''Solo'' is a 2013 Canadian mystery thriller film directed by Isaac Cravit and is the first film released under Shock Till You Drop's US film distribution branch. First released on August 29, 2013 in

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, it stars Annie Clark as a teenager who finds herself terrorized after she is left alone in the woods for a two-night

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initiation process. Of his inspiration for the film, Cravit mentioned that he was moved to create ''Solo'' after a friend of his told him a campfire story in which a girl looks through her summer camp photos to discover that an unknown person had taken pictures of her while she slept.

Synopsis

Gillian ( Annie Clark) is a teenager who reluctantly takes a job as a camp counselor at a

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. Before she can take the job, Gillian is informed that she must prove her survival skills at a nearby island on the camp's property which is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a former camper. She's reassured that it's safe, but is put on edge when she comes across Ray (

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), a local man who claims that Gillian had sent out a distress call. Her uneasiness grows until later that night, when her seemingly easy two-day initiation rite turns sinister.

Cast

* Annie Clark as Gillian *

as Ray *Richard Clarkin as Fred *Steven Love as Marty *Alyssa Capriotti as Lacey *Sarah Emes as Janie *Sonia Laplante as Therapist *Megann McCandless as Gillian's Sister

Reception

Critical reception for ''Solo'' has been mixed to positive. Common praise centered around the film's restraint and slow build towards suspense, and

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commented that the movie was "rather quietly intense and engaging". Criticisms for ''Solo'' tended to center around elements that the reviewers felt were "predictable twists and turns that fans of the genre will be able to catch from the end of the first act".

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gave a mostly negative review, as they felt that the film did not make use of its full potential and that more use of the film's inspiration or of sound would have improved the movie's tension.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 2374196 2013 films Films shot in Canada Canadian thriller films English-language Canadian films Films about summer camps 2013 thriller films 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films