Short Film Review: Therapeutic

7th August 2013

By The_Reaper.

I was sent a reviewers copy of a short film recently screened in New York, named Therapeutic. It’s about this therapist that has quite a unique technique when it comes to treating her patients… You know that saying that goes “every psychiatrist has to have three psychiatrists”? Well that’s exactly what’s going on in this here short film. In short, the therapist is most probably an escaped patient from some or other high security insane asylum… The idea truly put a smile on my face.

Now, let’s get down to the nitty gritty part of my job, reviewing the film.

Therapeutic is unfortunately one of those movies that suffer from “indie flick budget” syndrome. If this film had a budget it would have been a hit, I’m quite certain of it. Sadly, because our independent horror films are being pushed aside for useless romantic comedies that for the most part stars either Jennifer Aniston or Katherine Heigl, we (the horror fans) get stuck with something that had so much potential, yet didn’t have the money to reach it. Lucky for indie flicks… I don’t subtract marks for a low budget.
I do however have to subtract some marks for the dialogue and the acting, not to mention the camera work (which unfortunately lacked in experience). These are all things that are easily fixed, were there a budget for it. On the other hand, I see a promising career for director Evelyn S. Oliver if some experience is gained in this particular field.

My biggest problem with the film, Therapeutic, was that it was too short. This is actually a bit stupid on my part, seeing that it is a short film, but I was left wanting more, I wanted to see the story behind the story and I wanted Evelyn S. Oliver to give me a reason for the therapist (Misty Easler) to do these heinous acts. I understand that budget will always be the main culprit in cases such as these, but as I have recently noticed, people want to help indie films and a fundraising would have benefited the film immensely. (As always, I want to see more blood! Keep in mind folks, a human bleeds excessively, especially when a main artery was hit!)

My verdict:

If you have a spare fifteen minutes on your hands and want to be entertained by a quick suspenseful movie, get your hands on Therapeutic and give it a watch. Help indie films reach their potential by wanting more (if we demand more gory films, and we demand better quality indie films, we need to support them. There’s no other way to get it.).

RATED: 7.5/10

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