The
Hexecutioners
2015
Director- Jesse Thomas Cook
Cast- Liv Collins, Sarah Power, Timothy Burd, Tony
Burgess
So right
off the bat lets acknowledge that Hexecutioners is not a very good name. Sounds
like the title of a GWAR song. Now that that’s out of the way we can talk about
the movie which is actually pretty original.
The film
operates under the premise that euthanasia is now legal across the land.
Malison (Liv Collins) is a lowly technician who gets dispatched to carry out
the life ending procedures. She had
aspirations that it would be a dignified way to end people’s suffering but she
soon runs into the degrading realities of profitable death. Her bosses are less
concerned with dignity than the bottom line.
To cure
her of her naiveté, she is paired with Oliva (Sarah Power), a cynical
technician who isn’t above skipping the niceties and ending her client’s lives
with a bullet to the head.
They are
sent out to the country to take care of a special client; a millionaire who has
paid a hefty sum to have his death carried out in a very specific manner. The
client, horribly disfigured, seems to be almost catatonic. Their only other
human contact is Edgar (Timothy Burd), the lone care taker and servant. The
women find that they have been lured into a house haunted by cursed spirits and
they are now unwilling participants in an elaborate occult ritual.
Hexecutioners
is a character driven story that focuses on the personalities of the two women
and their relationship. It has a small cast which allows for plenty of
character development. It’s a competent horror film that seems informed in
regards to its occult elements. There’s no attempt at a happy ending so don’t
expect one.
