Indie Thrillers

The bonds of high school friendships run deep, but the baseball bro camping reunion at the center of new mystery thriller, Stillwater from director, Nino Aldi shows that things can turn deadly 15 years after graduation day. Imagine the paranoia of John Carpenter’s The Thing set in the wilderness of The River Wild and you have the killer combination that births, Stillwater. Much like the group of friends in the film, I recently set-up a reunion with the members of my high school garage band nearly 20 years out from our last rehearsal. Unsure of how the chemistry would be after so long, soon the stories of the wild days of youth flowed freely and despite the Las Vegas setting of the meet-up, our weekend managed to avoid the frightening left turn that kicks off the action in Stillwater. Plot: A weekend camping trip among six old friends in Northern Minnesota’s “Boundary Waters” turns tragic after one dies under mysterious circumstances, triggering further turmoil as they attempt to unmask the