In The Shadow of Guilt (2022, directed by Keven Russell)


An alcoholic writer is driving drunk when she runs over a little girl.  At first, she gets out to help but when she sees that the girl is dead, she just apologizes and drives off.  Later, she and another writer are at a rustic retreat.  The drunk writer has writer’s block.  The other writer has a secret.  A neighbor tells a story about another little girl who was killed mysteriously.  Eventually, a ghost shows up because the alcoholic has been living in the shadow of guilt.

I liked the idea behind this one but the action moved slowly and the two main actresses were not convincing.  It’s only a 62 minute film but it seemed like an eternity.  The ghost special effects were effective enough, though there were a few times when it looked like the ghost’s mask was about to fall off.  Brian Stewart, as the neighbor, did a good job in his one big scene.  They should have made the entire movie about him.  Main message: Don’t drive drunk and things like this movie won’t happen to you.