Proof, if it were ever needed, that low budget needn’t mean a paucity of ideas or invention, Seconds Apart is an engrossing chiller about murderous identical twins. Befitting its subject matter, the production creates a series of bleached-out, symmetrical tableaux making it, paradoxically, both old-fashioned and vaguely futuristic.
Orlando and Edmund Entin are superb as Seth and Jonah, who mix telepathy and an unhealthy dollop of voyeurism to film their elaborate murders à la Peeping Tom. Detective Lampkin is the embitterered, hard-drinking cop on their case, and it’s a credit to Orlando Jones (Magnolia/Evolution) that he builds a credible and sympathetic performance from such a broadly drawn and wholly unoriginal character. Throw in pretty love interest Eve (Samantha Droke; think a cooler Britney), first seen munching an apple (OK, the religious imagery is a little simplistic) and you have a very attractive and wholly enjoyable addition to the After Dark Originals canon.
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