Showing posts with label mysterious. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mysterious. Show all posts

Saturday, June 28, 2014

(HORROR) Children of Sorrow - 2014 ****


Despite saying 2013 on the poster it wasn't released until a year later. 'Children of Sorrow' is a nightmare of epic proportions. It's what happens when people believe in a person who convinces them that he can make their time on earth worthwhile. Inevitably that person is wrong, and usually very evil.
A woman tries to find out what happened to her sister who mysteriously died after joining a cult, but in doing so becomes obsessed with the place herself.
Scary, because this can and has happened.

Friday, October 18, 2013

I, Anna - 2012 ***


Quite a decent thriller, and I suppose it does have 'film noir' qualities about it, but parts of the film lagged, and I was a tad disappointed with Charlotte Rampling's performance (especially as she is usually brilliant). Gabriel Byrne plays a troubled DI who is covering the case of a man murdered in his flat. By chance, he becomes enthralled by Anna, a mysterious and lonely woman who seems to know more about the murder than she lets on. Is she involved?
Quite a good experience, but certain things just didn't hold my interest.

Friday, February 08, 2013

(HORROR) Exam - 2009 ****


This was a brilliantly constructed film. Completely original and the ending was so obvious yet totally unexpected at the same time. 8 Candidates applying for job are all taken to a room in a mysterious building and given papers. They are also given a certain amount of instructions that they must adhere to or else they will be disqualified from the exam. They have 80 minutes to answer a question. The only trouble is, none of them know what the question is, because it isn't written on the paper..
It's really very well done and has a compelling ending. A hidden gem.