DIRECTED BY: Jason Hoover
REVIEWED BY: Mario Dominick
Jason Hoover and JABB Pictures’ second release after Spike is this 46-minute serial killer story about a psycho named Charles Morgan Lee and his last victim Polly Marie Davis who managed to escape his wrath. Lee embarked on a killing spree from 2001 to 2007 in which he abducted, tortured and murdered several women. He kept a diary in which he chronicled his every experience with each victim and wrote down some of the thoughts that were on his deranged mind. The film’s storyline chronicles the various tortures and brutal tactics of Lee that Polly had endured over a period of 186 days before she finally managed to break free.
The film has a very dark and gritty atmosphere, some rather brutal moments of torture and murder, some well done music that captures a mood of despair, and some pretty decent performances from the leads. Polly also contains a grim and nihilistic no-compromise style of filmmaking similar to that of other underground auteurs like Toe Tag’s Fred Vogel, FTBOMP’s Ron DeCaro, and others. No surprise, since Hoover and company have cited them as influences in the past.
JABB Pictures’ DVD of Polly contains a trailer, image gallery and blooper reel as extras.
Go to www.jabbpictures.com to order your copy.
