Here Alone (2016)

A young woman struggles to survive on her own in the wake of a mysterious epidemic that has killed much of society, and forced her deep into the unforgiving wilderness.

Director:

Rod Blackhurst

Writer:

David Ebeltoft

Stars:

Lucy Walters, Gina Piersanti, Adam David Thompson

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Lucy Walters	...	Ann
Gina Piersanti	...	Olivia
Adam David Thompson	...	Chris
Shane West	...	Jason
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Holly Adams	...	Female
Abel McSurely Bradshaw	...	Male 2
Jonathan Gundel	...	Male
Mary Guzzy	...	Woman
Aubrey Hart	...	Male 3
Willow Keith	...	Female 1
Mike Lavarnway	...	Male 1
Sophia Nickerson	...	Child
Jeffrey Rinick	...	Man
Danielle Smith	...	Mother
Rebecca Spiro	...	Female

Storyline

In the deep, rude and fearful wilderness, Ann, a solitary woman, is foraging for food relying on her limited survival skills. At the same time, in the wake of an apocalyptic global catastrophe, an appalling and virulent epidemic has already decimated most of the population, severely infecting its remaining carriers with symptoms including delirium and unpredictable behaviour coupled with aggressive outbursts. Inevitably, now that Ann's husband and baby daughter have ultimately succumbed to the invisible and inescapable plague, her days are filled with memories of a not-so-distant life defined by order and security, forcing occasionally the wary woman to hazard raids to nearby farmhouses for supplies. During one of those desperate runs, Ann will discover teenage Olivia and her wounded stepfather Chris who intend to head north, nevertheless, the quiet but ominous stillness is always blemished by the certitude that danger is everywhere, in the shape of ravenous, half-human flesh-eating ...

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Plot Keywords:

public nudity | topless female nudity | female nudity | erect nipples | bottomless female | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official SIte Official Site for the film.

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

18 May 2017 (Kuwait)

Also Known As:

Singura aici

Filming Locations:

Corning, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Easy Open Productions, Gentile Entertainment Group, Lola's Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Ann listens to the radio, the transmission is in French. The transmission references locations in Quebec. This would likely indicate that the movie is set in Quebec, upstate New York, Vermont or New Hampshire (filming locations are listed in New York).

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Goofs

When Ann comes back to the house with Olivia to collect food, the two corpses on the sofa have disappeared. Drag marks on the ground suggest that either Ann moved them on the previous visit, or, more likely, that they have been dragged off and eaten by the infected.

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Quotes

Ann: You know those rings your wife had? We saw them before anyone knew what was going on. We get patients in the ER oozing puss and blood. The rings just devouring the skin around it, feeding on it like it knew what it was gonna become...

User Reviews

City kids make a film about woods

I have no trouble with low budget films. No trouble either with off the formula stories. Some the most creative work is done with low budgets, and breaking formula is often good.

Obsessions with character arcs, closure, etc make for poor story writing , but some aspects of story telling formula are in fact necessary. Those aspects include some level of credible or believable climax and anti climax and some level of characters being consistent absent anything in the story showing why they would change.

This film is just outright terrible throughout and the climax is just, well complete BS.

This film is low budget combined with every lowbrow cliché imaginable.

Do you need to be a survivalist to write in the Zombie genre? No. But you certainly need to think out your story, and do a bit of research not to make yourself a laughing stock. That people would go to the woods in a post apocalyptic scenario is credible, but not because it would be a good place to survive, but because that is where idiots would go. To be making unneeded campfires (ie showing every threat exactly where you are) , handling and using firearms with no basic skills or common sense, to foraging in places with no likely forage completes the idiocy.

That leaves the interplay between characters. Frankly it is terrible and juvenile. Without getting into spoilers here, the interactions throughout are childish, and the ending is simply a cheat on the audience.

Lastly a whole lot of the positive reviews of this film , virtually all of them are from single review posters. This is the problem with IMDb removing its comment boards, as there is no place to quickly leave an note that the reviews are clearly shilled. They are. Frankly, there is more imagination and creativity in those positive reviews than in the film. The creative team for this film should have had their buddies write the film instead of trying to upshill it here!