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Film Brain takes a haunting walk on the chilly Yorkshire moors in this eerie horror film, that is the final film credit of beloved actor Bernard Hill.

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00:00To quote another horror film, keep off the moors, stick to the roads.

00:03That's what Sophia the Portisher done in this horror movie,

00:06where she accompanies the father of a murdered childhood friend to try and find his body,

00:11but the land holds terrifying secrets.

00:14As you'd expect, the film makes a lot of use out of its eerie and misty central location,

00:18where it's easy to get lost in the featureless landscape filled with hidden dangers,

00:22but it also serves as a metaphor for the guilt and paranoia of the main characters.

00:27The performances in the cast of Most of the Unknowns is generally solid,

00:30but the movie is also notable for being the final film credit of Bernard Hill,

00:34who plays the inspector who worked on the original case,

00:38who brings a welcome integrity to his brief appearance.

00:41It's a promising feature debut for Chris Cronin,

00:43but I found this more haunting and unsettling than outright frightening.

00:47There are some good scares in the final 20 minutes,

00:49but it takes an awfully long time to get to them because the film's excessively baggy pacing.

00:54It would have bare fit for being massively tightened up,

00:56and I found myself thinking that less really is more.

The Moor (Bernard Hill) (REVIEW) | Projector #shorts | Sometimes less is moor

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