Banshee Chapter (2013)

I think I’ve seen this film before just maybe not the whole way through. This time I did watch the whole way and enjoyed it. It’s based on experiments carried out on US citizens, off the record trials that had disturbing effects on the individuals in the study. A reporter’s friend tracks down a vial of a chemical used in these experiments and starts to write a book, he’s also sent a video tape of the experiments. It seems the chemical opens some kind of portal for aliens to enter. Or if not aliens, some kind of supernatural entity. It is visualised with the individuals face contorted with entirely black eyes. The friend disappears and  the reporter goes looking for him. She watches the videotape and pieces together the story. She eventually tracks down the source of the chemical, which turns out to be an author. He’s a great character, somewhat William S Burroughs like in nature. It’s an entertaining yarn, there are some holes in the plot and not everything works but the pace is good and its an interesting story.