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Four medical
students have to perform an autopsy on
a dead woman. They quickly discover that she's got
self-inflicted scars all over her body and Alison
decides to find out more about where she came from
together with Brian. Why? Because it doesn't take
long before people around them start dying mysterious
deaths, and they all seem to be connected to the
dead woman’s body in some way.
The After Dark Horror Fest last year didn't seem to
impress many mainstream movie-goers with its indie
horror flicks, originally meant to go DTV. I on the
other hand loved the idea and can't wait to see what
this years festival has in store for us. Unrest was
obviously shot on a low budget and doesn't look
nearly good enough, technically, to get a normal
theatrical treatment - as was the case with most
of the movies played in the festival. But it sure
has a storyline good enough.
Unrest tells the story of four medical students who
get pushed into performing an autopsy on a dead
woman. Alison immediately senses that something's not
right, and she's right to do so as people around her
soon start turning up dead under mysterious
circumstances. So you're probably thinking "Oh! It's
a ghost movie in a morgue, I get it", but it's much
more than that. The dialogues are very believable
and everything flows quite naturally despite a
mediocre cast. Jason Todd Ipson benefits from his
medical background and shows us how things really
work inside a morgue.
Furthermore, the story-line is extremely well
developed and doesn't always go where you expect
it to go. The atmosphere is top-notch and there are
several suspenseful moments to be found. The fact
that Unrest is the first film to use real cadavers
naturally helps to make the movie feel more realistic
as well (and believe me, you will cringe in your
seat a couple of times just because of the fact that
you know that it's real dead bodies).
It's not all good though. The romance that blossoms
up between the two leads didn't feel necessary and
didn't really add anything to their characters. If
anything, it made them feel more shallow. There are
also a couple of scenes that kind of felt misplaced
and the score had a tendency to get somewhat
overpowering every once in a while. Overall though,
Unrest is a solid chiller, definitely recommended
for a dark, rainy night.
It's not so much about the gore, it's more about the
fact that they used real cadavers. We also get a
dismembered foot but that's nothing special.
The powerful drums and tribal chanting combined with
a traditional horror score was a good idea but got
quite overwhelming at times.
Unrest is a top-notch horror flick with a creepy and
original storyline that's written so well that it
actually feels believable. Far better than the Thai
disaster "Cadaver" which had a similar plot, but
failed at entertaining or bringing anything new to
the table. Strongly recommended despite its flaws.
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