‘Nothing haunts us like the past’
Baktrack is a 2015 Australian mystery horror film directed by Michael Petroni and starring Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, and Bruce Spence.
Plot teaser:
Troubled pychotherapist Peter Bowers (Adrien Brody) is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of his patients share, he is put on a course that takes him back to the small hometown he fled years ago. There he confronts his demons and unravels a mystery 20 years in the making…
Reviews:
“Cinematographer Stefan Duscio, composer Dale Cornelius and others on the team are new hands at horror, yet their work evokes an accomplished eerie mood that, for the most part, doesn’t strain for effect. There are the expected jump-scares — a couple of which do pack the intended jolts — which serve as punctuation in a story more concerned with building a steady tension that grabs you and holds you for the entirety of its running time.” Fangoria
“Backtrack is the cinematic equivalent of watching a Rubik’s Cube noisily solve itself for 90 minutes, eventually and cloying resolving its main character’s agony with a stock wave of the hand. Sadly, audiences aren’t so kindly treated, as we’re ushered out the door with one last bout of gratuitous screaming. Because ghosts suck.” Slant Magazine
“The filmmaker effectively creates a sustained atmosphere of ominous tension throughout, with the exception of a few cheap jump scares that devolve the proceedings into familiar horror movie territory. But the real problem with the film is its overly complicated and contrived screenplay that essentially transforms the spooky proceedings into a wan murder mystery.” The Hollywood Reporter
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