Movie Review: 3 Flies in a Widow’s Web (2016)
- The cinematography was good and had some nice camerawork supported by a great job with lighting.
- The acting was good. Several people in this film have been in many projects, and good acting makes a huge difference in indie productions.
- The score was good. Loved the nostalgic feel to the sound and music.
- The sound in the dialogue was a bit inconsistent in some places. This doesn't detract from the film at all but is noticeable. The sound was actually pretty good in most of the film.
-The montage in the third story seemed a bit out of place, and probably not necessary.
Written by Josh Dietrich, and Calvin Morie McCarthy and also directed by Calvin Morie McCarthy, this 7th Street Productions feature is pretty good. The film is an anthology that consists of three stories.
The first story (Fly One: “Before I Wake”) is an urban legend called “The White Death”, where some partygoers are telling ghost tales, and one recites a passage about The White Death that scares Jenny (Alysse Fozmark) more than anyone else, and Jenny is haunted for the following days to come. Her fiance doesn’t seem to believe her and has his own agenda. Loved the story for this one, and the atmosphere was great. The sound really set the tone, and there were a couple of scenes that had some nice camera effects to add to it. Great job all around on this one.
The second story (Fly Two: “Forever Amber Waves”) is about Mark (Jon Ashley Hall), who comes home from work, and finds his wife Cindy (Marcella Laasch) cooking so that they have dinner with the new neighbors, the Pattersons. He talks to his son Sam, who is acting a bit strange and not only seems to have adopted a dialect from the ’50s, but also wants to get rid of his video games, and scolds his dad for cursing. Sam tells his dad about this great show at the neighbors’ house called “Amber Waves”. Once they get to the Pattersons’ house, they start to realize that they are a bit odd. Mark also notices some odd behavior from his family after they watch “Amber Waves”. They really nailed the weirdness of the situations in this story, and the writing and acting really shined to emphasize the crazy.
The third story (Fly Three: “One Hell of a Kid”) starts off with Dante (Dan Fitz) showing up to his late mother’s place by the docks who meets Virginia (Laura Welsh) waiting for her own mother at her place nearby. They hang out and have a few drinks, and hit it off. Virginia (or “Vee” as she calls herself) stays over and leaves to hang out with her friend the following day. Dante starts acting weird, and without giving too much away, let’s just say his inner demons begin to come out. Loved the makeup/costume work in this one.
Overall, 3 Flies in a Widow’s Web is a great indie horror anthology film. The experience from the cast and crew was really apparent, and it was an all-around great indie horror production. We hope to see some more great horror projects in 2017 from 7th Street Productions, and recommend this to any fans of horror anthologies, or just fans of horror and indie horror in general.
