Extremity (2018)

A young woman obsessed with horror subjects herself to hours of grueling torment inside an extreme haunt in an attempt to confront her fears and conquer the tragic past that haunts her.

Director:

Anthony DiBlasi

Writers:

David Bond, Rebecca Swan (as Scott Swan)

Stars:

Chad Rook, Dana Christina, J. LaRose

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chad Rook	...	Bob / Red Skull
Dana Christina	...	Allison
J. LaRose	...	Phil
Dylan Sloane	...	Zachary
Ashley Smith	...	Nell / Female White Skull
Chantal Perron	...	Dr. Sylvia Nichols
Paul Noah Braaten	...	John Hainey / Pyscho Clown / Beanie / Gorilla (as Paul Braaten)
Mark Kandborg	...	Max Bell
Kelsey Andries	...	Morgan Leycock
Cam Damage	...	Death
Yoshihiro Nishimura	...	Cameraman
Ami Tomite	...	Konishi
Angelique Berry	...	Young Allison
Natalie Victoria	...	The Voice
Jen Znack	...	Peep Show Girl / Cathy Hainey

Storyline

Allison, a young woman with a severely troubled past who signs up for an extreme haunt called Perdition. She believes that putting herself through Perdition's nightmarish trials will help her exorcise her internal traumas, but has no way of knowing just how shocking her ordeal will be-or what dark secrets buried in her psyche will emerge.

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Plot Keywords:

one word title | canadian horror | canadian content | written by producer | writer producer | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 January 2019 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Extremity - Geh an deine Grenzen

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dark Elegy Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The costume designer Cherie Howard has been a fashion designer for 25yrs prior to working on Extremity.

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Goofs

When Allison and Zachary are running in the forest, you can see her bra straps on her shoulders, despite being completely stripped earlier in the film. When she squats by the tree, hiding, the straps are gone once again.

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Soundtracks

Your Visible Breath
Written by Joe Ceglio
Performed by Joe Ceglio

User Reviews

The horrors of perdition

'Extremity' happened to appear in my recommended for you section, and because the idea sounded so fascinating it was difficult for me to say no to watching it. The cover also was a creepy one and the title was attention grabbing. And despite how my previous reviews have looked like, there is absolutely nothing against films made on a low-budget, there have been numerous good ones. Despite how it indicates otherwise, also do appreciate horror, which has seen many great films, even if it is not my favourite genre.

So there was potential for 'Extremity' work. It is said with a heavy heart, not malice or prejudice in any way, that it doesn't...at all. Have seen far worse films of the genre, of similar budget and overall and it is not completely irredeemable, other films have insulted the intelligence more and have been worse looking, written and acted. Not that that is much of an endorsement, there is so much done wrong here in 'Extremity' and to a quite annoying degree.

The setting is spooky and the costume design is decent looking.

It is hard to appreciate both though when the rest of the production values look as though they were made with no care and in haste. The editing especially lacks cohesion, it's too drably lit and there is just no atmosphere or style at all. What little there is of atmosphere is undermined by cheap-sounding and random sound effects that are intrusive in placement and recorded too loud. The music didn't seem to fit and offers nothing unnerving or memorable.

Furthermore, the script is so start-stop awkward and cheesy that it doesn't matter whether you are trying to not take it too seriously, it would stick out like a sore thumb regardless of how one tries to watch the film. The story takes a premise that could have been very creatively, and executes it so ordinarily and dully. Nothing is surprising and 'Extremity' fails to be both interesting or scary thanks to a dull pace and no tension, suspense or creepiness.

Just non-stop obviousness (most of it having been done to death long before the film existed) and ridiculousness, complete with far-fetched and sometimes vague moments and very bland and irritating characters that behave and make decisions in a way that makes one endear to them less. The direction has no personality or distinction, not even rising above competent, while the acting with no exception is not really worth mentioning and not in a good way.

Overall, very bad but have seen worse. 2/10 Bethany Cox