CinemaClown Opening with a shocking sequence, treading an interesting path during the first act, taking an unexpected turn in the middle, dragging from that point onwards and finally drowning in its own mess by the time it nears its conclusion, Proxy may seem like a violent, unflinching, gore-filled horror but in actuality is a dull & bloated psychological horror filled with wooden characters.The story of Proxy follows two women. First is Esther, a pregnant young lady who loses her child after being brutally attacked by an unidentified person while on her way home. Her road to recovery begins when she joins a support group where she meets & befriends Melanie, who claims that her husband & child died in a road accident. Things head for worse when Esther discovers Melanie's secret.Co-written, co-produced & directed by Zach Parker, Proxy opens on such a promising note that watching it fall flat after a while was all the more frustrating. The downslide starts when the director decides to shift the focus from one character to another and once that happens, everything after it feels absurd & mundane. Parker also fails to provide a gripping plot or a set of characters worth caring for, and it runs way too long.There isn't much to talk about its technical aspects for it didn't improve the experience by any means. There are a numerous poor decisions made here as far as camera-work, editing or background score goes. A pivotal scene is turned into an off-putting moment by its slow- mo photography that overstays its welcome & looks unintentionally funny. Editing is virtually absent in the second half. And the background score fails to blend with the narrative.On an overall scale, Proxy is a highly mediocre horror film that falls utterly short of whatever it was aspiring to be, features weak plotting & questionable character motives, and doesn't even revel in extremity for the R-rated elements are heavily toned down after the gruesome opening act. Neither the cast nor their input stand out here although the actress who plays Esther Woodhouse was slowly getting the hang of her character and I'd have loved to see more of that instead of what Proxy had in store for me. An absolute waste of time!

abraxis0 Everything about this movie is awesome... Except for the movie. It's such a cool idea for a story! The flawed and deeply scarred characters who make up the movie are awesome. It boggles my mind how a director could take such rich material and fumble it as badly as mr. Parker did. Try as I might I cannot come up with any words that will adequately explain how frustrating this movie turned out. It's such an awesome movie the premise the characters everything about it is like epic or should've been! But the director manages to ruin every thing. Quite the opposite of King Midas I imagine that if you handed Zack Parker a pile of gold which is exactly what this movie was he will turn it into a steaming pile of poop.it's a bummer because this movie SHOULD be amazing

rollwithit-35445 Spoilers included here. Im Reviewing another Indiana movie. (Im from Indiana and think its cool that some Indie movies are being made here and getting exposure) This was great to be a low budget Indie. I'd love to know the budget on this. Watched this on netflix a few months ago. Good story. Very slow pacing but that was intentional I believe. Definitely a nod to "Psycho" with the Hitchcock feel, the main character being killed in the middle of the movie. And in the shower no less. Well bathtub. That scene was crazy and almost comical. But really good. If that makes sense. Second half of the movie did drag a bit and got less plausible as it went along. I really didn't buy the lesbian lover character at all. I think as a viewer I'm supposed to think "wow these are some messed up twisted people" and they were. Overall, pretty decent. Not a cookie cutter movie at all. Certainly worth a watch. There's FAR worse on Netflix.

KrissyAnnL I'm so critical of movies lately that it takes a lot to impress me (sadly), but I really dug this film. I thought the name, "Proxy," was odd. I would have called it something like, "A Bunch of Raging Lunatics." There's a whole lot of batsh*t crazy people in this film, but it made for a good story. And I wouldn't say it was totally predictable. At the half-way point I found myself thinking, "Interesting, I wonder where they're going to go from here." Some pretty good twists but nothing shoved down your throat. I feel like a lot of films "twist" just for the shock value. This story flowed naturally and it was all believable. There's even a scene that would have made Lars von Trier proud. Him and Chuck Palahniuk. I felt like he definitely could have created these characters.I would call it "Inside" meets "Gone Girl" meets "Red, White, & Blue." Which are all films that are right up my alley.