Local independent film 'Shelter' to play at Atlas Cinemas Lakeshore Theatre in Euclid

[Press Release from the Ohio Independent Film Festival.]

In collaboration with Atlas Cinemas and the Ohio Independent Film Festival, Independent Pictures is screening the independent film, "Shelter," written, produced and directed by Ohioans Adam Caudill and Wrion Bowling. "Shelter" will show at 7:00 PM on Friday, November 16 at the Lakeshore Theatre in Euclid, 22624 Lakeshore Blvd. in beautiful downtown Euclid. Tickets are $9.00 and are available at the door or in advance by visiting www.atlascinemas.net.

Shaker Heights filmmaker and Independent Pictures' Board Member Todd Kwait will emcee the screening of the film, which tells the story of five survivors forced to wait out their respective fates in a bomb shelter with no contact to the outside world. Produced on a micro-budget, "Shelter" is an exceptionally-made example of the talent that can come from our fine state. Bob Ignazio of the Cleveland Movie Blog writes, "Despite being a micro budget production, there's no need to grade SHELTER on a curve. The writing and directing team of Adam Caudill and Wrion Bowling have crafted a taut little thriller here that feels like an episode of The Twilight Zone that's been stretched out to feature length without feeling padded." (full review here).

Shelter (May 19th at the Ohio Independent Film Festival)

[SHELTER screens Saturday May 19th at 9:00 pm at the Ohio Independent Film Festival.]

Review by Bob Ignizio

Five people who barely know each other find themselves locked in a bomb shelter after what appears to be an apocalyptic event takes place. The shelter is reasonably well stocked, but the question isn't so much whether the survivors will run out of food as it is whether they will run out of patience with each other. SHELTER jumps back and forth in time, we know fairly early on that something has happened to at least one of the five survivors since they aren't present in any of the later scenes, but the film draws out the mystery of exactly what took place almost to the end.

Despite being a micro budget production, there's no need to grade SHELTER on a curve. The writing and directing team of Adam Caudill and Wrion Bowling have crafted a taut little thriller here that feels like an episode of The Twilight Zone that's been stretched out to feature length without feeling padded. Like even the best TZ episodes, SHELTER is a bit contrived at times, and perhaps a bit too reliant on plot twists, but that's not to say the film isn't entertaining, and even thought provoking at times.