The film was not what I had expected. I had expected, indeed hoped for, a blood chilling horror movie with lots of scenes of posession and, hopefully, a body count! Instead what I was treated to was a rather successful merging of two genres.
On the one hand there’s the horror flick which, in fairness, scored pretty good on the possession side of things with some fairly interesting moves that many a professional contortionist would have been proud to pull off! The special effects weren’t over the top but were pretty effective at conveying the message that they’re intended to and the set design was spot on - especially the farmhouse where nothing seemed to be ‘in the right place’. It gave quite a compelling impression of something being ‘wrong’.
On the other hand, there was a court room drama. Not the best in the world but it didn’t need to be, it facilitates the telling of the tale and to be honest the final courtroom scenes are pretty ham.
If you have a passing interest in the supernatural this is probably worth a look, the most freaky thing about this film is that it’s based on a true story.
MATH Rating: A fun supernatural thriller that ticks most of the boxes and adds some new ones … worth a look, but don’t get too excited.
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