The Killing of Jacob Marr

10/15/2025

**_Slow burn cabin-in-the-woods in the wintry Northeast_** Shot in the first half of 2010, this is a slasher indie that uses the template of “Friday the 13” meshed with the mounting paranoia of a small group of people in the woods à la “The Blair Witch Project,” minus the found footage angle. The fact that it only cost $15,000 is amazing since the filmmaking is proficient, including the acting of the no-name cast. It does a good job of fleshing out the characters with lots of organic dialogues, albeit totally mundane in the first half. I liked the isolated snowy milieu centered around the rustic vacation home, as well as the increasingly personal perspective (I’m talking about camera shots artistically closing-in on individuals as the story progresses). Brunette Alyssa Mann (Clair