This was put on my, erm, radar* by Radar of Keep Your Powder Dry fame.
Hex (2017)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7335324/
As Radar points out, there are other movies of the same name, and Amazon Prime confusingly has it labelled Hex (2019). For my tuppence 'apporth, it is well worth watching, and is actually better than what comes across in the trailer on IMDB.
IMDB has the budget down as an estimated £1000. Judging by the credits, this was acheived with a lot (free?) family input. But it doesn't show. It is amazing what can be acheived with a simple plot, lots of close up shots and atmospheric music.
For me there's both a sense of war unleashing unexpected horrors (more deaths occurred away from the battlefield), and people putting their differences aside when there's a greater outside threat. The surprising thing is how few ECW themed films and TV programmes have made it to the screen in this era of the Great Brexit Schism.
Definitely the better of the two horror stories** I watched this week. This one left many people doing impressions of Michael Jolley.
* sorry, couldn't resist this.
** or this cliche either.
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