152. Listener Request | TRIANGLE (2009) dir. Christopher Smith

I kick off the first of 10 listener requests by fulfilling the most important one: my wife's.She chose TRIANGLE, Christopher Smith's 2009 horror film about a mother (Melissa George) whose sailing trip with friends ends with a storm and shipwreck.Their salvation comes in the form of a luxury yacht, but once aboard, the group discovers the yacht's only occupant: a masked axe-wielding killer.Sounds like FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII if it kept honest with its premise, right? Partially. What makes TRIANGLE special is what happens after this point. The question of "How do they get back home?" quickly devolves into a labyrinth of dead ends, the reveal of which stirs in a satisfying swirl of sci-fi.This movie's about humanity's inability to stop sabotaging ourselves, blissfully unaware of how the chain of bad choices we make slowly wrap around our own necks until it's time to hang.It's a dated watch (holy shit, the CGI seagulls) but nonetheless, a worthwhile one.---Follow The Movies on ⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠& ⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠Financially support the podcast via the ⁠⁠tip jar!