Horror News Network Review by Sean McLaughlin
Glen Baisley is on to something. As writer and director of the Light & Dark Productions film Fairview Falls, Baisley (Fear of the Dark, The Tenement) manages to shoehorn in so many subplots and employs such a wide variety of horror devises that the viewer should have every right to feel confused and convoluted. And yet, much like a master displaying their craft, Baisley ties it all together and engages his audience's thirst for fear and mayhem. Plus.....there are clowns. Not the Bozo type, more along the lines of a real-life Pennywise. Have fun sleeping after sitting through this movie if coulrophobia is your thing.
What Fairview Falls may lack in production value, it certainly recoups in creative story-telling and engrossing dialogue. Baisley bakes in a Clerks-type of vibe early on (pleasing the indy-obsessed masses) with some clever humor involving an incompetent video store employee. It's quite a clever homage. Alternating scenes from the comical to the...
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