind of character you'd like to see gobbled up by the monsters in the first few minutes but, alas, no.

There's really no excuse for a film to be this bad.

Clever Take On A Classic Story

[ladymidath · 10/10 · 28 March 2022]

I found this on Tubi and having read the original, Oh Whistle And I Will Come To You My Lad, I thought I would watch this and I am glad I did.

An arrogant academic arrives at a small remote village in the countryside of England to explore the countryside and finds an ancient Roman pet cemetery.

It's easy to see that this was made on a budget, the special effects are a bit cheap looking, but the black and white photography and acting lends real atmosphere. There is a lot of humour here and some of the scenes made me laugh out loud while adding a few chills as well.

If you want to watch something a little different, give this a try.

ENTERTAINING LOW-BUDGET HORROR/DARK COMEDY

[rviscovich-1 · 8/10 · 14 September 2022]

I streamed this film for free on Amazon Prime and was surprised at how entertaining it was. I won't give away any "spoilers", but I will explain why I gave this movie an 8 out of 10.

First, it had a great Gothic Atmosphere, very much like CURSE OF THE DEMON and BURN, WITCH, BURN. It was shot in B&W and also included some CGI effects. All of the actors were great, and the locations in Cornwall, England added to the suspense. Story, sound, photography, and editing was all world class. Finally, something good and original is coming out of the U. K.

Second, I was never bored for a second. The film moved like a bullet and was over as quickly as it started. It had moments where I was laughing out loud, and then there were moments of true gothic suspense. Again, I don't want to give anything away.

Third, when I looked this film up on IMDb, I noticed that it had a budget of only $7,000 dollars. That took me by surprise. I've never written a review on IMDb, but this film was worth my time.

Finally, this movie was written, produced, directed, photographed, edited, and co-starred only one man, Mr. James Head. Mr. Head even composed the music score as well as the post-CGI effects. I'm in awe. One can only imagine what James Head could do with a budget of $100,000!! It boggles my mind.

SQUEAK AND I'LL RUN TO YOU is well worth checking out for Free on Amazon. You'll be entertained. Enough said.

8/10.