Paul Andrew Williams follows up his tongue in cheek horror THE COTTAGE with a more sober affair the stark and harrowing, despite its name, CHERRY TREE LANE.
Fast being dubbed "hoodie horror" with the likes of EDEN LAKE and F before it CHERRY TREE LANE is a home invasion movie in which a gang of three South London "yoofs" come calling at a house on the titular street looking for revenge against the son of the ordinary unassuming couple that are found at home. For just over the next hour we wait uncomfortably for the return of son Sebastian as the gang members grow increasingly restless in their quest to sate their blood lust. Frustrated and impotent against the bickering teens tension mounts as we get closer and closer to the moment of Sebastian's return and the couple are subjected to an increasing catalogue of crimes.
Williams himself has said the idea came out of a fallback plan, should his filmmaking career hit the skids he would have a story that could be done simply in and around his own house. I certainly hope Williams career has not achieved such a low point as he is really beginning to show promise as a great British director. CHERRY TREE LANE is a simple premise that lives comfortably in the horror/thriller genre with other sparse and suspenseful cinema greats. It is a film that gnaws on your nerves avoiding splatter and blood shed instead favouring the suggestion and anticipation of terror.
Full on hard on.
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