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The Devil Inside (2012)
The Devil Is In The Details and Its Point of View
The Devil Inside looked promising. A young woman goes to Italy to investigate why her mother supposedly killed three people (2 priests and a nun) twenty years ago. Was she possessed or did she go bonkers for another reason? The premise seemed interesting enough and with the creepy face of the nun on the cover of the DVD I thought why not give it a chance.
I always like horror movies that investigate some history and bring it to the current or future date. Have also been a fan of possession movies since The Excorsist. This one however had me scratching my head once I realized that it was shot as a documentary style. I understand the affect the directors are trying to make getting you to live the story more closely. My biggest problem when watching this POV style is, I always find myself asking who is watching the video in order for us to be watching it now. Starting off with the murders supposedly committed by the mother, shown in Police Video files, to the daughter's documentary style investigating her mothers possession, I kept wondering at times, when was this filmed and who found it. And if this is a documentary by the daughter why was she doing it? Was she a film maker, art student, internet blogger, I could not remember why she was filming it. Why at this point of her life did she feel was the right time to investigate it? Just too many questions for me to totally be engrossed in the movie. If you want to engage the audience the back story needs to be clear, such as the Blair Witch movie.
Overall it did have some scares and the special effects kept me interested in watching. Otherwise it could have been a whole lot better.
3 out of 10.
Behind Your Eyes (2011)
Stay Away - Not Worth Your Time
Just rented this movie last night looking for a good scare. Based on the description for this movie - "Young perfect couple is kidnapped and tormented until secrets are revealed that will change their lives forever" I thought "sounds interesting". Looking at the cover I saw that it won an award at the Las Vegas Film Festival for independent films. I thought it might be worth having a look.
Wrong!
This convoluted story had so many flaws I don't know where to begin. -The women who were killed/tortured looked almost identical. Found myself going back and forth to make sure the same woman wasn't getting killed/tortured over and over. -The acting was sub-par. There was no chemistry between the leads especially when emotions were supposed to be running high. All the characters were one dimensional. -Storyline was so confusing I lost track and much less didn't care who survived. -Poor soundtrack when there was one.
One thing about a good horror/suspense movie for me is that there should be some tension being felt by the characters. This movie had no tension. The director did not try to build any and had no sense of what it takes to build a good scary scene. There was so little emotion explored on the screen it kept me unattached to the movie.
Not sure what the other movies were like during the LVFF, that this one won an award, but I will stay away from other Indie films with that award certification from now on.