![]() ![]() Instead of playing its characters, director Sebastian Miemann plays with them. It uses a technique of progress that I haven't seen done justice to since The Exorcist. 7 days to Live is everything the Feardotcom wasn't and everything The Ring had hoped to be. But never does it become an in-your-face experience. It slowly eats away at your nerves until you just can't take it anymore you know something is going on but refuse to believe it for fear of yourself. The environment casts a wretched shadow like a vivid house of mirrors from an abandoned carnival. She visits the family doctor only to be told that she still blames herself for the death of her son and her body feels the need to punish her mind for it. Fearing the worst, Ellen seeks mental help, due to lack of motivation from her working husband. She also sees a road sign that states she has six days to live and so on. She sees a seven etched into her steam covered bathroom mirror after a hot shower. After moving into the home Ellen begins to see visions, prophesying the end of her life's term. Martin has strayed from the town in hopes of producing another number one best seller after his last few publications flopped. She has still not come to terms with this horrid fracture. We also learn of the death of Ellen's young son from an accidental choking years earlier. A writer named Martin and his wife Ellen move out of town to the secluded country side, only to inhabit a estate where strange things have occurred in the past, shown during the prologue. The story in itself is an incredibly simple picture book of surprises. This tunnel of oblivious mind games becomes enthralling because it is string up on lies, deceit, and aggravation, where the answers are closer to the truth than the truth itself. It presents a strange grouping of innate puzzles that stretch down an endless tunnel into eternity. The dynamical experience of this film would be equal to hiding in a huge steel pipe, away from a raging psychopath on the run, who bangs the pipe to indicate each step he takes closer to your demise. To place thing into jaunt terms, if you are looking for an relentless trip into insanity that is sure to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up for weeks on end, 7 Days wins on every level. 7 Days to Live is a horror film so short, sweet and to the point that it nearly speaks for itself. ![]()
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