A motley assortment of people arrive at an expensive private guest house located on a remote island so they can free themselves from the shackles of the civilized world by engaging in all kinds of mean and bizarre behavior.
Director Peter Weir, who also co-wrote the twisted script with Piers Davies, ably crafts an odd and unsettling tone, relates the absorbing story at a steady pace, presents a colorful array of eccentric characters, and tops everything off with an amusingly off-center sense of pitch-black humor. Moreover, it's acted with zest by an enthusiastic cast, with especially spirited contributions from James Dellit as an obnoxiously cheery manager, Geoff Malone as the meek Mr. Malfry, and Kate Fitzpatrick as the lonely and paranoid Miss Greenoak. The cruel pranks everyone plays on each other gives this quirky short a truly unsettling edge. An interesting curio.
Director Peter Weir, who also co-wrote the twisted script with Piers Davies, ably crafts an odd and unsettling tone, relates the absorbing story at a steady pace, presents a colorful array of eccentric characters, and tops everything off with an amusingly off-center sense of pitch-black humor. Moreover, it's acted with zest by an enthusiastic cast, with especially spirited contributions from James Dellit as an obnoxiously cheery manager, Geoff Malone as the meek Mr. Malfry, and Kate Fitzpatrick as the lonely and paranoid Miss Greenoak. The cruel pranks everyone plays on each other gives this quirky short a truly unsettling edge. An interesting curio.