It's movie about the early days of settling and being isolated on all the land you just stole from the natives. It also features nice things like women that are attracted to a man because he's good at building things and a hard worker (boy I wish that would make a return).
The heart of the movie though is that it's one of those "did that or did that not happen" kind of movie. You either enjoy those types of films or you don't and this movie won't change that. The movie also bounces back and fourth between the past and the present but it's done in a way that makes it clear which is which so it's better than most that try that view of storytelling.
Horror wise the movie has a few scares I guess mostly because the action happens at night and when the main character is completely alone. The other side of the movie is that it's a couple that's been married long trying to work through their problems vs a newly married couple just running into their problems and both of them are now isolated in the middle of no where with only each other to depend on.
A portion of the movie goes into a bit of the history between the couples and flip flopping to the present day. I would say at first when you watch this movie you're just expecting it to be a scary kind of horror movie so you overlook certain details about it.
When you pay more attention to the film you realize this movie is about a woman who is mistreated by her husband because she cannot bare children and the real loneliness she feels is from the lack of love in her relationship with her husband. The prairie more or less is symbolic of their relationship and the "demons of the prairie" or all of the things that can plague a good marriage.
You watch the movie as all of these "demons" play out in real time in the couples relationship. When you look at it in that point of view the movie makes more sense. Even in the end when you finally see the main character's husband show his true colors of abuse and manipulation as well as confirmation of his unfaithfulness.
The movie has a different feeling to it once you realize it's about a woman trapped in a loveless marriage with an abusive husband that doesn't care for her and she sees the "problems" of their relationship as these "demons" basically.
The ending tells more of the relationship woes but not enough for the viewer to see them at first.
At first to end it all Lizzy decides to kill herself from depression and guilt while sitting next to her still born child's grave but then when she sees her husband return she contemplates killing him but decides not too. Later on we see him get upset with her and then Lizzy is beaten unconscious by an "entity" and wakes up tied to the bed with her husband yelling at her.
Perhaps it was just bad story telling but it's clear that the entity's attack was really the husband abusing her after he got upset at Lizzy for reading a book he didn't want her reading. Then later on tying her to the bed as he snooped through her belongings to see what else she had been up too and finding out that she knew about his affair with the new neighbors wife all along and their baby.
Finally when her husband is trying to attack her again she stabs and kills him and gets away. Then in the final scene we see her briefly reflecting on everything as though she's realizing that the real demon all along was her husband (whose eyes turn black right before she kills him).
Over all yeah the movie was good but I don't think many people would catch what it was really about. An abuse story masked as a horror story.
The heart of the movie though is that it's one of those "did that or did that not happen" kind of movie. You either enjoy those types of films or you don't and this movie won't change that. The movie also bounces back and fourth between the past and the present but it's done in a way that makes it clear which is which so it's better than most that try that view of storytelling.
Horror wise the movie has a few scares I guess mostly because the action happens at night and when the main character is completely alone. The other side of the movie is that it's a couple that's been married long trying to work through their problems vs a newly married couple just running into their problems and both of them are now isolated in the middle of no where with only each other to depend on.
A portion of the movie goes into a bit of the history between the couples and flip flopping to the present day. I would say at first when you watch this movie you're just expecting it to be a scary kind of horror movie so you overlook certain details about it.
When you pay more attention to the film you realize this movie is about a woman who is mistreated by her husband because she cannot bare children and the real loneliness she feels is from the lack of love in her relationship with her husband. The prairie more or less is symbolic of their relationship and the "demons of the prairie" or all of the things that can plague a good marriage.
You watch the movie as all of these "demons" play out in real time in the couples relationship. When you look at it in that point of view the movie makes more sense. Even in the end when you finally see the main character's husband show his true colors of abuse and manipulation as well as confirmation of his unfaithfulness.
The movie has a different feeling to it once you realize it's about a woman trapped in a loveless marriage with an abusive husband that doesn't care for her and she sees the "problems" of their relationship as these "demons" basically.
The ending tells more of the relationship woes but not enough for the viewer to see them at first.
At first to end it all Lizzy decides to kill herself from depression and guilt while sitting next to her still born child's grave but then when she sees her husband return she contemplates killing him but decides not too. Later on we see him get upset with her and then Lizzy is beaten unconscious by an "entity" and wakes up tied to the bed with her husband yelling at her.
Perhaps it was just bad story telling but it's clear that the entity's attack was really the husband abusing her after he got upset at Lizzy for reading a book he didn't want her reading. Then later on tying her to the bed as he snooped through her belongings to see what else she had been up too and finding out that she knew about his affair with the new neighbors wife all along and their baby.
Finally when her husband is trying to attack her again she stabs and kills him and gets away. Then in the final scene we see her briefly reflecting on everything as though she's realizing that the real demon all along was her husband (whose eyes turn black right before she kills him).
Over all yeah the movie was good but I don't think many people would catch what it was really about. An abuse story masked as a horror story.