Sunday night I was browsing through the selections available on Shudder, the curated horror streaming service, looking for an under two hours movie that suited my tired but not exhausted mood and after watching the trailer I started the suspense/horror film Triangle.

Nearly a decade old this is a movie that had never crossed my radar and yet it one that really should have. Making the most of a limited budget the writer/director Christopher Smith has crafted a taunt film that weaves in through a fantastic situation maintaining real surprises in its reveals and delivering a truly unnerving resolution.

It is difficult to accurately describe this move without moving into spoiler territory. Even the trailer, which sold me on watching, reveals some of the film most surprising twists. I am going to try to give an honest appraisal without despoiling the film best curves.

The protagonist of the film is Jess, single mom of a special needs child. Jess is spending the day yachting with Gregg, a potential paramour, and his small group of friends. Gregg is enamored with Jess but some of his friends see her as a gold digger trying to get her hands on his money. The pleasant water off south Florida takes a terrible turn when a sudden squall overtakes the ship. The heavy seas sweep one member of cast away before capsizing the ship. Because Gregg had been dealing with a mysterious distress call just before the waves struck their ships sends no SOS and the survivors are stranded on the upturned boat in the beating sun the followed the storm. Soon a passenger cruise ship arrives on the scene but when the characters board they find it deserted save for a masked figure intent on killing them.

Okay this sounds like an elaborate set-up for a bog standard slasher move and Triangle is not a slasher. I really cant go into the particulars of the events except to say that if you are a fan of Christopher Nolan’s fractured narratives then this film is right down your alley. The title of the film comes from both the name of the yacht and from the Bermuda Triangle famed for its overhyped disappearances. The script is literate, detailed, and meticulously constructed, the cast is adequate in includes a Hemsworth but not the one known for Thor. With a constrained cast and just a few locations Smith has crafted a movie that has surprisingly depth. I found my sympathies shifting during the films run time of just over an hour and a half but I was never disinterested. For people who are fans of complex and fractured narratives with flawed characters this is a move to see.