Now most of you may have seen a lot ghost/haunted house movies rather good or bad. But that same question keeps entering your mind. Why don't the main characters just leave the house? And believe it or not 100 Feet is one of those haunted house films if done right does give a good reason.
So we start off with Marnie Watson (played by Famke Janssen) being escorted to her home in a police car after getting an early release from prison. Upon arriving at her house officer Shanks (played by Bobby Cannavale) places an electronic ankle bracelet on Marine telling her that she can't move no more than 100 feet (Name-drop). And that's the plot-convenience Marine is on house arrest and can't go anywhere. It's explained that she was arrested for murdering her abusive husband who was a cop and was Shanks' partner. Marine tells Shanks that she reported to the cops many times over but since her husband Mike (played by Michael Paré) was a cop nobody just didn't believe her. Some of the scenes in the film you can feel the isolation from Marie when she tries to re-connect with neighbors completely avoiding her. Even the scene where it's Halloween and none of the trick or treaters never showed up at her door. However, she does make friends with a teenager name Joey (played by Ed Westwick) who delivers her groceries. Strange things do happen such as Marine recurring gets abused by the ghost of Mike. The film seems to roll with the punches right away with Marine believing to be a ghost while the same time confronting the ghost. Later Marine attempts to get rid of ghost Mike by exorcising the house; getting rid of Mike's belongings. Of course this pisses off ghost Mike in a abusive husband rage.
Each time Shanks would show up to check up on Marine only to notice some unexplained bruises on her face. Shanks believe that someone killed Mike and is setting up Marine to take the blame. Marine tells Shanks that its ghost Mike but he doesn't take her word for it. The next day after getting a close call having her fingers cut off by the garbage disposal. Marine discovers a bag fill with money hidden beneath the bedroom floor boards. The film never explains what Mike was doing with the money or how he got that large amount of money without anyone noticing. So Marine donates the money to a priest and immediately gets attacked by ghost Mike. This for some reason forces Marine to call Joey and ask to come over. After which she immediately jumps his bones; seriously they quickly have sex in her and Mike's bed. And that's not the end of it they're having sex as ghost Mike watches. That's right Marine has such amount of balls that she has sex with another guy as her dead husband watches. Now everything seems to be back to normal the next day right... No ghost Mike goes abusive husband rage on Joey and it is a gruesome death scene that will make your spine scream. Shanks arrives at her house with a warrant as Marine hides Joey's body in the bedroom crawlspace. Of course that didn't turn out so well as his body falls through the ceiling. As Shanks just about to arrest Marine they both get attacked by ghost Mike. Shanks tries to shoot ghost Mike but gets his hand snapped in a different direction and shoots a gas line in the kitchen starting a fire. Marine and Shanks are thrown into the basement as the fire spreads throughout the house. Marine gets the key to the handcuffs and to the electronic ankle bracelet and just before she escapes through the basement window she gets Shanks out of the basement first. Still trapped in the burning basement Marine makes her last stand as she throws her wedding ring at ghost Mike which apparently kills somehow. Marine manages to get out before the house explodes and out of good faith Shanks tells her to go. The film ends with Marine making her escape as a news report claims that she died in the fire.
My Final Verdict: 100 Feet is above average film; the pacing is a bit slow but I believe that the highlights of the film are satisfying at best. The film was directed by Eric Red who back in 1991 directed a horror thriller Body Parts which I will review real soon. Until then stay tuned next week as I go three for three in the anti-twilight werewolf campaign as I review Ginger Snaps.
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