Quicksand – Movie Review
ABC Film Challenge – Horror – Q
Director: Andres Beltran
Writer: Matt Pitts (Screenplay)
Cast
- Carolina Gaitan (Encanto)
- Allan Hawco (The Breach)
- Sebastian Eslava (Freelance)
- Andres Castaneda (Love in the Time of Cholera)
Plot: Follows a married couple almost divorcing who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a rainforest in Colombia. They will battle the elements of the jungle and must work together in order to survive.
Runtime: 1 Hour 26 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Quicksand starts when a divorcing couple Sofia (Gaitan) and Josh (Hawco) visit Columbia for work. Josh wants to make more out of the holiday and go hiking, but Sofia wants to focus on work. However, their plans change and go hiking and are warned about a dangerous path.
When a storm comes in, they turn back and clash with a thieve. In their attempts to escape, they find themselves caught in a quicksand pit. The pair must put their differences aside if they are going to escape, a challenge they never thought they would need to do again. However, their plans are not as easy as they had hoped.
Verdict on Quicksand
Quicksand is a horror thriller following a divorcing couple who travel to Columbia. They decide to go hiking and end up falling into a quicksand pool. It leaves them needing to put aside their differences to try and survive as they face a race against time.
This movie uses the isolated location to give us a contained horror where it is a battle for survival. It puts the couple in a location they wouldn’t be expected to be, as they face a life-and-death situation. This uses the idea the couple have problems to create more problems, as they must search for a way to escape. It isn’t only the sand that is a threat, the local wildlife causes problems too. This is tense and does everything you expect, without reaching the highest levels of intensity.
Where to Watch
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Final Thoughts – Quicksand is a tense late-night horror movie.
