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‘Oddity’ Review: Jump Scares Leave a Lasting Impression in Effective (Yet Funny) Haunted-House Horror
'Oddity,' filmmaker Damian McCarthy’s follow-up to 2020’s ‘Caveat,’ elucidates a dark secret that pits human evil against supernatural retribution.
Fast-forward a few months and Ted (Gwilym Lee), the aforementioned medical professional, tacitly discloses that his wife Dani (Carolyn Bracken) was the person murdered in the aftermath of the opening sequence. Interestingly, McCarthy pits human evil against supernatural retribution, essentially suggesting that if spirits from the beyond bother to return to our plane of existence, it’s only to settle unfinished business with those who’ve wronged them here. Bracken successfully straddles the prickly tonal line between unsettling seriousness and flippant sarcasm as the resolute Darcy harnesses her connection to the dead to elucidate the truth about what happened to her beloved Dani.
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