Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
Directed by A.D. Calvo
When Adele (Erin Wilhelmi) is sent to look after her aunt Dora, she hopes to bond with the kind lady who cared for her as a child. But Dora won’t leave her room and barely speaks. So when Adele meets the seductive Beth, her lonely life improves for the first time. After Beth pushes her to shirk her duties however, Adele faces a dangerous reckoning. Who is Beth and what does she want from Adele? From performances to visual style, A.D. Calvo’s queer supernatural chiller evokes the eerie atmosphere of 70s and 80s horror in much the same way Ti West did with THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL.
A young woman caring for her sick aunt is pushed into bad behavior by a seductive new friend.
Cast: Quinn Shephard, Susan Kellermann, Erin Wilhelmi
Member Reviews
Not a horror film but a drama/coming of age story. Metaphor heavy, beautifully filmed and painfully sad.
Worth watching!
Certainly has its moments. The two leads are good. The eerie quality that pervades much of the movie is effective and often subtle. I enjoyed it.
I liked the idea of the film coming full circle (like other gothic thrillers such as The Sentinel) and the twist involving Beth. As we see, being the heir of a spooky old mansion can be a mixed blessing. Erin Wilhelmi reminded me a lot of a younger Sondra Locke, who also tended to play mad ingenues in spooky situations, aside from her collaborations with Clint Eastwood. I agree with other reviewers that the ending seemed a bit hurried. Some important details like a possible police investigation, estate settlement issues, and what her other relations might have to say about all this weren't explored. I loved the photography in this film. I liked the oblique, out-of-focus appearances and other suggestions of a ghostly presence, reminiscent of Mike Flanagan at his best.
Not a single redeeming quality