A rich but fragile young woman with a troubled history marries a widowed mystery author. She rejoins him at her new dwelling, an isolated and rather stunning lighttower house. Pretty soon all kind of details begin to worry and annoy her. For instance, why does the sombre housekeeper treat her with such enmity ?
"Deadly Shores" is not, repeat not, a triumph with regard to acting, writing, directing, and so on. Moreover, it seems to think that the viewing public (or at least its own viewing public) is deeply, deeply stupid. It spells everything out, emphatically, as if addressing a group of very slow five-year-olds. For instance, when checking the health of an unfortunate woman who was struck down, the man doing the checking says "She's alive", even though he's the only conscious person around. God forbid this information being conveyed in another, more subtle way...
All of this is annoying enough, but it's also a most derivate movie. People somewhat acquainted with the mystery or horror genre will recognize a vast array of tropes and clichés, plus numerous plot points or ideas taken from other, better movies, such as "Gaslight", "Rebecca",... Whole drinking games are begging to be invented, here.
"Deadly Shores" is not, repeat not, a triumph with regard to acting, writing, directing, and so on. Moreover, it seems to think that the viewing public (or at least its own viewing public) is deeply, deeply stupid. It spells everything out, emphatically, as if addressing a group of very slow five-year-olds. For instance, when checking the health of an unfortunate woman who was struck down, the man doing the checking says "She's alive", even though he's the only conscious person around. God forbid this information being conveyed in another, more subtle way...
All of this is annoying enough, but it's also a most derivate movie. People somewhat acquainted with the mystery or horror genre will recognize a vast array of tropes and clichés, plus numerous plot points or ideas taken from other, better movies, such as "Gaslight", "Rebecca",... Whole drinking games are begging to be invented, here.