I had never heard of Winter Lily, but caught it playing on Showcase in Canada. You can tell pretty quick that this is a Canadian film; it just has that quality to it.
Winter Lily had great potential to be a really scary film - Lily's mother does a fantastic job at being creepy - but it just never gets to that threshold. It seems to build suspense and then release it before you get a chance to get scared, or jumpy, or nervous. I found myself anticipating shockers that never came.
Don't rent it if you want to watch a scary movie. If you don't set high expectations, it has a few disturbing ideas and a decent story that will make it worth watching. I enjoyed it.
Winter Lily had great potential to be a really scary film - Lily's mother does a fantastic job at being creepy - but it just never gets to that threshold. It seems to build suspense and then release it before you get a chance to get scared, or jumpy, or nervous. I found myself anticipating shockers that never came.
Don't rent it if you want to watch a scary movie. If you don't set high expectations, it has a few disturbing ideas and a decent story that will make it worth watching. I enjoyed it.