7/4/2023 0 Comments The deeper you dig![]() ![]() Kurt starts talking to the dead ghost of his victim, threatening to harm her mother if she doesn’t go away. Ivy begins hearing whispers as she loses time and wakes up in odd places. So while the police run in circles following non-existent leads, the main players come together in a jumble of overlapped encounters in search of stability. It ultimately doesn’t matter how far down he buries her physical body now that her released spirit has burrowed inside his own. Only when Echo begins haunting Kurt do we recognize a second link: this time between killer and killed. It will of course come at a price of which we might not be initially certain despite the creepy imagery following an encounter with Ivy’s former colleague Dell (Shawn Wilson) helping her to open a door. Belief goes a long way where truth is concerned and their faith in the notion that a purgatory known as the “Seven Circles” exists allows for a connection beyond the grave. Just because Ivy and Echo aren’t werewolves or demons doesn’t mean their inclination towards the “dark arts” isn’t real. And while we can assume the “tell-tale heart” scenario coming where guilt manifests as nightmarish visions, there might be more to it. Because the snow-covered ground is frozen and his lodgings are an abandoned home he bought to fix and flip, Kurt places her in the bathtub and waits until the moment is right. Too scared and impaired to call the police, he picks her up and takes her with him. ![]() Mom and daughter would have been hunting deer with the hope Echo could bag her seventh in seven outings if not for an accident on the road wherein a drunk Kurt (John Adams) hits the girl with his truck. Things are more dramatic and nuanced than that-a necessity considering the trio’s minimal budget and do-it-yourself impulses. ![]() They possess a very frank relationship with an icy disposition and could have easily been blood-hungry ghouls in a supernatural creature feature had Poser and Adams wanted. But here’s a woman dabbling in the occult who tells her goth kid that she must meet with a client who’s hired her to channel a dead husband. Was it a wild leap of my imagination? Sure. That John Adams and Toby Poser’s latest family-fueled film The Deeper You Dig is horror was enough to convince me that a line spoken by Ivy’s (Poser) daughter Echo (the filmmakers’ own child and co-director, Zelda Adams) about going hunting meant their game was humans. It’s funny where the mind can go when you only know a few details at first. ![]()
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