A few different websites/blogs have been kind enough to review
Terry and Brenda, so I thought I'd collect them all in one place. If you want to review it tweet me at
@JamHoopFilm.
"Takes delight in exposing the dark underbelly of suburbia. A confident and delightful film, with superb central performances."
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"Manages to spank the sweet spot between character development, comedy and horror. A confident and charming film about the more humdrum side of macabre debauchery."
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"What writer and director Jamie Hooper has managed to produce in fifteen minutes is astonishing. An unnerving, uncomfortable and yet superb film."
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"It
balances the humanistic comedy with the skeletons in the closet
of England’s street. There's a sense that this couple will stick around in my mind for a long time."
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"Fun and alarmingly believable. Manages to completely subvert expectations a number of times."
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"Hooper's style is adept at framing glacially-paced normality and delivering tightly-edited, invigorating subversion."
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"Offers a darkly comic view on middle-age partnership, as well as an
exploration of the things some people will do to keep whatever shades of
love there is left alive."
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"Definitely not your usual horror film. Brilliant in its own right, leaving you wanting more.
This is an intriguing, dark and original horror that's worth checking out."
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"Impressive style and quality. It does a great job of building tension and unease throughout."
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"Realistically scary and the performances are delightful."
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"Hooper gets everything spot on in this tasty short. Terry and Brenda will keep you hooked until the end." Read more.
"Will have you both laughing and cringing at the same time."
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"It
balances the humanistic comedy with the skeletons in the closet
of England’s street. There's a sense that this couple will stick around in my mind for a long time."
