It’s the most subtle and most important place to attack a sleepy little town. Mail is the life’s blood of communication and information. In this story, we’re in the days before cell phones and easily accessed Internet. And the sinister new mailman starts delivering mail at night.īentley Little depicts a quite horror, a slight perversion in the fabric of normal life that showcases the truly terrifying: we depend on the thin veneer of civilization and trust that one day will function much like another. The previously friendly postmaster remains hidden in his home. Meanwhile, his wife and best friend start to receive menacing letters in the mail. Teacher Doug Albin, whose summer plans were previously dedicated to his grant application and building a storage shed, stumbles onto something bizarre in the woods. Strange packages appear from people long-dead. People accidentally send letters that never should have seen the light of day. But this sudden change has a sinister side. Bills have stopped showing up and good news and long lost friends are popping up through the post. The peculiar new mailman, who goes by the name of John Smith, is too good to be true. No one knew he was suicidal.Īs the town mourns, the summer starts to turn strange. In a small Arizona town, just as summer vacation hits, the everyday routine is shattered when the beloved mailman is discovered, dead, with a shotgun in his mouth. Rating: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night.
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