FOR SALE | Omeleto Horror
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- A couple visits an empty town.
FOR SALE is used with permission from Francesco Gabriele. Learn more at thespianfilms.....
Young lovers Luca and Carla are driving in the hills of Italy, enjoying the picturesque ride as well as one another. They're on their way to a remote small town to buy and pick up a second-hand TV whose ad they answered online. But with their romance, the occasion has turned into an adventure.
But things seem off when they arrive in town and find it devoid of inhabitants. There are no people around, except for their seller, a worn-down older man named Levi. And when they enter Mr. Levi's home, the transaction takes more than a few dark turns, as one venal act is answered with another.
Directed by Francesco Gabriele from a script by Ben Tucker, this short horror film takes a classic thrill-and-chill situation and renders it with elegant panache, whether it's in the excellently suspenseful storytelling to the often beautiful visuals that transport viewers to a unique, evocative corner of the world.
Rich, refined cinematography leverages the faded grandeur and striking vistas of the Italian hillside setting, which surrounds the lovers and heightens their mutual sense of adventure. When you're in love, almost everything becomes an adventure, including a used TV set that they arranged to purchase and pick up.
But there's also something unbalanced and even feral about their dynamic, though their wildness is dampened when they arrive in the town and discover it's eerily abandoned, instantly generating intrigue and uneasiness in both the characters and the audience. They do discover one person left in town, who happens to be their seller. The meticulous, precise writing builds up the understanding of the story and characters, but it also leaves just enough unsaid to draw us in closer.
We think we know where the story is going, but then the narrative takes an unexpected turn, which is sold by the clever, pitch-perfect performances of the small cast. Actors Nicolas Vaporidis and Octavia Gilmore have a potent, sexy rapport with one another as crazy young lovers, possessing the intoxication of youth and romance, which they play with a volatile playfulness. They take on a BONNIE AND CLYDE or NATURAL BORN KILLERS vibe, which makes for an exciting, equally explosive interlude of uncertainty and suspense.
But Mr. Levi -- played with weathered but canny gravitas by actor Randall Paul -- has his own agenda and strategies, which barrel the film to its grisly, thrilling conclusion. What's fascinating is that we don't know who to root for -- or perhaps whose comeuppance we want more. It also makes FOR SALE a delicious bit of horror and suspense that's a pleasure to look at -- and also one that is fun and sexy like its lovers, but then sinister and haunted as its strange old man.
Ah, love me a well-deserved comeuppance ending! Thank you!
"What goes around, comes around". Gnagnagnagna!!
What’s gnagna?
I know its all make-believe but when I watch stuff like this and see that the person is in immediate danger, I just can't help but think "Why aren't they getting the hell outta there?" I realize that's her man & all but at some point (as soon as I saw the shoe w/blood & got no response when calling his name) love be damned, I'd turn tail & get my ass outta there! As soon as I got to the top of those stairs, I'd run right through that ol' man and never look back!!! Lesson learned!!!😊
they try 😊
Whoa, Nicholas Vaporidis was once a heartthrob teen in Italian feel good movies (The Night before the Exams) until he grew up and was not.😢
Well I'm glad that she deserved it.
So basically they f’d around and found out 😂
I would certainly say so !
Safe to assume that Francesca ate the townsfolk?
Well, that was interesting and unexpected.
The Best of what you get, because you give nothing 😊
They say , respect others if you want to gain respect
But this film gives us more to learn like
Respect others if you want to be protected and safe too.
Excellent!
Wow ! And the hunter becomes the hunted ! You just never know , now do ya ? Good job guys , major twist , unexpectedly and what everyone was wanting for blondie . I like it ! And I don’t normally go for horror stories but this one was good ! Hope to see more of your work . Take care .
brilliant!
watched in twice in succession, need to watch it again.....and again 💯
Agree
So, um, I guess no one is good in this situation.
Very good. Thank you enjoyed it!
This was good!🙂
Nice movie❤
Yes , quite wholesome don’t you think ?
I need subtitles please, 7billion population not all of them speaking English 👌?
LOVED IT!!!!!!
Praticamente s'è magnato tutto il paese.
Well acted and suspenseful
Well acted? Certainly not by the younger guy (but his dialogue is poorly written anyway). Suspenseful? At what point exactly?
What the hell was that in her cellar?
Did you cast them to look like Gabby Petito & BF?
Oh dear God this was awful 😭
Seriously?
Word
Karma baby...😏