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Deadline (2009 Brittany Murphy)

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Synopsis

Alice (Brittany Murphy), an artist recovering from a psychological breakdown, retreats to a remote Victorian house to convalesce and focus on finishing her screenplay in time for a fast approaching deadline. When she begins hearing strange sounds and seeing apparitions, Alice searches for the source, only to find disturbing videotapes in the attic. Fascinated by her discovery, Alice digs deeper to uncover the mysterious story of the couple (Thora Birch and Marc Blucas) on the tapes, sending her on a twisting and terrifying pursuit to find out what is behind the endless mind games.

3 Reasons To buy this film

Brittany Murphy is best in her creepy girl roles.
What's on those tapes. hmm?
And why are they so fascinating?

Review

So, it's kind of really creepy that one of Brittany Murhpy's last films is called Deadline. But we're willing to try and overlook that because guess what? There's a mysterious lesbian subplot in this odd thriller!

Brittany plays Alice, a writer recovering from a recent domestic abuse trauma. Alice has holed herself up in a creepy old house in bumblef*ck nowhere to finish a screenplay and find some solace. When unexplainable, eerie things start happening, Alice does what every blonde white girl in a scary movie does -– instead of running for the hills, she investigates the spooky old house alone. She uncovers some home video tapes of the (straight) couple that used to live there and she's instantly hooked. Their troubled relationship begins to unfold in front of her, and what she finds out is way better than any reality show. As she gets deeper involved in the turmoil on screen, the past, present and supernatural all psychotically blend together in her fragile mind.

While Alice is all mixed up in the spooky couple's sordid past, she has flashbacks to her and Rebecca, a woman whom we can only presume is her lesbian lover. One of the flashbacks includes Alice and Rebecca lying in bed, and Rebecca imploring her to disclose their relationship. The very last scene also gives away a strange clue to their relationship...

Deadline, odd title and all, is one of the best performances that Brittany has given in recent years (sure beats Ramen Girl). It's very unfortunate that her untimely death means we're no longer able to enjoy new applications of her talent, but we're very fortunate and happy to have this great film with a lesbian twist!

-- Raeann Drew