An industrious indie that defies its genre conventions every step of the way.

Matt Vesely’s impressive debut ably stakes out its own territory, not least in the vast distances covered by a single on-screen actor and a handful of vocal performances.

In the end, the goal was clearly to trap us in the increasingly fractured mind of a single person who increasingly believes what is beyond believable. Mission accomplished.

Though it is a ‘slow-burn’, I never once found the pace of Monolith to be dragging, and the twists and turns genuinely excited and surprised me. There is a real gasp-out-loud moment towards the end, too.