Left at the mercy of a tired director's imagination, this 85-minute trip could just as easily have been another woman-inperil 'tunnel thriller' running more on empty than inspiration.
There are enough cliches here to guarantee formulaic satisfaction, but debut writer-director Christopher Smith has also turned Craig (Sean Harris) into one of the most memorable monsters in cinema history.
His handwashing scene with a twist is pure, visual poetry - and makes De Niro's Frankenstein seem like Postman Pat.