Demise – Review
Lauded as a ‘strong debut, a thriller like no other’ (GHMovieFreak), comes the ‘steamy and unhinged erotic thriller’ (Dread Central) Demise from filmmaker Yara Estrada Lowe (Youthful Daze, Tinted Windows) in her directorial debut.
Demise sees Carlo Mendez (Parks and Recreation, Dexter: Original Sin), Liz Fenning (Rumble Through the Dark, My Terrorized Teen) and Crystal Hernandez (DUSTWUN, Evil Good) entwined in a love triangle that sees a woman, hellbent on revenge, do whatever it takes to keep her family together in a story of desire, jealousy and vengeance.
From the outside, Caleb (Mendez) and Celine (Fenning) appear to have the perfect marriage, and Celine believes that all they need now is a child to complete their beautiful family. But, unbeknownst to her, Caleb has been leading a double life, embroiled in an intense affair with rising fashion designer Fiona (Hernandez) for over a year.
When she discovers her husband’s infidelity, Celine’s whole world comes crashing down causing her to spiral out of control and to make matters worse, Fiona is pregnant. When Caleb leaves to begin a new family with his mistress, all hell breaks loose.
Determined to wreak revenge, Celine goes to extreme lengths to try and regain what has been taken from her and sets the wheels in motion for a wicked scheme that will destroy everything for Caleb and Fiona as they prepare for the birth of their baby. Celine’s shocking obsession knows no bounds and her vengeful pursuit threatens to change the lives of all involved forever.
Demise is a decent thriller with solid performances from the cast. Liz Fenning particularly shines as she takes Celine from doting wife to unhinged woman scorned. It’s very much in the afternoon movie genre and its run time could definitely have done with a trim but overall it’s an evenly paced thriller.
Talk of it being an erotic thriller may put some off, but it’s not particularly graphic in that department, unless your idea of erotic is semi annoying breathlessness and moaning. Remember when a film or TV show would be on telly and anything resembling a sex scene would come on and your mum would stand in front of the TV so you couldn’t see? Well, she wouldn’t get many steps in on this one.
There’s a few twists and turns in this, but nothing that stands out as groundbreaking, basically it’s just an enjoyable thriller bringing to mind classic thrillers of the 80s and 90s such as The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Basic Instinct, Crimes of Passion etc. It won’t tax your brain too much to keep up with what’s going on.
Demise is available On digital 14 April from Miracle Media
