Writer: Tracey Letts
Cast: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr.
A lonely woman who lives in a motel room gets an unhinged war veteran for company and they find they are infested with bugs after they make out.
The film is a tale of two halves like 'From Dusk Till Dawn'. I really liked the first half of the film, especially the script and the tension but in the second half it becomes a cliched psychological horror. The first half was especially surprising because I expected it to be like a Cronnenberg body horror film and it wasn't. The Michael Shannon character believes in Bilderberg group conspiracies and convinces Agnes (Ashley Judd) that the army conducted experiments on him and he is carrying the bug. They cover their room with tin foils and the climax scene is really exquisite visually. It is a real good watch overall but the tone change in the second half is a bit unconvincing.
Rating: 3.5/5
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