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Coherence (2013) James Ward Byrkit

March 27th 2024

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Throwback Video

This was one of my favorite and best sci-fi films of the 2010’s. Probably one of the best films of the 2010’s also.

Since it’s having its 10th anniversary this month (or so) I wanted to throwback to it. A real low budget scifi wonder that gets into the some real mind bending stuff on a small budget.

Also a sequel was finally announced and I’m really excited for that. Not sure it can live up to this but who cares cause this is a genuine great sci-fi movie.

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Jack Griffin with Principal Durbin from AP Bio at SXSW23

Apparently, Patton Oswalt was moderating a panel for an old movie called Coherence (2013) directed by the guy on the left, James Ward Byrkit, at SXSW 2023 — and we know Glenn was at the festival for the North American premiere of his Blackberry movie.

James and Patton were there mainly because they had a new show called Shatter Belt premiering at the event.

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happy july, new deadlights trailer is here! This month we have a lineup of movies about body-snatchers, doppelgangers, stolen faces, and refracted identities! Check out Gretchen's patreon to join us for:

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Coherence (2013)

Coherence is a science-fiction movie for those who like to think. You’ll have difficulty wrapping your mind around the story unless you really pay attention and when you do, get ready to be scared. It isn't gory, there aren't any jump scares or anything like that. It's that the film explores an aspect of human nature that'll put you on edge. Writer/director James Ward Byrkit demands your full attention and rewards you for it.

During a dinner party, Emily (Emily Baldoni) and her friends experience a power outage as a comet flies overhead. After turning on the auxiliary generator, they notice another house nearby also has lights on. Inside, they discover duplicate versions of themselves.

The premise is simple. What would you do if you met a copy of yourself? Would you trust them? What does it say about you if you wouldn't? Can you be sure they would trust you? Who’s to say this duplicate version of yourself, simply by walking up to you/being approached by you, wouldn't have already started becoming a different person? I can already hear your mind racing. Now picture the scenario with eight people in total. As Emily, Kevin (Maury Sterling), Mike (Nicholas Brendon), Lee (Lorene Scafaria), Hugh (Hugo Armstrong), Beth (Elizabeth Gracen), Amir (Alex Manugian) and Laurie (Lauren Maher) come to grips with what is happening, their true selves start to shine through. Who panics? Who stays cool? Who does everyone turn on? Who do people trust? You never know how anyone will react or where the plot is going. That’s the intrigue you get when you encounter a scenario this crazy. Who knows what’s next?

What we have here is the kind of film you’d love to go back to with a pencil and pad of paper to map out where everyone begins and where they end. On your first ride, you’ll be swept up in the paranoia, claustrophobia and the dread created by the characters’ assumptions and decisions. You'll worry too much about the here and now to think about the true implications of what is happening but once you seen the whole thing, you'll be itching to re-examine all the puzzle pieces and see if they fit as hermitically as they seem to – trust me, they do. If you think you know where things are going, you don't. There are many juicy twists and turns coming. That second viewing might also allow you to notice the cast, which all play off each other wonderfully.

Coherence shows how much work a robust idea can do. It’s ingenious and inventive. You’ll be gripped… and the whole film is basically set in one house with minimal special effects. That proves to be one of its strength because – and I’m starting to repeat myself – the core is so good. There are so many different directions this setup could’ve taken, and so many different tones too! I could easily see someone taking this premise and going for a comedic or romantic drama story instead and that makes it great fun. (October 12, 2018)

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COHERENCE (2013) Grade: B-

Felt like a classic sci-fi plot, like a classic Star Trek episode, just a level darker. Clever twist and ending. Got a little slow in the 2nd act. It's low budget but well produced.

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October 8th: Psychological Horror | Coherence

Coherence was released in 2013 and was directed by James Ward Byrkit. Em (played by Emily Baldoni) is at a dinner party with a group of her friends on the night Miller's Comet is going to pass over the earth. The night seems normal at first, with only a few mishaps of mysteriously broken phones and the power going out. But as time goes on the group finds themselves in a similar position to Schrodinger's cat as they are caught in a state of paranoia and confusion at the hands of themselves.

Coherence's psychological horror is deeply routed in a feel of reality that is heightened by almost an exclusive use of handheld shots, very little music, and a setting that many can see as familiar. It had a very low budget and is comprised of a dialog that is primarily improvised, with the only guide the actors having being a short paragraph that showed their character's "goals". These aspects, combined with a mind-bending premises, help to make this movie feel raw and almost scarily natural, which in turn makes the situation the main character's find themselves in that more captivating. Despite Coherence mainly going under the radar, it exceeds in encapsulating the audience with it's unique production and incredible plot twist.

It can be watched for free on PLEX, Pluto TV, Peacock, and Tubi

Content Warnings for the Film (may contain spoilers): violence, adultery (mentioned), drug usage (we see it being put in a syringe, but never injected. It was also consensually put in someone's drink), slight flashing lights in the final part of the movie

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Top 10 Movies You Probably Haven't Seen about Time Travel and Parallel Universes

If you are a fan of time travel movies, this list is for you. This list includes some gems you probably haven't seen but are totally worth a watch. Included on the list are movies with themes about time loops, alternate realities, parallel universes and time travel itself. So go on, get lost in time with this amazing list. Sorry, couldn't help it 🤣

1. Coherence, 2013

Sci-fi/ Thriller

IMDb: 7.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Director: James Ward Byrkit

Starring: Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicolas Brendon, Elizabeth Gracen, Lorene Scafaria, Hugo Armstrong

Synopsis:

Eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of events due to the malevolent influence of a passing comet.

