When a group go sailing on a clear day they hit a freak electric storm resulting in a man (or woman, in this case) overboard. Boat upturned, they spot a large cruise vessel and as it nears, they board, hoping for a swift rescue. The ship turns out to be a 1930s-built cross between the Mary Celeste and The Overlook Hotel from The Shining (complete with blood on a mirror). By that I mean there’s absolutely no-one on board and there’s a creepy vintage atmosphere. For you gamers out there think Bioshock’s Rapture without all of the vicious denizens.

Like many horror films the characters are mostly throw-away, but Melissa George does a fairly good job as the deeply-traumatised Jess looking for a way off the ship which promptly becomes a bloodbath.

I probably haven’t sold the film in my opening few lines but I’d say it’s a much more original, more interesting horror movie than a good portion of today’s gory dross. It’s not the best film ever made, nor is it particularly high-octane, but it isn’t supposed to be. Rather it’s dreamy and disturbing.

Triangle was written and directed by Christopher Smith, the chap responsible for both Creep (2004) and Severance (2006), in my opinion two very underrated horror movies. It’s nice to see that even though this is indeed another horror, it is different. More psychological. The best way to describe it is by saying it is a bloody, nautical version of Groundhog Day. Well, without the laughs.

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