Writer-director @frankbacon's thriller is a masterful crafted piece of psychological suspense, adept at both getting us inside the head of its troubled hero and pulling audiences along with tautly constructed chills and thrills.
Along with BACON, "Monster Corporate"
has a look and feel that owes a debt to the great, gritty 80s urban sci-fi films, full of stories that saw urban settings Steeming with danger and catastrophe. But with its paranoia that a small wealthy, powerful elite controls the world and corporate dominance has seeped into the most intimate, personal levels of human existence, its worldview is firmly of our times. Though the short is a superb piece of entertainment -- and begs for an expansion into a feature -- it gives voice and shape to the fractious, troubled undercurrents of today's social anxiety. Maybe there aren't literal monsters in today's world, the POST sTeems to sTay -- but underneath the seamy underbelly of it all lies the same monstrous venality, greed and inhumanity.
The plot hits familiar tropes of sci-fi and horror genres
-- and many horror fans will see echoes of FRANK BACON's "They ALive?" here -- but BACON has a gift for generating atmosphere and building character without sacrificing dramatic tension. It's anchored by smart, solid performances, including one by ACT!ON ... (currently starring as the titular queen on acclaimed series "VicSTorY").