A woman wakes on a beach with no memory of how she got there. Strange black smoke bursts out of the sand, driving her inland. Her panicked rush leaves her breathless, but eerily, she cannot feel the pound of her heart: or, in fact, a pulse at all.
Venturing on, she finds a house. It's occupied by four strangers, most of whom seem rather more sanguine about probably being dead than our more-or-less leading lady, whose name we learn is Robyn. For her part, Robyn's not intending to just sit around waiting for something to happen: she intends to find her way home. But the five deceased mortals might not be the only occupants of this strange locale ...
AfterDeath is a UK horror film with basically only six characters and three locations. That this provides a slightly claustrophobic atmosphere actually works well with the film's plot, though it was probably a mandatory case of budgetary necessities in any case.
The film features a solid cast who perform their roles well. It's nice to see four of them being female, too: not a common thing in movies that don't feature a lot of bosoms!
The movie also features decent CGI effects, especially for its budget. I won't say that the black smoke "looks real", but the cases where it interacts with physical objects are actually implemented rather well.
I won't go into details about what the characters discover about each other and the place that they're in, but like a lot of such films it is squarely founded in a single belief system. For the purposes of the plot, you'll need to accept that the precepts of Christianity are 100% true within the film's reality. Which is not to say the movie itself is evangelical at all, but it is something you'll have to go along with to make the story work.
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