From the outset, Kirsten Walsh’s ‘Hopscotch’ is not a game to play with the kids. Flashes of blood soaked chains and gruesome torture instruments quickly wipe away to a suburban street where escort Bridget (Amanda Ayes) unexpectedly meets up with her high school victim Jolene (Christin Easterling) en route to her paying client for the evening.

 

Rather than being welcomed by a flash of money and arms of a man, Jolene introduces Bridget to Rebecca (Karen Overstreet), a guest at the house who throws her flirtatious and chilling tone in her direction. As the three of them wait for the man of the house to be ready, one thing becomes apparent, beyond the chilling atmosphere lies a far more sinister reason for Bridget’s attendance this evening.

 

Much like this year’s other escort chiller, ‘Call Girl’, this has a dark mystery that plays out until the very end with subtlety followed by a vicious stab in the back when it’s least expected. The tension is cranked to the max as Rebecca’s games with Bridget turn on Jolene and all bets of what’s going to happen to whom are off. Turning the tables and becoming completely unpredictable until the very end.

 

A small disappointment in what would have been a promising short from Walsh. Teasing the blood soaked finale and unleashing a miniscule of what is promised. Although the drama of the unfolding tension is enough, ‘Hopscotch’ could have been that little bit more with a longer running length and suitable conclusion rather than the open booked cut to credits that leaves you wanting more, a whole lot more.