Director Tim Godsall of Biscuit Filmworks takes us inside the office workplace for that lovely occasion of holiday gift giving. A man who appears to be the boss goes to a work cubicle and personally drops off a season boxed DVD set of Game of Thrones to employee Danny, explaining that he thought the show was the perfect gift for him. “I figured you of all people would appreciate the backstabbing.”
The next office workstation cubicle is home to Marcy. The boss cheerfully says, “Given your inappropriate advances on multiple co-workers this year, I decided to get you True Blood.” Stunned, she then hears our boss go on to utter in a hushed tone, “You’re going to love the S-E-X. There’s a lot of it.”
The camera cuts to DVD sets of such shows as True Blood, Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire as a voiceover relates, “There’s an HBO show for everyone this holiday.”
Agency is BBDO New York.
Review: Drew Hancock Makes Feature Directorial Debut With “Companion”
"Iris, wake up!"
Early in "Companion," lovely Iris and her nerdy-nice boyfriend Josh are driving to a secluded lake house for a stay with friends. Iris wakes from a nap and lovingly tells Josh she was dreaming about him. They reminisce about how they first met at the supermarket. All those oranges tumbling onto the floor! Ha ha.
In 20 minutes, absolutely everything about this sweet scene will be turned on its head in a terrifying and sinister manner. You will be surprised and shocked. Unless you saw the trailer, which reveals the whole thing.
And so we begin with a dilemma, dear moviegoer. "Companion," an exceedingly clever and entertaining sci-fi-horror-thriller-comedy by Drew Hancock in his feature debut, has more twists and turns than a corkscrew. But it's utterly impossible to write about the film without revealing the first of those twists.
So if you like coming in totally cold to a movie, then we're sorry to see you go, but stop reading! Otherwise, stay with us — we promise there'll be more surprises to come.
Moving on: Iris (Sophie Thatcher) and Josh (Jack Quaid) arrive at the estate. A nervous Iris stops at the door, worried that Josh's friends won't like her. He urges her to simply brighten up and act happy.
Kat (Megan Suri), Josh's ex, greets them. She is gorgeous, and frosty to Iris. Eli (Harvey Guillén) and his handsome boyfriend Patrick (Lukas Gage) are nicer. Then there's Sergey (Rupert Friend), Kat's aloof Russian boyfriend — sugar daddy, really — and owner of the house. The password to his devices is Stalin's birthday, which tells you something.
Things get dark, quickly. The next morning, someone dies. They will not be the first — this is a horror movie. And suddenly Iris, caked in blood,... Read More