I think you have to be a film nut to really appreciate a movie like this. And I mean that in the best way possible. We film addicts have a tendency to think of ourselves as a special breed (though I'm sure many think of us as simply "special").
In a lot of ways this is actually a very interesting, unusual and fascinating film. Basically a young female tutor/nanny treks out into the middle of nowhere to take care of a little girl who lives in a huge house in the country.
Odd things happen, leading the nanny to believe the little girl is possessed or can control zombies or *something* (it's never completely clear what the little girl's powers are).
The whole movie never strays far from the house and I think there are a total of about five actors in the whole freakin thing. It looks like it was shot by a bored college student while on summer break using relatives for actors.
but there ARE snippets of real fascination here. the camera work is consistently quirky and interesting and the sound track is submerged in an ultra-weird sonic sponge that's somewhat freaky at first.
the main female actor is good. the little actress who plays the bad seed child has a striking face that can be both charming and malevolent, but she's mostly wooden.
As it goes on however, the film unfortunately loses some of its narrative drive. but I am glad I bought this and I sure enjoyed it more than a piece like Matrix Reloaded.
It's too bad the director never made another movie, I would have liked to see what he could do with more.
If nothing else, this was the first movie I ever saw where a little girl got an axe buried in her face at the end (have to admit I burst out laughing)
In a lot of ways this is actually a very interesting, unusual and fascinating film. Basically a young female tutor/nanny treks out into the middle of nowhere to take care of a little girl who lives in a huge house in the country.
Odd things happen, leading the nanny to believe the little girl is possessed or can control zombies or *something* (it's never completely clear what the little girl's powers are).
The whole movie never strays far from the house and I think there are a total of about five actors in the whole freakin thing. It looks like it was shot by a bored college student while on summer break using relatives for actors.
but there ARE snippets of real fascination here. the camera work is consistently quirky and interesting and the sound track is submerged in an ultra-weird sonic sponge that's somewhat freaky at first.
the main female actor is good. the little actress who plays the bad seed child has a striking face that can be both charming and malevolent, but she's mostly wooden.
As it goes on however, the film unfortunately loses some of its narrative drive. but I am glad I bought this and I sure enjoyed it more than a piece like Matrix Reloaded.
It's too bad the director never made another movie, I would have liked to see what he could do with more.
If nothing else, this was the first movie I ever saw where a little girl got an axe buried in her face at the end (have to admit I burst out laughing)