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Gender relations are under the microscope in this thriller in which a couple are locked in a house and ordered about by an anonymous voice

Ever since The Invisible Man, the upper-class wife whose luxury real estate becomes an overbearing metaphor for her isolating marriage seems to have become a go-to set-up for indie filmmakers. Last year we had Swallow and The Nest, and this year that plot gets a straight-up genre treatment in Held. The perennially pained-looking Emma (Jill Awbrey, who also wrote the script) is clearly over her square-jawed husband Henry (Bart Johnson), but they’re giving it one more try by escaping to a s...

Horror, Thriller, Mystery Henry (Bart Johnson) and Emma Barretts (Jill Awbrey) marriage is falling apart. Trying to save their relationship, the couple celebrate their nine-year anniversary by renting out a modern vacation home for one weekend, equipped with the top-of-the-line smart home features and security. However, their weekend getaway takes a turn for the worse when Emma wakes up the next morning in different clothes, and a stranger reveals hes been watching them the whole time, knowing ...

What’s new on VOD and streaming this weekend: April 9-11 Including Nomadland, Sugar Daddy, The Nevers, Held and Exterminate All The Brutes By Kevin Ritchie and Norman Wilner Apr 9, 2021 N OW critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of April 9. Plus: Everything new to VOD and streaming platforms. Sugar Daddy (Wendy Morgan) NOW named Kelly McCormack one of Canada’s rising screen stars in 2019. Watch Sugar Daddy and you’ll see why: Morgan’s slightly stylized,...

  While #metoo has been going strong since 2017, it’s only recently that the movement has crystallized into a true cinematic form. Superhero flicks such as  Birds of Prey and Wonder Woman 1984 are now targeting toxic masculinity, and  voices we seldom heard before (the teen unable to get a legal abortion, the office assistant forced to cover for her a-hole boss) are anchoring heavy dramas. Heck, there’s even a proper Best Picture nominee — Promising Young Woman — with a good shot ...

Review: Love, marriage, surveillance, torture in suspense thriller Held A couple are put through the wringer in horror movie from Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing Adam Graham A vacationing couple is put through a particularly grueling round of marriage counseling in "Held," a thriller that despite being clumsy manages to hold viewers attention longer than anticipated.  Its the kind of try-anything suspense tale that throws so much out there it tends to morph into something new every 15 minutes o...

4/9/2021 Couples therapy takes a sadistic twist in the new thriller by Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff, directors of The Gallows. A married couple endure a particularly horrific form of relationship therapy in the new thriller directed by Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff, the team responsible for the surprise low-budget horror hit The Gallows. Cannily exploiting #MeToo themes and the opportunities for cinematic mayhem provided by technology-driven smart homes, Held proves an uncommonly thoughtful ...

Directed by Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing. Starring Jill Awbrey, Bart Johnson, Rez Kempton, Zack Gold, Jener Dasilva, Tessa Munro, Ryan Shoos, Christian Telesmar, and Travis Cluff. SYNOPSIS: A couple’s ailing marriage is put to the test when they are held hostage in an isolated vacation rental by an unseen Voice that commands their every move. Held opens with Emma Barrett (Jill Awbrey, also the screenwriter) getting a ride service to an isolated luxury retreat way out in the forest (early ple...

Trailer: Home-Invasion and Techno-Horror Tropes Collide in HELD Arriving April 9th Check out the trailer for the techno-horror HELD from the directors of THE GALLOWS! By Josh Millican Look for the tense techno-horror Held in theaters and VOD beginning April 9th via Magnet Releasing. Give the trailer a spin and read more about the movie below. Synopsis: In Held, Emma (Jill Awbrey) and Henry’s (Bart Johnson) marriage is losing it...