Wow! Such a good movie.

Simply A Masterpiece

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This was so much better than I was expecting. This is was a movie that really pulled me into it. I loved that this was a nice slow burn and it is so refreshing to see a thriller/horror without a lot of cheap jump scares. It had a few moments of creepiness that was just right for making this a thriller. I held me in suspense. The actor played his part really well and even though this is a low budget movie, I only noticed a low budget "feel" a couple of times. I only have a couple gripes about it. I know that "Rosalind" is supposed to characterized as an eccentric personality but I didn't like that there was so much clutter found inside the house. I felt that they could have took some of that stuff out to open up the surroundings a bit more and it would've been just as effective. I also wasn't to crazy about the ending. I totally understood it but the way it ended left me a bit unsatisfied. I would suggest this to a friend.

Horror film fans who are expecting gratuitous violence, blood and guts are not going to enjoy this film. It's more melancholic and nostalgic than scary, it's quite a long and quiet film, it has no on-screen murder or death and it features religion in a bad light. Now, if you're an unabashed pretentious hipster with an affinity for art, Canadian filmmaking and Gothic revival scenery like I am, you'll absolutely go crazy about this one.Aaron Poole plays a grieving son who never really felt much admiration for his mother (played with chilling elegance by Vanessa Redgrave), as she traumatized him throughout his childhood unintentionally with a strict religious upbringing. Much of the film is taken up by the exploration of the Leigh Estate, and the work that went into this is absolutely to die for, from the beautiful rainbow stained glass to the vintage Catholic memorabilia. The director is meticulous in his work and leaves no corner or shadow without something eerie residing there. The Leigh Estate itself is stunning (is it a real house? I want to see it in person!), but it's not at the heart of this film. It becomes revealed that Rosalind's devout religion drove her further from her son rather than bonding them closer. Out of loneliness and isolation she commits suicide. We get brief glimpses into her past, which could be interpreted in numerous ways; ultimately it seems to be that Rosalind and her late husband became involved in a peculiar cult run by the quite creepy Rahn Brothers (both played by Julian Richings, my favourite actor! He was 'Death' on Supernatural and Yuri in Patch Town). The Rahn Brothers appear to have possibly been involved with the husband's death on a bridge although this is never clarified much further. Tension begins to build in subtle ways as it goes along, but it's the psychological sadness in the story that resounds a lot longer than the "horror" does.This film is quite odd and not for everyone; some viewers are going to find it terribly boring and others will appreciate the effort put into it. Either way it's not just a film, but also a puzzle. It's the tiny artistic details that really make it shine. The mirror effect with the Rahn Brothers to create a visual of two people instead of one is very impressive, as is the collection of many angel statues and figurines that were gathered before filming took place. The soundtrack wasn't memorable but it was enjoyable anyway. Personally it all had me thinking back to films like 'Don't Look Now' (1973) and 'Alice Sweet Alice' (1976). Real issues lie beneath the fiction, in this case the suggestion that we should not force our beliefs onto our own children, and that grief is not an illness or something to hide from, but rather a connection to the dearly departed. Maybe I just miss that classic style of horror from before the era of cheap slasher pictures and found-footage, but I fell in love with this story and its presentation completely, and it's definitely something that I would watch again, especially in case I missed any small details. The filmmakers have a habit of hiding tiny things within scenes and creating something elaborately decadent and mysterious.

It was absolutely awful and a complete waste of my time.One actor and the same scene all the time.Camera's angles were like cameraman died in front of the door ,twice.There wasn't any plot and there was only one jump scare. To sum up 80 minutes of my life were wasted because of this movie.DO NOT WATCH IT I REPEAT DO NOT WATCH IT!!!It was absolutely awful and a complete waste of my time.One actor and the same scene all the time.Camera's angles were like cameraman died in front of the door ,twice.There wasn't any plot and there was only one jump scare. To sum up 80 minutes of my life were wasted because of this movie.DO NOT WATCH IT I REPEAT DO NOT WATCH IT !!!!

This is a killer flick. I absolutely loved it. I was blown away on how good this movie was. This movie stuck with me and had me thinking and scared for long after I have seen it. I am writing this review a year after I have seen it, because I wanted to check the IMDb score, and I am not so surprised to see a average score.You have to watch this movie when you can actually pay attention, you don't want to miss anything. Don't watch it during the day with your phone ringing and kids running all about the house. Watch it at night and pay attention.This movie will scare the sh*t out of you. I have never seen a movie quite like it. Like everyone is saying, its not your block buster unlimited-budget Big Effects movie. But it does the trick even more than most of those big hits, in horror, psycho-suspense and will scare the pants off you.Awesome movie. I highly recommend this movie.