WHAT IT S ABOUT:
After being blinded by unknown assailants, Ellen Ashland (Madelaine Petsch) hides away from the world in a quiet apartment rented by her brother in an attempt to come to terms with her new reality. When she starts to hear unsettling sounds from next door, however, she becomes increasingly paranoid. But just because she s paranoid doesn t mean she s wrong.
WHAT WE THOUGHT:
Another month, another
Riverdale star tries to make a break into film with typically mixed results. This time it s Madelaine Petsch, who has always been a lot of fun as Cheryl Blossom - especially in
Riverdale s pulpiest, most gothic storylines - trying her hand at breaking in to feature films. Like her predecessors, K.J. Apa, Camila Mendes and Lili Reinhart, though, she s going to have to find something a whole lot more noteworthy to escape
The
Riverdale cast have been cropping up in films outside of The CW with somewhat mixed results of late. Camila Mendes’
Dangerous Lies was largely a forgettable mess.
Coyote Lake was an improvement, but not by much. And then there’s KJ Apa, who showed up in the tasteless Michael Bay-produced COVID-19 horror film
Songbird. Thankfully, to prevent a negative run and to show there is hope – Lili Reinhart’s turn in
Hustlers was a delight. Now it’s Madelaine Petsch’s turn to step outside the confines of the network, starring in writer-director Cooper Karl’s
Sightless - that acts as a debut for the filmmaker that arrived on Netflix earlier this week.