While She Was Out

While She Was Out

Everyone has a breaking point. Tonight, she reaches hers.

Directed by Susan Montford

Produced by Insight Film Studios, Proud Mary Entertainment

200882 min5.5 / 10

A tense survival thriller about an abused housewife forced to fight for her life against violent pursuers in a desolate forest on Christmas Eve.

Della Myers, a suburban housewife, lives with her twin children and her abusive husband, Kenneth. On Christmas Eve, she drives to the local mall to buy gift-wrap. In the jam-packed parking lot, she notices an old car taking up two spaces and decides to leave a note on the windshield calling them out. After the mall closes, her car is blocked by the old car and she's threatened by four thugs. She escapes in her vehicle, but they drive after her. She crashes at a dead end construction site at the edge of a forest. What unfolds in the desolate woods is Della's lone fight for survival against a gang of angry young men with murderous intent.

Questions people ask

  • Is While She Was Out violent? Yes. More violent than 88% of films.

  • Is While She Was Out easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is While She Was Out scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Does While She Was Out end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is While She Was Out sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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21/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity43

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise18

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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