Wineville
Wineville
Wineville is about sexual abuse, a serial killer who operates from a California winery, and other horrifying things that cannot be disclosed for fear of giving away too many twists in the plot. The word disgusting is also applicable here, because many would appreciate a warning against sitting through this mess. The filmmakers have not helped their case by providing enough clues to the so-called shocks during the film.
On a positive note, Brande Roderick’s directorial debut is her career’s worst crime, and it suffices to say Wineville, it is not a scary one. Even more troubling, it’s a cruel and boring horror movie. In the fore, there’s a disemboweling scene with hedge clippers, and after that, during the so-called development, Tess Roderick prone stalks the grounds of the winery where she was raised. The logical conclusion is that she has to uncover that truth, yet it is humorous to see the character is inept at even these simple things.
Every arc needs to be completed by handing the character too much information at the climax of the story, or the movie has spoiled the story long before in the name of flashbacks. The only surprise here is how dumb Tess is, not realizing what is going on until some character literally lays it out for her.
After the ugly prologue, we are introduced to Tess and her son Walter who, yes, is the director/star’s real life son Keaton Roderick Cadrez, as they are on a trip from Las Vegas to the fittingly titled Wineville. Her mind is set on a vineyard that has probably belonged to her father who has died and did not leave a will. She left home when she was a kid and has never seen anyone from the family, and with such nice images of her father embodied by Will Roberts standing in the doorway of her kid’s room, it is no wonder why Tess wants to sell the house and not think about it again.
Two people currently reside and work on the estate: Tess’ father’s sister, Margaret (6, 1, Carolyn Hennesy, who seems to be having a little fun time being bad at least), and Joe, her son, adopted by Tess (Casey King). At this stage in the narrative, though, this is a character identification, so let’s get this over with, because it is he who seduces the girl who comes to the winery and prevents her from being killed in the most horrible manner and thanks to Margaret cold nature and her rather disgusted attitude towards Tess, it is not much of a shock when the camera follows the people clad in work overalls carrying sharp air tools. Indeed, Richard Schenkman, the screenwriter, might have appreciated the fact that such a story is not exactly in the realm of being a good mystery anyway, as there really are only two suspects in the play.
While Tess roams the vineyard to relive the flashbacks of her traumatizing child years, Joe, takes Walter for a tour around the premises. Walter begins to choke the bird extend its sufferings searching for a devastating feeling, for the second time, Wein begins shouting at the boy when he attempts to chop the grape vine, and foreign trace of red on grape crusher has to be explained. At least intercontinental devourers of human flesh do not appear in Creepies American Creepies though, this too however leaves a lot of other unsavory options for the movie later.
It is essential to disregard the details as well, because they really serve only to be pornographic aspects of the film for the role of shock on the mind, rather than a well thought out and interesting storyline. The fact that the motion picture shows and explains all these features in detail; allows one to defeat, even without any effort, the purpose of any mystery as such in the picture.
For instance, we learn in advance what Margaret and Joe are like as a couple courtesy of a particular flashback which is from Joe’s point of view in Wineville. It is presented in an amusing manner which is rather uncomfortable to witness so this is quite out of the question before one is able to even theorize something. The truth of Tess’ past comes in the form of yet another lengthy flashback (this time narrated to the local sheriff who’s portrayed as a decent guy by John Hicks and has a soft spot for her) which is rather distracting due to being shot stylistically in 16mm with the sound of a film reel being projected. As one may already appreciate the different directions the story has taken to disturb us already, the major twist that comes from such information can be easily predicted.
In other words, Wineville is a shocking mystery that has its genesis around offering violence and other abuse to its audiences for second rate shock value and low class no suspense. This is such an outrageous and poorly constructed drama that the embarrassment is almost all that you can feel.
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- Genre: horror, Thriller
- Country: United States
- Director: Brande Roderick
- Cast: Brande Roderick, Carolyn Hennesy, Texas Battle
