One More Meal
2018 · 6m
Directed by Dave Perry
Tones: contemplative, dark, tense
A woman hurrying through last-minute shopping late at night crosses paths with a butcher, in an encounter that turns an ordinary evening into a life-altering night.
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The premise reads like every late-night encounter thriller, but Perry's refusal to telegraph the threat—letting dread live in the mundane rather than the melodramatic—actually subverts the genre just enough to sting.
A formally precise study in tension that understands how editing and framing can weaponize ordinary spaces; the film sits comfortably in a lineage of character-driven thrillers that earn their darkness through restraint rather than spectacle.
The entire film hinges on a single choice—how long Perry holds on the woman's face in the final moment—and that sustained, unflinching gaze transforms what could've been a twist ending into something genuinely unsettling and intimate.
Reviews
The unpredictability of what might happen next makes you taut with tension, leaving you wondering how sometimes the most random meetings can lead to life-altering decisions. The genius of the film lies in its writing (Dave Perry) which offers no dialogues.