Southbound Reviews

I been meaning to check this out for awhile. I love anthology films. Roxanne Benjamin who directs and writes here was also connected with the VHS trilogy. David Bruckner directed and wrote a segment in the first VHS film. He also directed Signal which was a pretty good under the radar film. Patrick Horvath has written and directed some awful films like The Pact II and Die-ner (Get it?). Radio Silence also wrote and directed a segment in the first VHS film. They only direct here. In fact it seems like just about everyone here has been involved with VHS in some way. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin wrote, directed, and starred in a segment of VHS. Dallas Richard Hallam worked on The Pact II besides this. Susan Burke wrote Smashed which I thought was pretty good. Anyways I'm not sure who did what segment here. I will figure it out maybe at the end or in some way they will tell the audience like some anthologies do. I will try to segment out my reviews.

"The Way Out" Directed by Radio Silence and written by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin

Oh we start off in the mix here. Something is going down, but we are not sure of what it is. That kind of reminds me of a few films. Still always interesting to see why it's happening. Damn that was pretty brutal. I like the design of these creatures! Well that's an interesting turn of events. Not sure what happened in the end, but it was interesting enough.
7/10

"The Siren" Written/Directed by Roxanne Benjamin and co-written by Susan Burke

They start this one off near to where the first segment leaves off. Yeah I just feel like that's going to be a very bad idea for them. That food is not as creepy looking as the people there. I think maybe I get what's going on here. Okay maybe I don't. This is definitely not what I thought was going on. Man that was messed up, but I also kind of figured it would happen. I would have liked a little bit of explanation for this one. It wasn't bad though. It just doesn't really have much going on with it.
5.8/10

"The Accident" Written and Directed by David Bruckner

That's a different way to start a segment here. Good lord! This is definitely a unique set up for a segment. I'm curious to see how this one plays out. What a strange predicament to be in here. Oh my...oh my...oooooh God! Okay this segment is insane. It's pretty damn cool, but something sinister is certainly amiss. I knew something was up. Not quite sure what's going on though. It was a different sort of thing. I liked this one the most so far.
8.5/10

"Jailbreak" Written/Directed by Patrick Horvath and co-written by Dallas Hallam

Another interesting introduction of a character and segment. What a depressing looking bar. Also Luschek from Orange is the New Black is the bartender so yeah. Really none of the stuff going on here makes much sense. It's all a big mystery that I hope gets solved. This segment is particularly interesting. Well that was ballsy. Also damn that was brutal. That was actually kind of sad. It was a good ending though.
8.3/10

"The Family"

I liked the transition to this segment. It was simple, but it still has your attention. Oh I wonder what is going on here. It feels a little like the Strangers, but I hope there is more to it. These masks make me uncomfortable. I could only imagine how I would feel if I were actually there. What is happening here?! Well that was an interesting set of events. Holy crap that's awesome! That's terrifying and awesome at the same time. The ending for this one was really well done!
10/10

The ending credits showed the segments and who they were worked on by. Some of the make sense for the ones I put them above. Not sure entirely though. Anyways this was definitely worth the watch. The connections are awesome. It's more connected than just listening to the same radio station in each segment. Some directors surprised me while I was pretty disappointed with The Siren segment. All the others made up for it. It's definitely one of the weirder anthologies in that it's very mysterious. I would recommend giving it a look though.