Rent Don't Return (2020)
2.5 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 31min
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- Synopsis:
- After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren't as dead and gone as he once thought.
- Actors:
- Richard Harmon, Echo Andersson, Sara Thompson, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Erik Athavale, Gwendolyn Collins, Zoe Fish, Kristen Sawatzky, Adam Brooks, Maclean Fish, Keaton Fish, Callie Lane, Jaydee-Lynn McDougall, Jan Skene
- Directors:
- Bj Verot
- Producers:
- Bj Verot
- Writers:
- Ken Janssens, Bj Verot
- Aka:
- The Return / Homecoming
- Studio:
- High Fliers Films
- Genres:
- Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Countries:
- Canada
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Reviews (1) of Don't Return
A fairly successful sci-fi/horror hybrid. - Don't Return review by NP
This is a lacklustre title for a nice horror drama, in which the lack of budget is only occasionally betrayed by some of the effects. The three main leads (Richard Harmon as Rodger, Echo Andersson as Jordan and Sara Thompson as Beth) are refreshingly witty and endearingly silly – at least before ‘bad things’ start happening.
I admire writer/director BJ Verot for trying something different with this story, but if I’m honest, I would have preferred it without its subsequent straying into sci-fi territory. The problem is, despite the best attempts of the smoky CGI, it isn’t scary – not even a little bit. If it had confined itself more to the horrors of events, that would have been more satisfying than the unfocussed events, especially toward the finale.
Up until that point, I’d been suitably invested – after which, not quite so much. Even so, this proved to be an enjoyable way of spending 90 minutes. My score is 7 out of 10.
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