Film Review – Outpost

Joe Lo Truglio is best known as one of the members of the comedy troupe The State, and he recently was part of the ensemble for the hit television show “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” maintaining his interests in the realm of comedy. For his feature-length directorial debut, Lo Truglio (who also scripts) isn’t pursuing funny business with “Outpost,” looking to craft a small-scale psychological horror picture that eventually abandons most of its mental gamesmanship, going for more visceral frights. Lo Truglio keeps it in the family, working with wife Beth Dover in a tale of a shattered woman looking to reclaim her sanity through the safety of extreme isolation, and she’s terrific in the film, giving the production a thoroughly unsettled performance. The rest of “Outpost” is a little uneven, but the helmer captures the mental quake of trauma reasonably well, getting the endeavor on its feet with some degree of success. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com