The Duplex (2015)
4/10
Psychological Horror, Nollywood Style!!!
14 October 2017
A young couple- expecting a new baby- move into a new house, which they acquire for a crazy good deal.

But things might be too good to be true.

Because, as soon as they move in, the man's girlfriend starts seeing things. Things moving, things turning on or opening by themselves...and also a cloaked and hooded demon of some sort.

But nobody else sees it, so they all think she is going crazy from the pregnancy...or has become bewitched.

Eventually, she loses the baby to a miscarriage...but she truly believes that it was stolen by the demon.

Now, he's upset with his wife...and starts to push her away. Until...he starts to see the same demon...

Now he thinks he's going crazy, because of the loss of the baby.

He refuses to believe there is anything wrong with the house, despite his wife being adamant, that is where the problem lies.

But, after he mistakes his wife for the demon and beats her up, his friend convinces him to hire a spiritualist. If only to figure out what is going on.

Turns out, when he bought the house, there was a grave inside. He and his friend dug up the body and moved it, because he feared his wife would not accept living in a house with a dead body.

Now, he must return the man to his grave and leave the house...or he will perish...

But he can't, because they disposed of his bones in a way that they can' be retrieved. So, they use a psychic to settle a deal with the angry spirit...to return the house to his family's heirs...so that they can be forgiven.

The rest of this 2 hour film (it's not short!), is the guy sleuthing his way to find out whose house it originally was...and it culminates with a weird nuclear family situation...and the mentioning of a war I had to google (though I had actually heard of it, just not by that name).

Honestly, this film is bad, but in a great way. I enjoyed the sh*t out of this. It had me laughing- at the bad jokes, the cheesy scare gags, the mediocre acting, and over the fact that the lead actor is the Nollywood version of Cuba Gooding Jr.

And just think about it...this is 1 of 105 films Ikechukwu Onyeka has made in 12 years.

That's insane turnout.

And this entertained me for 2 hours...so good f*cking on him!

3.5 out of 10.
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