It is disheartening to watch silly fright-fest fare. Movies merely featuring gore or campy humor don’t do it for me. So, it is with heart-filled joy I announce a new flick that will scare your throat into constriction and zoom up your blood pressure. Gosh, I love that feeling.
“The Taking of Deborah Logan” has just been released for digital download. If you’re having a fright-night Halloween party and haven’t decided which movie to show, This. Is. The. One.
Stories that scare me must be plausible. And who among us isn’t terrified that we will one day have to care for an aging parent? Imagine if there was no money, mounting medical costs and you were the sole caretaker.
Deborah Logan (Jill Larson) is in the grips of Alzheimer’s disease. Her daughter Sarah (Anne Ramsay) is the only relative to care for her, and neither has any money. Mother and daughter have a strained relationship that dates back to Sarah being sent away to boarding school when her mother caught her kissing a girl. There are constant gibes about Sarah’s clothing preferences and euphemistic talk that expresses a disdain for her lesbian daughter. Sarah still shows up as the responsible daughter and handles her stress privately with booze. Lots of it.