Horse Girl

Saw Horse Girl, a supernatural psychodrama masquerading as a cute little indie movie about a woman who loves horses.  The main character is this withdrawn, polite little woman who works in an arts and crafts store and who loves this TV show which is obviously Supernatural but they didn't have the rights or something.  She's got a life of her own, but she seems to have no friends at all and not a ton to look forward to.

Things start to come apart fairly early, when she's discovered in the kitchen staring at the wall in darkness.  Her roommate's boyfriend finds her but is told that she sleepwalks.  Soon she's waking up in the street, holding a pay phone, and having dreams of alien abductions, seeing people sleeping next to her.  Unlike Revolution #9, this film keeps it semi-ambiguous.  She recognizes a man from her dreams, for example, but does she only think he's from her dreams?

We follow her as she descends further into madness/into alien doings and we get some wonderful, arresting imagery out of it.  A bolt of cloth, pulled out of a door and stretching down the street, like an orange flag.  The main woman also puts in a great performance as a mousy little woman pushed by circumstances to defend herself from forces she doesn't understand.  And how lovely she is as she screams and carries on!

I enjoyed the film, but thinking about it now, I'm having a hard time remembering anything specific beyond the hysterics and that scene with the cloth.  I suppose that's not a good sign, but I did enjoy the imagery and the ambiguity.  It's a good movie.