Cornered - A Fascination with Filth
"I'm so scared my asshole is puckering... Spooky, Spooky." Cornered! is a study in low budget horror production. We have a total of eight despicable characters with three locations to choose from. Among the eight is the killer who gives us a medium amount of gore, decent jump scares, and creative murders. Even though the production budget was tight Daniel Maze did a great job on his first feature. He wrote and directed a story that may have cliches but overall the atmosphere he created with his characters and the location he tapped into something different. Mona is a phone sex operator addicted to ice cream, Jess is the chain smoking whore who's just trying to survive, Steven is the alcoholic owner of a run down liquor store, Donny is an obese employee with an addiction to doughnuts, and Jimmy (James Duval from The Doom Generation ) is Steven's nephew who has just quit heroin cold turkey. Put these five together in an inescapable li...