[Dream About
Angels screens Saturday May
18th at 3:00 pm at the Horror Hotel Weekend at the Hudson Clarion Hotel.]
Review
by Bob Ignizio
Father
Michael (Terry Jernigan), a priest who has lost his passion for the
faith in the dark fantasy short Dream About Angels.
What he does have a passion for is his pretty assistant Miss Smith
(Diane Sokolowich). He doesn't act on that passion in the physical
world, but in his dreams it's a different story. What's the harm,
right? Well, the fact that this won “Best Horror Short” at the
upcoming Horror Hotel convention in Hudson should be your tip-off
that there's plenty
of potential harm in store for the wavering preacher.
The
acting and productions values are pretty good for a low budget indie
of this sort. Only a scene in which Father Michael half-heartedly
counsels a couple having marital problems comes off as gratingly
amateurish, with the humor being played far too broadly. The real
meat of the film is contained in Jernigan's performance as Father
Michael, though, and he turns in a solid understated performance that
benefits the film greatly. All in all a decent if not spectacular effort that feels a bit like the unlikely intersection of The
Twilight Zone and a Jack
Chick tract if Chick weren't so virulently anti-Catholic. 2 out of 4 stars.
For more info on the Horror Hotel convention, click here.
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