Credited cast: | |||
Charlotte Atkinson | ... | McKenzie | |
Elsie Bennett | ... | Samantha | |
Lorna Brown | ... | Anita | |
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Mark Chatterton | ... | Marcus |
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Orla Cottingham | ... | Jo |
William Holstead | ... | Hugo | |
Danny Webb | ... | Moseley |
A diverse group of friends gather for the festive season in a remote lodge but soon plans go awry. One of the friends goes missing and the truth behind why the lodge was booked for the holiday is disclosed. Christmas quickly turns to chaos and a bloody nightmare ensues ..
"Why Hide?" or "Christmas Presence" is nothing more than your garden variety schlock horror film. The only original thing they did was make the characters all LGBT, but did absolutely nothing with it. The first act had a decent build, where it established the characters in a base line sense. The jokes are cringey and I think they may have implied the main character was a TERF, but nothing ever comes of it. Everything that followed got progressively worse. The antagonistic force in this is each characters worst fear. The group figures this out after a few incidents, but whenever they are targeted, they become oblivious again. The ending is a bad, confused twist, possibly to set up a sequel. Don't waste your time.