Review of 100 Feet (2008) by Jason D — 22 Nov 2009
In 100 Feet, Marnie Watson (the beautiful Famke Janssen) has just been released from prison and placed under house arrest after murdering her abusive husband (Michael Pare) in self-defense. Because Pare was a crafty cop, his partner (Bobby Cannavale), as well as the neighborhood and Marnie's family all feel that Marnie is psychotic and evil, when really she's not.
While in the confines of her home, Marnie's luck doesn't get much better as the ghost of her dead husband starts viciously attacking her each and every night, continuing his abusive ways for an extended period of time, since Marnie can't leave the house, nor does she even bother to tell anyone.
100 Feet marks the overlong return of excellent writer/director Eric Red (writer of the original Hitcher and Near Dark, and director of Body Parts and Bad Moon). It's clear from watching 100 Feet that Red has not lost his touch and I can only hope that he does more work after this.
As for the cast, Janssen and Cannavale are great (no surprise), Ed Westwick (whom I wanted to punch after watching S. Darko) actually puts in a decent performance, though Michael Pare is sorely underused (you can't really even tell if that's him as the ghost).
The movie relies on delivering chills and tension rather than jumpscares or a large body count. When the big visual scares DO show up, they don't disappoint. Overall, a nice surprise of a ghost/haunting film that took WAY too long to finally limp onto DVD and Blu-ray.
Great film.
This review of 100 Feet (2008) was written by Jason D on 22 Nov 2009.
100 Feet has generally received mixed reviews.
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