The Attic (2008)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Director:

Mary Lambert

Writers:

Tom Malloy (writer)
Robert M. Reitano (co-screenwriter)

Release Date:

15 January 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Some Secrets Are Better Kept In The Dark

Plot:

Emma and her family are unhappy after moving to her house; one day she went to the attic and found someone who looked like her and began haunting her.

Cast

Elisabeth Moss	...	Emma Callan
Jason Lewis	...	John Trevor
Tom Malloy	...	Frankie Callan
John Savage	...	Graham Callan
Catherine Mary Stewart	...	Kim Callan
Thomas Jay Ryan	...	Dr. Perry
Alexandra Daddario	...	Ava Strauss
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gil Deeble	...	Detective Carter
Nick Gregory	...	Detective
Sara Maraffino	...	Demon (voice)
Clark Middleton	...	Dr. Cofi
Lynn-Marie Stetson	...	Beth (as Lynne Marie Stetson)
Russell Terlecki	...	Paramedic
Tara Thompson	...	Allison

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

Germany:88 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA (2007) | USA:R | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

New Jersey, USA

Company:

Intrinsic Value Films

The script and the story was lazy and lousy and the acting was just pure horrible!

The basic plot for the story is that a teenage girl keep's seeing a different girl who looks exactly like her in the mirror, she goes crazy and everyone think's she's lieing. That is the most unoriginal story I have ever heard. Okay, I'll be fair, it's not the worst movie ever, but..the writing was so lousy and lazy it was unbelievable. The acting was just terrible and Elizabeth Moss looked just stupid she was so bad. If you want to see a good horror movie, don't watch this. This movie disappointed me so much. The shame is, is that, yeah, the story is unoriginal and plain but, if the writers had developed more on the story and planned a little bit more then maybe I would of given the movie a 4 or 5 out of 10. If the writers had planned the characters and really thought out the movie rather than just writing down whatever popped into there head, the movie might of worked a little bit more than it did.

I'm rating this two, as the camera work and direction was, err..okay, for the budget they were on ($7000).

PS - About half an hour into the movie, her older brother who has the mind of a child, mentions that his sister keeps a diary. Now, this is when you start thinking, hmm...maybe the story and the characters will unfold within this diary and think it's going to get a bit more interesting, but the diary is never mentioned or shown again in the whole movie!!! Also, As for the scene were the girl makes a move on her own father just puzzled me! In fact, the only thing that actually unfolds the characters throughout the movie is the fact her mother and father turn out to be raging lunatics who use witchcraft.

Bad, Very bad movie! 2/10.