Leofwine_draca
AFTERDEATH is a silly, low budget British horror film with a high concept and very poor execution. It's one of those films which has a greyed out look to the cinematography which makes it quite depressing to watch and, in fact, a chore to sit through. The story has a bunch of the usual unlikeable characters waking up in a small house and discovering that they've died and are in a kind of limbo. They swear, drink, have sex a great deal, and are generally offensive so that you hope something bad happens to them and quickly. They also get menaced by lame CGI shadow creatures which rip-off the look of the Dementors in HARRY POTTER. I hated this one.
Alex John
So this movie plays on the idea of a Christian afterlife. In most Christian churches you can redeem yourself in various ways for your sins, but this movie has a much more dark and brutal approach to sinning. It actually is scary if you think about that it might be real, for me it was anyway. The acting was OK, the actors look good, maybe the atmosphere could have been more creepy, it was OK, but the general idea of the movie is very creepy, in any case. I don't know if you have to be Christian to like it, or get scared, but it probably helps. If you're not, at least you can think of this movie as another perspective on the afterlife and the implications of every action one does in his/her life.
Peter Horgan
This was my favorite movie I caught at the Austin Film Festival this past year. Not typically a huge horror fan, but can appreciate a good one when I see it, and this was one of the few. It has a uniquely terrifying concept of what hell would be like. I was surprised to find myself so invested in whether or not the characters stuck in this house could find their way out of hell. Especially considering most of them aren't very likable people. The special effects are really well done. Well written, acted and directed. Definitely worth a watch if you are in anyway interested in horror, sci-fi, or thrillers.
Roderick123
The intriguing title and spookily atmospheric poster promised an interesting watch – which turned out to be the case at the UK premiere.AfterDeath doesn't fit the standard categories - it's neither a slasher horror, a sci-fi adventure nor a supernatural fantasy, but combines elements of all these to create an eerily effective limbo where all possibilities still seem open. Four young women and one cocky young man find themselves thrust unwillingly into a standard issue and isolated 'cabin in the woods', although here it stands above a bleakly desolate beach and is absolutely not what it first seems. Forced to confront their past in an attempt to work out why they are there and how they might escape back into the land of the living, their problems grow when they discover that their world is shrinking and they are not alone
The small and nicely characterised ensemble cast is excellent and the growing unease over their predicament is well conveyed with a combination of splendid photography and very effective sound and visual effects. It's a high concept, low budget film with an interesting premise and plenty of twists that keep you continually guessing up to an outcome that will keep you talking long after you leave the cinema.An imaginatively realised debut film from the clearly talented co-directors.
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