Ah, another podcast-on-film, my new favourite subgenre in the horror/thriller space. I adored Vast of Night and absolutely loathed House of Darkness so this one was coming in on a level playing field, and I think overall it delivered? I enjoy this slow, whiskey-sipping, narrative heavy horrors as they give you chance to lean in and fully absorb the limited scope and fully connect with their characters.

Old Man fits this mould to a T. A plodding, slow-burn character study of these two characters will bore those after thrills and shocks, but if you're willing to settle in and let this story lumber along at it's own pace, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. It's not going to blow your socks off, and even novice viewers will pick up what's being put down here very quickly, but it's a nice, cozy mumble of a movie that I vibed nicely with this afternoon. I've seen some criticism of the script work and dialogue in the few reviews currently out online and I must say I didn't find it as grating as others seem to. I thought the odd dialogue choices fit in with the narrative being spun here and didn't seem out of place given context, but to each their own. Go and watch Halloween Ends and tell me Old Man is the movie with bad dialogue choices.

Decent movie. I will now muse on this one for a while to see if anything jumps out at me now the credits have finished rolling. I guess I'm still pondering the [spoiler]significance of the purple lake and the head of the cougar mounted above his fireplace. [/spoiler]