Whenever I see "The haunting of" I assume the worst, in fact who am I kidding? When I see that a movie is ghost themed I generally do. As much as I love horror that sub-genre rarely delivers and is commonly an area taken by independent film makers.
This is a disastrous little haunting movie that tells the story of a frustrated girl stricken with blindness who is left an enormous manor in her late aunts will.
I'd continue, but honestly the plot is an absolute mess and isn't one I'd like to even have a go at explaining.
So we've established that the plot is dire, now how about the cinematography? the soundtrack? the cast? Honestly no boxes are ticked here, everything is embarassing.
And then we have the religious angle. Our heroine is frustrated and angry that she is now blind and her faith is left shaken. How can she possibly believe in a magical cloud man who impregnated a woman with himelf after creating a world full of talking snakes unicorns and giants......who would make her blind? Seriously?
The only thing that could have made this worse is if it had been found footage, thank Odin for small graces.
The Good:
Not so much
The Bad:
Looks like a daytime US soap opera
Seven shades of awful on every front
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
I need to filter out all movies that begin with "The Haunting of"
This is a disastrous little haunting movie that tells the story of a frustrated girl stricken with blindness who is left an enormous manor in her late aunts will.
I'd continue, but honestly the plot is an absolute mess and isn't one I'd like to even have a go at explaining.
So we've established that the plot is dire, now how about the cinematography? the soundtrack? the cast? Honestly no boxes are ticked here, everything is embarassing.
And then we have the religious angle. Our heroine is frustrated and angry that she is now blind and her faith is left shaken. How can she possibly believe in a magical cloud man who impregnated a woman with himelf after creating a world full of talking snakes unicorns and giants......who would make her blind? Seriously?
The only thing that could have made this worse is if it had been found footage, thank Odin for small graces.
The Good:
Not so much
The Bad:
Looks like a daytime US soap opera
Seven shades of awful on every front
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
I need to filter out all movies that begin with "The Haunting of"