Brightwood is a 2022 horror-thriller film written and directed by Dane Elcar, starring Dana Berger and Max Woertendyke. It is based on Elcar's 2018 short film The Pond.
Premise Jen and Dan, a bickering couple, find that there is seemingly no way out of the circular path around a pond in the woods.
Cast Dana Berger as Jen Max Woertendyke as Dan
Release Brightwood premiered in the United States at the Other Worlds Film Festival on December 4, 2022.
Critical reception On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 33 critics' reviews are positive.
Catherine Bray of The Guardian gave the film 3 stars out of 5, calling it "a masterclass in what is achievable with hardly any money whatsoever", concluding that it is "intelligent, scrappy film-making that should lead to bigger things for both cast and crew." Richard Whittaker of The Austin Chronicle said that the film "turns [a] simple idea into a well-crafted baroque puzzle box." In a negative review, J. Kim Murphy of Variety wrote that the film occupies "an unflattering intersection of modest production resources and unrefined form."
See also List of films featuring time loops
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