"If She Screams" aims high, and while it doesn't really achieve what it's trying to do, it still is pretty entertaining while at the same time being a bit of a mess.
The basic plot of the movie -- although we will be taking many plot detours along the way -- involves Kassi (Romy Boloix), a struggling actress in Hollywood who is about to get evicted from her apartment. Her friend Christiana convinces her to join another women (Marissa) to go help a weed farmer take care of his crops. Once they get there, the combination of the very shady farmer and some home invaders have our three heroines on the run, where things go from bad to worse...
"If She Screams" aims high -- probably too high for a little low budget film. In addition to the main plot, there is a supernatural subplot about evil walking the woods and flashbacks to the 1800's to show its genesis, and nother involving Kassi's mother trying to find her because she hasn't heard from her in a couple of hours. The movie also has a time loop in it, although you probably wouldn't notice because there's so much else going on.
If it had been simplified a bit, it would have been more effective. The three girls are put through a gauntlet, going from one bad situation to another, and that was pretty effective and focussing more on that part of the movie would have been preferable. But what's good is quite good, to be honest -- the girls' predicaments are pretty harrowing and powerful, and some of that is due to the nice performance of Romy Boloix. This appears to be her sole credit, and whereas most actors in roles like this tend to over-emote (and her two co-stars do that a-plenty) there is something surprisingly believable about her in the situations. I was pretty impressed, and hopefully she gets more work. The film has some good gore scenes, and all the woman are extremely attractive. And at a little less than 90 minutes, it never overstays its welcome. It betrays its low budget often (some sound issues, and let's just say the flashbacks to the 1800's probably shouldn't have been films outside where you can see modern things), but overall not a terrible way to spend some time.
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