Corporate Retreat
"We don't want your money. We want your transcendence."
The fact that horror is the only genre left that reliably brings in a profit due to its ability to get by on tiny budgets (see: Obsession's second week increase on less than $1 million) means there's just about always a new flick coming out, if you know where to look. The low stakes also means we see a ton of new faces, both in front of and behind the camera. What harm is there in giving some no-name's fresh idea a shot, especially when there's the chance that it will have a second life and gain a cult following on Shudder? Sometimes, this approach breeds a clever script that riffs on established tropes and results in a new classic. Sometimes, the filmmaker focuses on and wonderfully captures a tense, chilling atmosphere. And sometimes...well, sometimes you get Corporate Retreat.
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