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2. Parallel, 2018

Sci-Fi/ Drama

IMDb: 5.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: -

Director: Isaac Ezban

Starring: Aml Ameen, Martin Wallström, Georgia King, Mark O'Brien and Alyssa Diaz

Synopsis:

A group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a "multiverse", but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences.

3. Triangle, 2009

Horror / Thriller

IMDb: 6.9 / 10

Rotten Tomatoes: 80%

Director: Christopher Smith

Starring: Melissa George, Michael Dorman,Liam Hemsworth, Henry Nixon, Rachel Carpani

Synopsis:

Five friends set sail and their yacht is overturned by a strange and sudden storm. A mysterious ship arrives to rescue them, and what happens next cannot be explained.

4. The Endless, 2017

Horror / Thriller

IMDb: 6.5 / 10

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%

Director: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead

Starring: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Callie Hernandez,Tate Ellington, Lew Temple, James Jordan

Synopsis:

Two brothers receive a cryptic video message inspiring them to revisit the UFO death cult they escaped a decade earlier. Hoping to find the closure that they couldn't find as young men, they're forced to reconsider the cult's beliefs when confronted with unexplainable phenomena surrounding the camp. As the members prepare for the coming of a mysterious event, the brothers race to unravel the seemingly impossible truth before their lives become permanently entangled with the cult.

5. The Mandela Effect, 2018

Sci-Fi / Drama

IMDb: 5.8 /10

Rotten Tomatoes: 20%

Director: David Guy Levy

Starring: Charlie Hoffheimer, Aleksa Palladino, Robin Lord Taylor, Clarke Peters

Synopsis:

A man becomes obsessed with a phenomenon where facts and events have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing it to be the symptom of something larger, his search for answers brings him to the brink of insanity when a startling revelation forces him to make a difficult decision that, if he is right, could have consequences for the entire world.

6. Looper, 2012

Sci-Fi / Action

IMDb: 7.4 / 10

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%

Director: Rian Johnson

Starring: Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Sagan, Piper Perabo, Garret Dillahunt, Jeff Daniels

Synopsis:

In a future society, time-travel exists, but it's only available to those with the means to pay for it on the black market. When the mob wants to eliminate someone, it sends the target into the past, where a hit man known as a looper lies in wait to finish the job. Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is one such hired gun, and he does his job well -- until the day his bosses decide to "close the loop" and send Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) back in time to be killed.

7. Madelines, 2022

Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama

IMDb: 3.9 / 10

Rotten Tomatoes: -

Director: Jason Richard Miller

Starring: Richard Riehle, Brea Grant, Perry Shen, Sydney Steinberg

Synopsis:

While working in their garage, Madeline and Owen discover the secret to time travel. However, a mistake in their code causes a copy of Madeline to appear every day, and the pair must kill her to prevent the universe from destroying itself.

8. The Alternate, 2021

Sci-Fi / Thriller

IMDb: 5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 75%

Director:Alrik Bursell

Starring: Ed Gonzalez Moreno, Natalia Dominguez, Syra McCarthy

Synopsis:

A man discovers a portal to another dimension in which he has everything he has always wanted.

9. Synchronic, 2019

Sci-Fi / Thriller

IMDb: 6.2 / 10

Rotten Tomatoes: 79%

Directors: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead

Starring: Jamie Dornan, Anthony Mackie

Synopsis:

When New Orleans paramedics and longtime best friends Steve and Dennis are called to a series of bizarre and gruesome accidents, they chalk it up to a mysterious new drug found at the scene. But after Dennis' oldest daughter disappears, Steve stumbles upon a terrifying truth about the supposed psychedelic that will challenge everything he knows about reality -- and the flow of time itself.

10. Synchronicity, 2015

Sci-Fi / Thriller

IMDb: 5.4 / 10

Rotten Tomatoes: 47%

Director: Jacob Gentry

Starring: Chad McKnight, A.J. Bowen, Brianne Davis, Michael Ironside

Synopsis:

A physicist (Chad McKnight) travels back and forth in time to prevent a seductive woman (Brianne Davis) and a ruthless tycoon (Michael Ironside) from stealing his invention.

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Coherence (2013) - James Ward Byrkit

“What if we’re the dark version?”

Coherence is the best example that plot trumps budget. Although the setting and the characters were limited, its concept was immeasurably thought provoking. Homey and eerie: a deadly combination.

Coherence is one of the films that laid a mark on the “gatherings gone wrong” genre. Similar to The Invitation (2015), a group of friends host a dinner, but at the same time as a comet event. This comet event distorts space and time causing doppelgängers, parallel universe, and madness.

The film is an example of how situations can turn us into different people. When we decide we are “good” or “bad”, it is simply relative to what we know about ourselves already. As life is fragile, so too are we.

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Coherence (James Ward Byrkit – 2013)

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'Coherence' Offers Master Class in Cinematic Brain Puzzles News Buzz

James Ward Byrkit’s “Coherence” (2013) begins with Em (Emily Foxler) on her cell phone, which suddenly cracks for no apparent reason. Em arrives at a dinner party with an eclectic group of friends, many of whom are fascinated by reports that a comet is about to pass by. As the evening continues and friendly, casual chat ensues, members of the dinner party come and go, sometimes not…

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also! i hate to be a bother but have you ever watched coherence by james ward byrkit? absolutely incredible film that warrants a rewatch, i think you'd enjoy it

Aw please send as many asks as you want! Honestly I haven’t but it looks right up my alley!! Immediately putting on my watchlist, tyyyy

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SlashFilm: One Of The Best Sci-Fi Movies Ever Made Is Getting A Surprise Sequel

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Coherence

Año: 2013

Genero: Thriller

Director: James Ward Byrkit

Puntaje: 2/5