The Banishing (2020)
3/10
fell asleep
21 June 2021
There were four of us watching this movie. Me, my wife, and my two teen daughters. Both me and my girls fell asleep 3/4 of the way into the movie. It was just so boring.

We tried to enjoy it as a period piece. The house is 7000 acres and a real place with one family owning it for 1000 years. Visually the movie is good eye candy. But it is not supposed to be a documentary.

There are plot lines that are teased and downright central that are not answered. After the movie i went hunting for a "ending explained" article only to find out that there are no answers. The plot lines are just dangling in the air like a stink bomb at math class (actually did that once).

If it had scared us even a few times i would have given it a 4 or 5. Much is promised and not delivered. At best creepiness is felt every now and then, but no serious scares. And I have a 7.1 surround system with a nice 65 inch oled screen that really delivers scary moments.

Do not recommend. Wasted potential...
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