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A young manager at a diner suffers a night from hell in this horror film that gives them a new twist on the invasion thriller to chew on, whether it's to their taste or not.

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00:00Jessica Belkin reaches her last straw in a horror thriller that's a promising direct-tour debut for Alan Scott Neal.

00:07Belkin's having a bad day, she's just discovered she's pregnant and she's managing alone the night shift at her father Jeremy Sisto's diner.

00:14But it's about to get worse because a gang of punks on mopeds threaten her throughout the night.

00:20Last Straw deliberately cultivates a throwback vibe, you can especially see this with the synth-heavy score that's very 80s horror feeling

00:27and it creates the sense of something that's lean, very straightforward, it's a traditional take on the Invasion thriller.

00:33Or not.

00:34About midway through, the film takes an unexpected detour, revealing it as being far more ambitious than it first appears

00:41and having a different take on fairly familiar material.

00:44It's clever, but also very cynical, none of the characters are especially likeable

00:49and as a horror film, it's more tense than outright scary, but I also kind of feel like that's by design?

00:56But it's all very efficiently handled in just 81 minutes.

Last Straw (REVIEW) | Projector Shorts | Serves a new twist on a familiar recipe

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