A nice psychological horror thriller with (very) good acting by the main young teacher protagonist, very talented, somehow deranged with effective play and acting; you believe in her as a damaged person portraying a strong, yet emotionally vulnerable character.
The pacing is good enough (some users seem to disagree, either psychological horror movies are not for them or they can watch in 1.6x mode, then the pacing would be terrific). That said, the movie is a bit disjointed, a little slow in development and crystal-clear thriller themes, keeping things muddy, with a little too much social developing fillers, the movie could have been more brutal, sharper in the psychological and material aspects.
No cops besides that cop, no dog, no manhunt, no nothing; just a terrified disturbed teacher, not knowing what she does at night and wakes up all in dirt.
The visual effects were above-average and what wanted to be an impactful gunshot wound in the end, was not; even that wasn't done right, when you headshot from that small distance, nearly half of the point, side and front of impact literally explodes, sending flesh, bones and cervical matters spraying out. (Maybe they were a little tight on the special effects budget).
In the end, it sets up the mood for a (very) promising dark secret sequel, potentially more terrifying than this movie. Deserves that, deserves more girls' terrified faces and showing of overwhelming fear eating your insides up.
Do it!
The pacing is good enough (some users seem to disagree, either psychological horror movies are not for them or they can watch in 1.6x mode, then the pacing would be terrific). That said, the movie is a bit disjointed, a little slow in development and crystal-clear thriller themes, keeping things muddy, with a little too much social developing fillers, the movie could have been more brutal, sharper in the psychological and material aspects.
No cops besides that cop, no dog, no manhunt, no nothing; just a terrified disturbed teacher, not knowing what she does at night and wakes up all in dirt.
The visual effects were above-average and what wanted to be an impactful gunshot wound in the end, was not; even that wasn't done right, when you headshot from that small distance, nearly half of the point, side and front of impact literally explodes, sending flesh, bones and cervical matters spraying out. (Maybe they were a little tight on the special effects budget).
In the end, it sets up the mood for a (very) promising dark secret sequel, potentially more terrifying than this movie. Deserves that, deserves more girls' terrified faces and showing of overwhelming fear eating your insides up.
Do it!
- Screenplay/story: 6.5
- Development: 7
- Realism: 6.5
- Entertainment: 7
- Acting: 7.5
- Filming/photography/cinematography: 7
- Visual/special effects: 8
- Music/score: 7.5
- Depth: 6.5
- Logic: 5.5
- Flow: 7
- Horror/thriller: 7
- Ending: 6.5.