Meet Me There (2014)

brilliant actors, brilliant editing

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

A woeful would-be horror film, MEET ME THERE prides itself on ambiguity but I found that merely an excuse to cover up poor writing and a general lack of effort all round. The film's protagonists are an arguing couple (yeah, one of those, worse luck) who return to their home town only to find themselves treated as outsiders by the townsfolk and made very unwelcome.I found nothing interesting about this film whatsoever, the non-existent narrative being the worst offender. The shaking camera is more likely to give you a headache than anything else, and the tattooed sex scene is quite repulsive. Overall it's very amateurish, badly acted, and a bore.

Small towns aren't just weird, they're weird in a way that's completely unique and unsettling, and that's something that Meet Me There understands perfectly. From the moment that Calvin and Ada arrive in town, this movie is relentlessly unsettling, keeping everything on edge with exactly the kind of creepy atmosphere that you get in those weird, out of the way places that either drive people out or absorb them into their own weirdness, and it's a thrill to watch Calvin and Ada, particularly Ada, struggle with trying to escape only to be dragged back in again and again.Also, it probably goes without saying, but Dustin Runnels (the WWE's Goldust) is absolutely amazing in his role as a preacher who effortlessly moves from folksy to terrifying, sometimes in the span of a single scene. Great stuff, and well worth watching.

Meet Me There is an amazing film, across all areas. The feel it has as a horror movie is full of suspense. It is well-earned, though, since that dread and despair comes from things being just different enough to become unsettling and almost alien. It isn't cheaply generated from jump-scares.It's not all heart-pounding terror, though. Meet Me There probably has the funniest dialog in a horror film I've ever seen. The conversations between Ada and Calvin, particularly in the car, are hilarious.The actors do fabulous jobs with their characters, as everyone feels like a real person instead of just another stock cliché, even the creepy ones. Dustin Runnels as Preacher Woodward shines, but Michael Foulk and Lisa Friedrich, as Calvin and Ada are just as wonderful.If you want a movie that's creepy, disturbing, and also incredibly funny, I cannot recommend Meet Me There enough. It's a tremendous film.

Meet Me There is about the relationship of the two main characters, Ada and Calvin, when they fall into some creepy, disturbed, backwoods cult situations. It starts out with the two of them trying to figure out what is wrong with Ada by going back to her hometown (which she seems to have repressed a lot of). Through a bunch of messed up mishaps, they end up being threatened by almost everyone in the small town!The two stars, Lisa Friedrich and Michael Foulk, do a great job bringing realism to the characters and relationship. Dustin Runnels, who plays the Preacher Woodward, is ridiculously creepy.There are a few jump scares, but overall it is the ominous tone, cult sacrifices, and frantic series of events that make this a good horror movie. Beyond that, it is also a cool story about a relationship and self realization.The look is cool, the music pretty and eerie. Definitely worth a watch.