Saturday, April 15, 2023

Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva (2023)

The mystery of Gary Hinge’s disappearance hasn’t been solved yet, but there seems to be a bigger problem in the area. A woman taking a geology class was found dead in her trailer and another woman disappeared on her way home.  Interviews are done with their friends, family and an  EMT.

After making a new friend, Minerva was inspired to pursue geology and enrolled in a class where she would work directly with geologists in a working mine in Nevada.  But when she arrived, there’d been a mix up and she didn’t have a room. 

The school’s solution was to put her in a trailer out in the middle of nowhere. It doesn’t seem like a great resolution, but Minerva was glad to have a place to herself.  She kept her curtains closed because she thought the guy in the house nearby was weird. She also would hear strange sounds at night. 

Her friend noticed over time she seemed different, but no one was that alarmed until she turned up dead in the trailer. The police didn't look into it too closely and gave her friend all Minerva’s paintings and tapes. Did she not have family?  And what is the cause of death? Did I zone out and miss that?  Because the neighbor has footage that shows someone heading for the house right before Minerva died.

While we’re getting caught up in Miranda’s tale, we switch over to the story of a young mother whose car broke down. She called her family but when help arrived she had disappeared.  There is footage from a dash cam, but it doesn't answer what happened.

I enjoyed the first movie which was focused on Gary, but this movie didn’t hold my interest. I found myself zoning out at times. The movie ends with footage of a YouTuber who says everyone is looking for the house where Gary disappeared and  he knows something no one else knows. So it looks like there is a third chapter in this series.  I’ll definitely keep an eye out for it based on my interest in the first movie.


 

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