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Achoura (2018)
Very disappointing
The movie was very bad, everything about it was horribly executed.
First of all, and from a wholistic point of view the idea seemed interesting, the poster too. However, the amount of wrong information about Moroccan culture, and Moroccan scary tales is just insulting. The concepts of Achoura and Boughtat are in no way related to each other, they were literally used as catch words to attractive a thirsty Moroccan audience for horror films. Even worst, Boughtat has nothing to do we a djin, nothing to do with a haunted house, and nothing to do with children. Boughatat is simply how Moroccan fantasy tales described sleep paralysis.
Also why are children in the Moroccan countryside speaking French? That doesn't make any sense.
Let's talk now about the acting. From the children to the adults, nobody had a single good scene. You can literally feel the script being recited, and the rigid movement of the actors was a sore to my eyes. Even worst, the version I've watched was dubbed in Moroccan Darija, and the mismatch of tone to the scenes is an atrocity.
Moving on, the storyline!!!!! Who thought it was a good idea to publish this?? There was a humongous need for more explanation everywhere in the movie. Like why is a child married to an elderly? If the Hunter is kid from the past, who chained that old man in the house? Why was the girl inside Boughatat? What is the back story of all the characters? What happened to Stephane? Where are Ali and Nadia going at the end? So many illogical and rushed events it's just insane.
The sad part is, the idea of the movie is not even an original, if anything it is a silly adaptation of the American movie IT. With a few extra touches of The grudge and Halloween. Not speaking of course about the misrepresentation of thr Moroccan environment, from the corn field, the clothing style, to the un-Moroccan architectural elements.
See if this was a parody, it would have gotten 5/10 at least, but it's nothing but a failed movie, if we can call it that.
Also why the hell was Ali smoking a cigarette on top of a light house?? Literally doesn't make any sense, they're just pushing stereotypical elements of horror movies anywhere and everywhere!