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Still (2018)
When a young hiker stumbles onto an isolated farm after losing her way on the Appalachian Trail, she is taken in by a strange yet beautiful couple desperate to protect a secret deep in the mountains.
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Samantha Nyenbrink
February 19, 2021
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‘Still’: An Interesting Premise With Poor Execution
Director Takashi Doscher’s fantasy mystery film "Still" was released in 2018 and stars Lydia Wilson, Nick Blood, and Madeline Brewer. I was admittedly intrigued with the premise of this movie when it crossed my Hulu recommendations: a young hiker stumbles upon an off-the-grid couple with a big secret. As an amateur hiker myself, I was pulled in and couldn’t wait for a story that may leave me looking over my shoulder on my next hike. Needless to say I will not be unnecessarily nervous at every turn on my next adventure.
The movie starts by setting up two of the main characters, Adam and Ella- presumably a husband and wife- as outsiders living beyond society somewhere along the Appalachian Trail. We see them lure two lost hikers to their home only to get rid of them in one way or the other. The way it’s set up, we can assume the two hikers were killed by the husband without the wife’s consent or approval. I was intrigued at this. I assumed that the two were serial killers and the secret to their survival in their off-the-grid lifestyle was luring lost hikers to their home to kill them.
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When a young hiker stumbles onto an isolated farm after losing her way on the Appalachian Trail, she is taken in by a strange yet beautiful couple desperate to protect a secret deep in the mountains.
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Genre:Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Written By:Takashi Doscher
In Theaters:4/21/2018
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Runtime:88 minutes
Studio:Murdoch and Dent, The Georgia Film Academy, The Thought Commission
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