The first ten minutes or so can intrigue you enough to watch it once through perhaps, probably not twice though. This could've been a crazy mix of Sixth Sense, the Others, Omen, and Zombi Flesheaters. But no. Run of the mill 70's genre horror treatment and trying to please the audience expectations doesn't really do any good to this film in particular.
The low budget shows in a lot of things and the acting and presentation is uneven throughout the film. Sometimes the shift in atmosphere and directing is noticeable between lines in one scene. You can easily get the distinct feeling the crew is learning their trade by making their first movie here.
But when the cinematography and soundtrack play well together, and the uncanny suspense builds, it's pretty good actually! I was tempted to give this film a better rating just because of the occasionally super eerie atmosphere, but alas the moments at cemetery etc can't quite carry the whole movie.
And though the idea has refreshingly original flavor to it and it mixes well the otherwise old horror tropes (a creepy child, undead, cursed cemetery or such, remote houses & countryside helplessness) into something of its own, the plot runs still so predictable it's hard to not press fast forward and you kind of come up with all the possible directions the movie scenes could have gone and find a more interesting flow. The weird and creepy elements are wasted in boring direction and script.
The low budget shows in a lot of things and the acting and presentation is uneven throughout the film. Sometimes the shift in atmosphere and directing is noticeable between lines in one scene. You can easily get the distinct feeling the crew is learning their trade by making their first movie here.
But when the cinematography and soundtrack play well together, and the uncanny suspense builds, it's pretty good actually! I was tempted to give this film a better rating just because of the occasionally super eerie atmosphere, but alas the moments at cemetery etc can't quite carry the whole movie.
And though the idea has refreshingly original flavor to it and it mixes well the otherwise old horror tropes (a creepy child, undead, cursed cemetery or such, remote houses & countryside helplessness) into something of its own, the plot runs still so predictable it's hard to not press fast forward and you kind of come up with all the possible directions the movie scenes could have gone and find a more interesting flow. The weird and creepy elements are wasted in boring direction and script.