The Man in the Trunk

audience Reviews

, 85% Audience Score
  • Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Watched this 2022 and I loved it. Great filmmaking with lots of suspense and plot twists. Though this might seem like the usual "I have a man in the trunk" type of film there is supernatural elements to this which made it that much more exciting for me. I highly recommend!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    not a bad movie...not fast paced but it does keep you intrigued.
  • Rating: 0.5 out of 5 stars
    Total time waste. It drags the story unnecessarily.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Well written suspense, kept you on the edge of your seat and the acting was very good.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    I caught this mystery thriller at its limited theater release in Los Angles. I was kept on the edge of my seat through the whole movie and was surprised by the unexpected twist at the end. It's apparent that this movie didn't have a big Hollywood budget, but the production quality is far above what I expected from a super micro-budget independent film. The score was great at setting the tone of the movie, which was consistent throughout. The Villain was quietly evil, which was super creepy. Give it a watch, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
  • Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    As director and screenwriter Marc Hampson proves with his wonderfully queasy suspense-horror hybrid "The Man In The Trunk," a load of great filmmaking can be achieved with a vast, cold forest, a wistfully eerie musical score, and the increasing ascension of a film director plainly conversant in blurring the lines between blockbuster and indie. Young lawyer Andrew Tucker (played with terrific aplomb by Ace Marrero) and wife Sara (Vanessa Reynolds) are upstairs making a baby when they're visited by Andrew's former college roommate turned cop Erik (Steven Winter). Erik smells bad and looks stricken from head to toe, as if he's just had drinks with the devil himself. He needs Andrew's help, which will require a night drive to destinations unknown. Andrew apparently owns a collegiate history of pulling Erik out of jams, and is clearly still afflicted with that enabler's empathy. So out into the black night they go, where the disturbed Erik reveals that he's got some junk in the trunk of the very human variety. Shovels are procured, and soon we're in the stark and consuming woods, digging a man-sized grave -- just Andrew, Erik, and the man in the trunk. Without giving away all the candy in the store, there's an evolving supernatural element to "The Man In The Trunk" as it builds into an elite and unsettling hostage horror film, continually ratcheted by Hampson's own psychologically disruptive, piano-twinkled score. Arguably few scenarios are as disquieting to the viewer psyche as the abduction plot, and Hampson sweetens that pot with every time-tested ingredient an upper-echelon suspense film requires. In the sum of its parts, "The Man In The Trunk" proves gloriously uncomfortable and claustrophobic as it delivers its compelling squeamishness in droves.
  • Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    An easy "4.5 Stars" from me! I really enjoyed this movie a lot! I enjoyed the story, the acting and the way it was shot. Director Marc Hampson does a good job in telling the story while keeping the pace going at a nice clip. A big thumbs up from me on this one!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    Thrilling and suspenseful to the end! Kept me completely engaged. The entire cast was amazing!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    I was blown away by this fantastic, where is this going, I didn't expect that, story line. I got caught up in the fear and the danger the characters were facing. SO MANY unexpected twists and turns, and the slowly dawning on you unexpected ending is perfect. Great acting. Ryan Schwartzman is especially good at being mean. This is a great up to date Humphrey Bogart style film noir. I couldn't even tear myself away to go to the bathroom.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    I recently got to watch The Man in the Trunk at its Los Angeles premiere. It wasted no time getting right to the action and it was packed with suspense right up to the end. Ryan Schwartzman was a terrifying antagonist. Great music, beautiful scenery, and I will never look at candy canes the same way again after watching this film!