Modern Russian Cinema often impresses at War, Sci-Fi, & Disaster films ...sometimes, they're surprisingly good. But in my opinion, they still fall slightly short on the Horror genre. I have yet to see one that chilled me to the bone... some have a few scare & creepy scenes, with superb atmospheric filming & effects. But nothing out of ordinary or unique if we're used to watching horror films that already exist on our shelves. As a matter of fact, the ENTIRE HORROR GENRE has deteriorated across the globe for the most part in recent years. Not sure what the problem is...
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Love Stinks
nogodnomasters6 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Zhenya (Yana Yenzhayeva) loves Kirill (Konstantin Beloshapka) and they have a baby. Kirill is an artist who loves the model du jour. Zhenya makes gowns for weddings. In order to get Kirill back, Zhenya visits a gypsy (Sabina Akhmedova) who gives her a spell that needs to be preformed at a church wedding. Viktor (Ilya Yermolov) and Sonya (Varvara Borodina) are the ideal couple. Zhenya passes out and is rushed to the hospital. Dr. Viktor attends to her while his bride is doing the ba-dunka-dunka in the closet with another guy. Kirill comes back, but is super controlling, jealous, and possessive. When he dies, things don't get better as Zhenya wants to reverse a spell. Hey! No take backs.
I apologize for giving away a lot of plot but this is where the DVD cover and IMDB leave off also and it seems like a logical place to do so. I really didn't get into the characters or the dubbing.
Guide: No swearing. Sex and nudity (Yana Yenzhayeva)
I apologize for giving away a lot of plot but this is where the DVD cover and IMDB leave off also and it seems like a logical place to do so. I really didn't get into the characters or the dubbing.
Guide: No swearing. Sex and nudity (Yana Yenzhayeva)
An OK movie
d-rochon6 July 2021
Quite awesome
corneliusroz14 August 2021
I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING
nickeyblack3521 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I watched it with English subtitles. I prefer to watch my foreign films, that are not in English, that way.
This film could've went a different direction, but the direction it went was sufficient. My only gripe would be how everyone involved popped up at the church. The woman who caused all the drama should have really suffered throughout the film until she made things right. Because of this I am lowering my score to 6, but I'll let the 7 remain up above.
Like I stated, if it would've stayed in the premise, I had in mind, which was the Dark Spell bringing her boyfriend to life and going on jealous rampage as a "conscious zombie" then I would go higher in my scoring. Nevertheless, good movie.
This film could've went a different direction, but the direction it went was sufficient. My only gripe would be how everyone involved popped up at the church. The woman who caused all the drama should have really suffered throughout the film until she made things right. Because of this I am lowering my score to 6, but I'll let the 7 remain up above.
Like I stated, if it would've stayed in the premise, I had in mind, which was the Dark Spell bringing her boyfriend to life and going on jealous rampage as a "conscious zombie" then I would go higher in my scoring. Nevertheless, good movie.
Dark Fate
cahidi19 September 2023
Stories about summoning a demon never end well. Including this movie. Spoiler alert : the ending doesn't favor the protagonist. One thing I don't like about the protagonist is that she's a stereotypical weak minded woman who's willing to do anything or sacrifice anything to conform to other people's will. In this case, her selfish desire to own her crappy boyfriend. So if you don't like this kind of person, don't watch this movie. I did because the horror side was just good to watch. The jump scares were reasonable, not cheap ones. Solid 7 from me. I don't know why other people rated it so poorly. Maybe because it's from Russia. I mean, you can hate the country, but why condemn a perfectly good movie just for that? I'm not biased towards any political agenda. When I see something good, I give good rating. This movie does not deserve rating under 5 stars. The acting was decent, the plot was solid (even though it's predictable), and although there wasn't any plot twists, the story is still interesting enough to follow through.
Ignore the negativity ....
colinkhenry1 December 2021
I thought it was a very good story. I'm thinking a lot of the negative reviews are on the 'acting' the only bad acting/script is the Americanisation of the dubbing. The rest of the world don't speak with an American dialect. So makes this Russian film seem poorly scripted. But it's not. Just poorly dubbed.
It's certainly not the predictable Hollywood type supernatural/horror. Yet again possibly why some are negative towards it. Because it's just not Hollywood enough!
It's certainly not the predictable Hollywood type supernatural/horror. Yet again possibly why some are negative towards it. Because it's just not Hollywood enough!
A bit of that ol' black magic ... creepy
pulley-cc928 March 2021
I like it
mcmcormick29 October 2021
Warning: Spoilers
So the whole concept of summoning the devil to get what you want is always a cliche. I mean it obviously ends up bad. But the movie has enough scares to keep you interested. The ending only sucks because the main protagonist gets what's coming to her. It's the devil, right? You always end up losing your soul because you called him.
Give this movie a chance and watch...
canxdemircan25 March 2021
Very Good Movie
opaldaves27 February 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I believe this movie was underrated. Light is what makes a good scary movie and this one didn't appear cheap. Wanted to give it seven stars but the lighting made me sit through it I swear I hate cheap looking films. And the characters were attractive. Yes there were a few spoilers but what movie doesn't have them.
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