Genre: Sci-fi/Mystery
This micro-budget sci-fi indie gem is perfectly paced with suburb editing, camera work and suspenseful dialogue that has just enough creepiness and unease to keep you hooked.
Set in the 1950s, The Vast of Night follows switchboard operator Fay and radio host Everett over the course of one night as they intercept a mysterious, otherworldly frequency in their quiet town in New Mexico.
Both leads perform incredibly well, particularly Sierra McCormickas Fay who, in a nine-minute-long take, effortlessly works a telephone switchboard as she discovers the cryptic broadcast.
The film is rich with intriguing, layered storytelling, mainly through scenes solely based on lengthy anecdotes that force you to focus on the gripping dialogue that never feels like an overload of exposition.
Although the actual story might not be ground-breaking for the genre, how Andrew Patterson tells the story in this, his directorial debut, is sure to delight fans of conspiracy-fuelled, Twilight Zone-esque stories.
