Directed by:
Chad Crawford KinkleScreenplay:
Chad Crawford KinkleCinematography:
Chris HeinrichComposer:
Sean SpillaneCast:
Sean Bridgers, Lauren Ashley Carter, Larry Fessenden, Jennifer Spriggs, Kaitlin Cullum, Mel Heflin, Carol Jean Wells, Katie Groshong, Sean YoungPlots(1)
In the backwoods of Tennessee superstition reigns and with it blood sacrifice. For decades a cult has worshipped a 'force' that inhabits a pit. Once in a blue moon it demands a sacrifice so that it's murky waters can attain healing powers. The cult was established with the first settlers in the area when pox decimated the populace. Years later it has grown to reach the wider community. When Ada learns that she has been selected for sacrifice by the town's preacher who as a potter moulds a jug with the victim's face on it, she hides the jug to protect herself and her unborn child who has been fathered by her brother Jessaby. But soon the force begins to kill off members of the town one by one and Ada is faced with the dilemma of fleeing or confronting her fate in this chilling hillbilly horror. (Accent Film Entertainment)
(more)Reviews (2)
Stories from the backwaters in a not very viewer-friendly package. An interesting and original indie movie (the comparison with Lucky McKee in some of the reviews here is not wrong). Jug Face will not make a big splash, but Kinkle shows quite some promise.
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The fact of whether there is actually something under this form is probably the biggest problem of the whole film. In fact, it seems that it is just a vulgar horror film, which was shot slightly differently to create the impression that it is more profound than it was intended to be. I quite like this ambivalence, as well as the fact that the author did not go so far as to make it just a mishmash of strange, unrelated scenes, but on the other hand, it is not a work in which these thoughts are easily found. Perhaps also because they don't really need to be there.
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