RESIDUE is a very strange movie to say the least, and that's not a bad thing. It's an original idea about a book that seems to be both alive and extremely powerful. When a private detective (James Clayton) is hired to track it down, his life changes in drastic, unexpected ways.
Writer-Director Rusty Nixon uses the book as a sort of supernatural Macguffin, causing the characters around it to experience what appear to be uncontrollable time shifts. The story is disorienting and unsettling, while also including spurts of humor -like the shaving cream scene- that help to lighten it up a bit.
There are strong occult elements that add an eldritch flavor, like you might get if H. P. Lovecraft had written The Maltese Falcon. Is it perfect? No, but it's good.
It's also nice to see Matt Frewer as a crimelord, Costas Mandylor as an operative, and William B. Davis as a mysterious zillionaire.
A low-budget film that uses its money wisely...
Writer-Director Rusty Nixon uses the book as a sort of supernatural Macguffin, causing the characters around it to experience what appear to be uncontrollable time shifts. The story is disorienting and unsettling, while also including spurts of humor -like the shaving cream scene- that help to lighten it up a bit.
There are strong occult elements that add an eldritch flavor, like you might get if H. P. Lovecraft had written The Maltese Falcon. Is it perfect? No, but it's good.
It's also nice to see Matt Frewer as a crimelord, Costas Mandylor as an operative, and William B. Davis as a mysterious zillionaire.
A low-budget film that uses its money wisely...