KRISTY [2014]

Director Olly Blackburn's thriller Kristy almost might have worked if it didn't take a wide turn into predictable lane.  A tale about a student who's left alone on her college campus during the Thanksgiving holidays only to be tormented by a pack of bloodthirsty strangers.
The first half hour does an astounding job at setting up the isolated atmosphere and dreadful feeling of loneliness.  You could easily add the tagline "In College No One Can Hear You Scream" and it'd be perfectly suiting with it's Kubrick-esque photography that scans over the campus like a haunted hotel.  However as soon as the action starts kicking in all that atmosphere is blown to smithereens with duller than dull chase scenes and something attempting to act like tension.

2 flickering lights out of 5