Coherence
The second stop in my short trip through 2014's lesser-known genre filmmaking is James Ward Byrkit's Coherence . Which turned out to be fortuitous, as the comparison between Coherence and The One I Love revealed some interesting similarities, as well as telling differences. On the surface level, the two films feel very different-- The One I Love is intimate and tightly focused, while Coherence is chaotic and occasionally rambling. Coherence has a more overtly SFnal subject matter, which it expresses through the more obvious tropes of horror filmmaking, such as jump scares and dark shadows, a stark contrast to how The One I Love conceals its horror story under a sunny, comedic tone. And perhaps most importantly, Coherence is a micro-budget production (IMDb claims it was made for $50K, which if accurate is very impressive indeed) next to which even the small-budget, independent The One I Love looks polished and well-funded. Dig a little deeper, though, and the two f