My Jealous Ghost

Getting the keys to a first home should be a dream come true, but a green eyed ghost turns proceedings into a sharply escalating nightmare of domestic bliss turned inside out.

This had one of the best uses of a whisper in Dunedin, with absolutely fantastic sound design conveying the apparition and giving them a Moaning Myrtle eerie vibe.

Extremely well paced the edit was a highlight as proceedings were allowed to breathe, with signs that not all is what is seems appearing through the cracks in gradual steps.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it but the tell of the woman being plied with alcohol and questioning herself the next morning combined with the reliance on narration genuinely had me on the edge of my seat, like were we in an unreliable narrator situation here ala CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI? This was to me strengthened by the lead actor being a fan of virtual reality, so yes very clever take on what is real and what isn't as a theme.

Some great set pieces (the car, the competing happy birthday celebration) at just the right moment felt like nods to classic Italian supernatural horror like KILL BABY KILL, which I welcomed.

For me just a couple of minor things thing were that I felt a couple of the key story beats maybe didn't have as much weight as they could have? For example the comedic start was very light and maybe highlighting the bliss with actions rather than narration could have given the payoff more weighting when the shit hit the fan? Loved the clean location presenting the domestic dream but other than the birthday scene felt that a couple of times visual flourishes to represent the supernatural might have elevated the film even more? Nitpicking by me though and impressive nevertheless for a duo team

Story: 3.5/5
Technical: 3.5/5
Elements: 4/5
Overall: 3.5/5