'The Shed' (2019)


A short post today... My kids are back from their holidays so I'm going to be with them for most of today (just the way it should be ). My eldest has a pile of new books that she wants to sit and read and my youngest loves a bit of 'Percy Jackson' so I think today could very well be a reading day (my favourite kind of day).

In the meantime, I thought I'd try and make a little use of my 'Shudder' subscription yesterday (yep, it's that time of the month where I remember that I've subscribed) and seeing a title like 'The Shed' was always going to end up with me watching it. What could possibly be scary about a shed of all things? Well, it's not so much the shed but what's inside it that made for one of those films where I'd never planned on watching it but I'm really glad that I did...

Two best friends, Stan and Dommer, have dealt with bullies their whole lives. When Stan discovers a murderous vampire taking shelter in his shed, he knows he has to find a way to destroy it. But Dommer has a more sinister plan for the monster.

I know that a vampire film is doing it right when I find myself opening another tab, on my laptop, just as things are starting to get tense. I found myself doing this rather more than I should be admitting to... What? Vampires really creep me out and 'The Shed' was really good at doing just that with several moments that had me on the edge of my seat and holding my breath.. The vampires are like wild animals (but with enough dialogue to make them distinctive) and that just makes those tense moments even more so. Imagine being hunted by something like that or just knowing that you've got one trapped in your shed and not knowing what to do with it... Watching things slowly grow beyond Stan's ability to control (if he ever had it in the first place) was just one of many things that kept me watching, except when I was opening tabs to get away from the really scary bits that is ;o)

Although having said that, Dommer knows exactly what he wants to do with it and that makes for some really sad moments that are very powerful; watching someone be abused like that and then have the opportunity to take a particularly nasty revenge... How far would you go? Tragedy is inevitable...

I'm not sure that I liked the way they closed out the movie (literally, that last moment or two) but the rest of 'The Shed' made for a very watchable vampire movie, when I didn't chicken out that is. I suspect your mileage may vary, depending on how you feel about vampires. Like I said earlier, they creep me right out and I enjoyed 'The Shed' all the more for it.

You can watch 'The Shed' on 'Shudder'.

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