The Clinic review
Reviewer: Horrorphilia Jeremy
Dvd release date. Out in Australia. U.S. Dvd date is unknown

There is seemingly no end to the talent pool coming out of the Australian new-wave now: The Horsemen, The Loved Ones, Animal Kingdom, to name a few. James Rabbitts has entered this scene with a different kind of survival-horror film. It’s like if Wolf Creek met a game of death with watched contestants, and then they threw in some babies. Scratching your head, yet?

The film starts out like a Psycho/Vacancy clone in which a couple is forced to stay in a shady motel in the middle of nowhere. It’s not really a spoiler to say the male makes the stupidest decision ever by leaving his very pregnant wife alone late at night to ‘search for some food’, and oh yeah–he forget to look at his gas tank too! Then the interesting turn happens which leads to the main plot device, which I will not spoil further.

The movie is very easy to watch due mainly to the production values and the great actors led by the central performance by Tabrett Bethell. She is quite the beauty and has the acting chops that could make her a star. Also, the death scenes are very well executed and somewhat unique at times. The main flaw of the movie is the incredulous leap you have to make with your brain to accept the revelation of the ongoing mystery, as well as the insane twist that follows. Some people will curse the movie calling bullshit here, and others may bite, line and sinker, and think it’s a brilliant idea. I’m taking the middle road and saying if Butler and VCU can make the Final Four, maybe anything CAN happen.

Rating: 6/10