From: mleeper@optonline.net   
      
   THE LODGE is a production from Hammer Films.  Hammer was a British   
   company that specialized in horror and science fiction from the mid   
   1950s to the late 1970s.  In 2008 Hammer came back or (as many   
   claim) a modern production company acquired the right to use the   
   Hammer name.  The new Hammer has even taken images from the   
   original Hammer's films as part of their logo.  Their first film   
   was the obscure BEYOND THE RAVE, but their second was the much   
   better known English-language version of John Ajvide Lindqvist's   
   novel LET THE RIGHT ONE IN.  That novel had been adapted in 2008 by   
   Tomas Alfredson into a Swedish language film with the same title as   
   the novel.  This re-use of other material makes sense since Hammer   
   won their stripes making English cinema versions of television   
   shows and American horror franchises.   
      
   Frankly I do not care if they really are or are not the original   
   Hammer. They are making movies in the best tradition of Hammer   
   Films. They are not in the same style, but they are solid genre   
   films made intelligently to make the most of a smallish budget.   
   That is the best tradition of the original Hammer.  Even if they   
   only bought the name, they are doing well by it.   
      
   THE LODGE is their eighth film.  A frozen environment is the   
   setting, leaving the viewer with a chilled feeling.  Two children,   
   their stepmom-to-be, and a dog are trapped in an isolated New   
   England cabin in the woods during a blizzard.  (The father has   
   taken the car to go back to the city.)  Compared with old Hammer   
   horror films, there is more atmosphere, but the same or less   
   character development.  The pacing is slow, perhaps to add to the   
   feeling of isolation.   Soon strange things start happening.  While   
   not quite up to Hammer's LET ME IN or THE WOMAN IN BLACK, it has   
   its moments.   
      
   Released 02/07/20; available on Amazon Prime.  Rating: high +1   
   (-4 to +4)   
      
   The new Hammer Films productions are:   
       BEYOND THE RAVE (2008)   
       LET ME IN (2010)   
       THE RESIDENT (2011)   
       WAKE WOOD (2011)   
       THE WOMAN IN BLACK (2012)   
       THE QUIET ONES (2014)   
       THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH (2015)   
       THE LODGE (2019)   
      
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