The Gallows

Most horror films tend to follow the perception of how they must build to create suspense and keep the overall presentation a mystery until the end. The Gallows doesn't quite go beyond the imaginary and depiction of evil characters and chooses to become another cliché found footage done from the eyes of teenage kids. The idea is a bright one and the character design for The Gallows is quite something unique opposed to just the supernatural but doesn't quite justify the overall film to say that the 'hangman' leaves his mark. I personally went into this screening feeling proud of what the film could've been in its own format, red and dark. The trailer is something that certainly leaves people gasping for breath, but I assure you that the direction of the film is quite bleak opposed to how these teenage characters come into contact with "The Hangman". The idea of the film is quite ingenious having one location of a high-school in the US and a large entity that surfaces the school but the film tends to show more of these teenagers' problems rather than the attack from the hangman himself.

More horror, less teenage drama please. -London screening, 17th July UK Release Date