It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
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... View MoreOne of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
... View MoreIt is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
... View MoreCould it be that the spirit of a dead cadaver is killing off all those who have medical dealings with her body?Judging by the unfairly low rating it has on the main internet movie sites, it's very likely that the slow pace and lack of gore has counted against Unrest, which is a big shame. Jason Todd Ipson (director) draws on his real life experiences as a Boston general surgery employee to produce a film of skin itching substance. The premise is nifty and the real location shooting really adds weight to this mortality gone awry tinged horror.There's a freshness to the film that leaps out, finding a film maker not merely content to pander to the formulaic hordes to win plaudits. Having an impossibly gorgeous female lead (Corri English) as the main protagonist would lend one to think that is not the case, but there's a rawness to English's acting that suits the character perfectly. There's a splendid realism factor to the picture, the blend of the real and the smart effects work nestling nicely together on the mortuary slab.Atmosphere is a word that has always been key in non blood letting horror parlance, and Unrest has it in abundance. It would have been easy for Ipson to rely on boo-jump shocks, but he doesn't, he uses his knowledge of setting and subject matter to craft a tight and tense thriller that manages to gnaw away at the senses, even ensuring that the cadaver, as dead as she apparently is, is a full and rich character holding court as the body count starts to tot up.The musical score (Michael Cohen) is a bit intrusive at times, a romantic sub-plot a little pointless, while the finale doesn't quite hit great heights given what has led up to it, but this is a smart dark mood accentuated piece and it is well worth checking out. 7.5/10
... View MoreSexy medical student Alison Blanchard (Corri English) begins to believe that the cadaver she is dissecting is somehow causing the deaths of those around her.Unrest, directed by Jason Todd Ipson, starts out promisingly enough, with a great collection of supporting characters that share a delightfully morbid sense of humour, and graphic autopsy scenes that prove effectively unsettling, particularly when Alison begins to suspect that something isn't quite right with the body she is slicing up. Although nothing especially untoward happens in these early scenes, the ever-present atmosphere of death and the potential for scares is enough to build a palpable sense of tension.Unfortunately, as the supernatural element comes to the fore, the movie goes downhill, proceedings becoming more and more far-fetched as the plot takes shape. Alison delves into the history of the corpse, dubbed Norma by the students, and discovers a disturbing past involving 50,000 enraged Aztec spirits. A gruesome finale that involves Alison and her boyfriend Brian (Scot Davis) swimming around in a tank full of body parts is wonderfully repulsive, but extremely daft.5/10, rounded up to 6 for the grisly make-up effects and for getting the exceptionally hot Corri English to strip down to her bra not once, but three times.
... View MoreAs a horror fan, i watch over 1500-2000 movies, and got a one big picture of good suspenseful horror movies should be all about.Im not in slashers or gore fest like movies, but story driven kind is my taste....And to finish the title of this review: ...what the man who read scenario had in his head that he wanted to make this a movie.Lead roll? Horrible...The movie is just complete waste of your time if you are horror fan.I've seen many real B horror movies made with 4-5 figures budget, that put this movie to the ground.Just bad and complete waste of time.Floating in tank full of that body's is scene that puts this to the top, or should I say to complete garbage.Tank is about 1,5 m in depth. The guy just floats around 40cm from the top, and the girl just has to take of the shirt and go in to fetch him, like she has 5cm long arms, and cant reach him from the top....Stupid...stupid...stupid...
... View MoreLet me start off by saying it's not a bad film. I didn't hate it, I just didn't fall in love with it. But I'm glad I watched it.The cinematography is very good, the whole piece is generally rather beautiful. But can beauty make up for a lack of plot or substance? The first half is very good. Scrap that the first two thirds are very good. The build up, the general air of unease created, spot on. Then we have this particular films 'reveal' and it all quickly goes downhill from there.Don't get me wrong, if you are a horror fan I would recommend this over any Saw (bar the original) any day, if only for the originality of the setting. I just don't see it going mainstream.Oh, one more thing; you will never see the phrase 'dipping your toe in the water' in the same light again!
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