A fellow goes into the hospital to have a colonoscopy, but when he awakens he finds that he’s had a different procedure and the staff is acting strangely. Unfortunately, it may be the audience that finds themselves under sedation.
George Grieves (Thomas Cavanaugh) is going into hospital for what he thinks is a routine colonoscopy, but when he awakens he finds that he’s had a very different operation. He’s under the care of the attractive Zoe (Catherine Cunningham-Eves) but the mysterious Mandingo (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), the night orderly, casts a ominous shadow over the ward.
George discovers that the procedure he ends up with is not the one that he went in for
From his confined position Greorge can see into the dilapidated East Ward and he sees some mysterious goings-on involving his wife Jenny (Kathleen York). He wants to go over to see what’s going on, but the devilish Mandingo (certainly not his real name!) is always threatening Greorge. Things start going downhill for Greg both mentally and in his health and soon his own personal demons are torturing him in the form of Mandingo.
Sublime is the second feature in the Raw Feed horror line from Warner Brothers. I get the feeling that they’re going for something similar to the Masters of Horror series but more of a feature length affair. The thing is that the cover makes it look like a blood and guts affair when the film is more of a thriller.
The gore promised by the cover really fails to appear until towards the end of the film. The problem is that the proposed chills, thrills, and gore are not there. I really didn’t care much what happened to the characters either - which is the driving force behind these types of films. They never gelled with me and therefore I really didn’t care what was going on.
The contributing factor might’ve been that the whole affair is so slow going. I kept waiting for something to happen and by the time that it did start happening I had lost interest. I really didn’t see any motivation behind the actions of the villain or exactly what he’s supposed to be doing in torturing poor Greorge. The twist in the end is pretty telegraphed from the beginning, but since I didn’t care about the characters in the first placed I was just ready for the film to be over and didn’t really care what happened to Greg.
Mandingo looks like a good humor man, but don't let that fool you
Sublime is presented in anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) and is enhanced for 16x9 televisions. Special features include a commentary by director Tony Krantz and writer Erik Jendresen. Next is the 5 minute “Surgical Exorcism” which is the full performance from the film (you only see a portion of it in the film), really more of an extended sequence.
“Raw Feed Interviews” feature an interview with director Krantz (18 minutes) and writer Jendresen (19 minutes). Finally, you get a trailer for the first Raw Feed feature Rest Stop.
Sublime is anything but, it feels too long and really offered me no thrills or chills. The cover makes you think that it’s going to be a gorefest, but it doesn’t deliver on that promise. I’d suggest a rental if you’re at all interested. Sublime it’s not.
Some gore comes towards the end, but it's too little too late
Sublime (Unrated Edition) is now available at Amazon . It is available for pre-order at AmazonUK for a June 11th release. Visit the DVD database for more information.
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