An ex-soldier, living homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for her, he cannot ignore his s... Read allAn ex-soldier, living homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for her, he cannot ignore his suspicion that something sinister is going on.An ex-soldier, living homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for her, he cannot ignore his suspicion that something sinister is going on.
- Awards
- 9 nominations total
Joey Akubeze
- Labourer
- (as Joseph Akubeze)
Charlotte Chiew
- Woman in Labour
- (as Charlote Chiew)
William E. Lester
- Mother
- (voice)
- (as William Lester)
Tom Bennett
- Battle-Worn Soldier
- (uncredited)
Louis Jay Jordan
- Squatter
- (uncredited)
Paul O'Kelly
- Paul Builder
- (uncredited)
Amanda Quach
- Girl at the Pub
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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This is definitely for those that like weird and artsy horror films, and good movie lovers. Depends on what you like. I'm an old school horror fan and it builded on me. Movie is shot very well and the 3 actors in it do a fine job....they play such odd characters. Music was great too....the intro music was creepy. So yes....it's slow and creepy....but thats what its going for. Its not an action packed Marvel film. I have no clue why the low reviews say its bad, worst film, or boring, etc. I don't think they love movies, lol. There are hundreds of worse movies out there, maybe they don't watch much. To me, if its shot great, has good acting, keeps me interested, has me going what the hell at times and trying to figure it out, has good music, is creepy and arty, and has me looking up more about it after I watched it, then thats a good movie. It did its job. I give it a 6 or 7. The intro and outro credits even look cool, lol. Very cool new and different movie.
Not quite what you might perceive, as this story doth deceive, not a demon vigilante but a trickster who's men anti.
Crawling along at a snail's pace, voids not even the greatest leaps of faith could overcome, but there is an audience for this kind of batty nonsense I'm sure, though they probably have an axe to grind.
Crawling along at a snail's pace, voids not even the greatest leaps of faith could overcome, but there is an audience for this kind of batty nonsense I'm sure, though they probably have an axe to grind.
If you are looking for a gore feast or have the attention span of a flea this movie is not for you.
With suburb acting, story, and production this movies is engaging from start to finish.
This film does require you to actually watch it to get the most out of the subtleties through out that give you a sense of the characters conflicts and personalities.
All in all a superb film
With suburb acting, story, and production this movies is engaging from start to finish.
This film does require you to actually watch it to get the most out of the subtleties through out that give you a sense of the characters conflicts and personalities.
All in all a superb film
While there are only one or two actual scares in this film, it does a great job of building an increasing atmosphere of dread. There are also some pretty grotesque scenes.
Storywise, this concerns a PTSD-afflicted soldier who had been part of some overseas conflict (apparently Eastern European) and is now in London living with other refugees. After their accommodation gets burned down, a nun finds him free housing with a young woman (also apparently Eastern European) on the condition that he helps repair her dilapidated house. However, from the outset not all seems right. The young girl's mother (unseen) is apparently dying, in pain, in the upstairs room. But why all the secrecy about her? And what is the strange runic symbol that he finds in the ceiling. What is the meaning of the night-time flashbacks that he has to his time as a soldier?
Although I'm not sure that the story entirely holds up in terms of logic, it nonetheless kept me spellbound for the duration.
I must say, some of the comments left here by others are baffling to me. Reading not too far between the lines of some of them, it seems that some people don't seem to appreciate a horror story told from the perspective of a female writer and director, or that the lead characters are not English. Well, so much the worse for those viewers. As for being slow - if this hour-and-a-half of effective horror is a strain on your patience, then I wouldn't bother going to see pretty much anything else that is out right now, many of which stretch their stories over two-and-a-half to three hours (Memoria, anyone?).
Storywise, this concerns a PTSD-afflicted soldier who had been part of some overseas conflict (apparently Eastern European) and is now in London living with other refugees. After their accommodation gets burned down, a nun finds him free housing with a young woman (also apparently Eastern European) on the condition that he helps repair her dilapidated house. However, from the outset not all seems right. The young girl's mother (unseen) is apparently dying, in pain, in the upstairs room. But why all the secrecy about her? And what is the strange runic symbol that he finds in the ceiling. What is the meaning of the night-time flashbacks that he has to his time as a soldier?
Although I'm not sure that the story entirely holds up in terms of logic, it nonetheless kept me spellbound for the duration.
I must say, some of the comments left here by others are baffling to me. Reading not too far between the lines of some of them, it seems that some people don't seem to appreciate a horror story told from the perspective of a female writer and director, or that the lead characters are not English. Well, so much the worse for those viewers. As for being slow - if this hour-and-a-half of effective horror is a strain on your patience, then I wouldn't bother going to see pretty much anything else that is out right now, many of which stretch their stories over two-and-a-half to three hours (Memoria, anyone?).
This movie had all the elements to hold attention and fulfill its mission. And to some extent it holds, so much that I went to the end. I don't even know why. Perhaps out of curiosity or because I had some hope of improvement. But unfortunately for some reason it never takes off. It's not entirely bad, but it's never good.
It's too slow. No scares. Only a few disgusting scenes, some unnecessary. It bets a lot on the cast, but this one is lazy, with the exception of the dedicated Alec Secareanu. So, this way the film doesn't progress. The script itself is unsustainable. Superficially there is an interesting idea, but poorly executed.
Watch at your own risk, but only super fans of the genre will give it high rates.
Did you know
- TriviaFeature length directorial debut of Romola Garai.
- Quotes
Sister Claire: No Master will let its slave outlive it.
- Crazy creditsEnd credits scroll downwards.
- SoundtracksFist, Teeth, Money
Written by Channy Leaneagh (as Channy Moon Leaneagh) and Ryan Olson
Performed by Poliça
Published by 2 Packs of Camel Wides and This Is Poliça
Administered by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd
Licensed courtesy of Memphis Industries Ltd
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- Gross worldwide
- $53,019
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2:1
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