It sounds standard, but Palmer crafts his tale richly, avoiding cheap tricks and boring stereotypes, focusing instead on uneasy dialogue and the distress of his fully human characters. When two lads head off on a celebratory hunting trip, things inevitably go awry and descend into conflict with suspicious locals.
Everything is fresh in Calibre, however, from the characters to the pacing and even the occasional trope. It has been showing at the EIFF prior to a Netflix release this Friday (29th June), so it will be available to watch soon! The film is a tense thriller set in the Scottish Highlands, a backwoods affair which may seem a tired genre.
Calibre is the debut from writer and director Matt Palmer, best known for a number of horror shorts.
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