foutainoflife
Well, it is undoubtedly a creepy film. There were a couple jump scares but for the most part it is a slow burner. I am more of a slow burn person anyway. I think movies like that can really get into your psyche and stay with you long after the film is over. Torture porn is just cheap and forgettable.What I liked...I liked that this was set in Russia. I think that gave it a cold atmospherical tone and also allowed us viewers to connect with her sense of uncertainty. Different language and lifestyles really takes you out of your element and that can be frightening in itself.I also liked the house. It was beautifully creepy and I also liked that it was being narrated by her daughter.I liked that the brother ended up being seduced into his death by a naked girl!! Guys y'all are so gullible. Everything else was just sorta, meh, to me.What I didn't like ...I didn't care for being haunted by your future ghost. That seemed a bit confusing to me. I didn't like that we didn't learn more about the heroic actions of their mother.It wasn't bad but it's not the best. It's good for a rainy day.
grm009
The opening credits written in a hokey font that uses the Russian letter "Я" as an "R" was indicative of the mediocre production values that would become apparent. Also, the entire premise of the movie-that the main character needs to travel to Russia and attend to the farm she inherited shows an startling ignorance of modern Russian history. No one inherits real property in Russia! All land and houses were owned by the state during Communism, and after the fall of Communism, property was not given to anyone. (Yes, there are some cases of property being privatized now, but not inherited.) Also, anyone who is familiar with Russia will be struck by the absence of birch trees in the forest scenes. But these are minor flaws, and could be overlooked, except for the rest of the movie.The story starts out well enough with a Russian-born woman traveling from the US to Russia to look into her "property", but more, to look into her origins. The story grows darker, and the suspense is really well done, with very well-crafted frightening scenes. But, about a third of the way into the movie, the strange becomes outlandish, and the outlandish becomes idiotic. This could have been a great thriller, but it descends into an absurd horror movie. There are scenes that are truly unwatchable and I wonder about the humanity of the person who conceived them. Scary, yes, well-acted, yes, intelligent, no. It's as subtle as a sledge-hammer.
atinder
I really like this movie much better than I expected, I really like the start of the movie , the opening scene was very good.The first 20 minutes of the movie are quite slow, not boring at all, then the movie picks ups a lot of stuff happened for the rest of the movie,.I don't think this movie was scary or even that creepy however this movie did want to confuse you as it messing with your head.I like how the movie came to an end and I got the acting was really good.I am going to give this movie a 7/10
revenge_of_shinobi
movie starts out OK. the scene is set well, the acting is good and its all very spooky. what the film lacks is any sort of sense of progression. in fact, as the movie went on it reminded me a lot of 'lost' the TV series where there were some great outlandish ideas that were very cool and you kept watching because you were interested in how they would be resolved. they are not. the films plot seems to be just a skeleton to hold all these ideas together. there's no payoff for watching and the more you watch the more sick you feel because it has that ' I'm gonna throw up' feel to it. credit for the great setup and the initial scares but can't recommend it too strongly.
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