Very bad film!!! (minor spoilers)
I can speak Dutch but will tell this in English.
This film is absolutely terrible. Reasons will be mentioned.
By the way. I'm not dissing people here. I've read about the director.
He seems to be a very nice and hardworking guy.
But I'm just gonna be honest here. The film IS bad:
SPOILER WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1)
The film starts all of the sudden (which is good sometimes) and then becomes slow. Veeerrryyyyy sloooowwww.
2)
I can't possibly tell how bad the dialogue is. Every line is stolen from an English or US film and directly translated.
3)
No character development at all. They're just there. That goes for the Dutch cast as well as for the 'witch' and her child.
4)
The guy that gets wounded in the beginning becomes pale due to lack of blood.
He becomes weaker and paler, but instead of fainting or dying, he gets his color and strength back.
5)
The so-called hero (Chris) is probably meant to look tough but all he does is gasping, screaming and crying.
6)
Same cry-baby (Chris) starts shooting his shotgun at fire (?!?!?!), but when standing by a locked door and a chain he doesn't shoot.
7)
Why and how the witch mother took possession of the blonde girl can only be guessed.
8)
Everything was there for a good scare effect. But it was only used once or twice.
9)
A bad build-up. In the beginning there was some good tension and it was not totally slow. Than suddenly it became slowER. In the 2nd half all the actors did was walking, sitting, waiting, crying and dying.
I could go on forever. What pains me the most is that you actually see the actors try.
They're not that bad, but you can see that the script sucked big time.
Technically it's ok. Good effects and lighting.
The sound quality is fine, but the choice of music never made sense.
But how the director/producer managed to even THINK that the script and dialogue were ok, is the biggest mystery.
The horror became a drama.
End of a story which never actually was a story...............
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