Load of rubbish!!

Absolutely Fantastic

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Blistering performances.

This is a very special horror film... because it's a horror film! This flick really does meet all the criteria of the genre... Secluded house in the woods; Check. Something strange happening in the woods; Check. Monsters of fairy tales and legend; Check. A newlywed couple with a newborn child; Check. Tension to create fear; Check. Atmosphere to give a nice spooky eerieness; Check. Special effects to make you shake and shudder; Check.The only thing this appears to be missing is a priest and a few teenagers, but hey! I can live without them.When I read the blurb of the story I knew I had to watch the film. Adam's (Mawle) new job as a woodsman in Ireland's last forest, brings his family to a secluded millhouse. On one of his investigations of the woodland, he comes across the carcass of a dead animal, which has a strange substance growing out of it. Taking a sample, he finds it to be a living organism... one that can destroy it's hosts cells. But before he can make the report other, more violent events occur. At first, he believes it's the locals as they see him as the enemy since he works for the men wanting to pulp the trees. But before long, he and Claire (Novakovic) begin to realise that it's not the locals they need to be afraid of.The film is beautifully shot and the opening sequence sets the atmosphere for the rest of the movie very well. Though the new family are smiling and looking forward to a prosperous future, the overcast sky gives the feeling of a storm ready to break... things are not going to be sunny for this family. The pace is quite meandering and builds slowly into soft peaks, this has the effect of letting the tension and unease get under your skin. Not just a hack slash and scream film. Along with some strong acting from the cast, it makes the film very enjoyable.The thing I liked about the characters is their ordinariness. This makes them more believable and easier to relate too. The only actor that appears to go a little over the top is the Police Officer, Garda Davey (Smiley), though I do know people of the same temperament as him so I can overlook it. It's the subtleness of the actor's and actress' portrayals that make this film stronger, especially Mawle, who does a good concerned wonder.However, there are a few drawbacks. The main one being the creatures themselves. these are meant to be the Fairies and Banshees, etc, of Irish myth. But, to me, they look nothing like you would expect. It would have been nice to see smaller Fairies and screechier Banshees, for a start. But these are minor things, they may have added a strength to the overall film, however, as they are, they don't detract the viewer from the story at all.If you're a lover of real horror films then this one is for you. It's one I'll be only too happy to watch again... and again...

The characters are wafer thin and not at all likable, the plot is nonexistent, the dialogue is lazy and irritating, and the film is really nothing but a sequence of jump scares and clichés. It is filmed with that tedious green filter, which is just annoying. The film starts introducing monsters, but they look random: some are like human zombies, others are inhuman... And what powers do they have? Apparently infinite powers. They can make the radio in your car stop working, they can materialize in front of your car at will, throw rocks at you from a huge distance... I hate monsters that are not defined. I want to know what the monster is and what it can do. If the monster can do anything, then what is the bloody point? You can't predict what's coming, and you know that the writer is going to throw in more and more super powers. It's a staple of bad screen writing. And as for jump scares, they are fine in a horror film, but if that's all the film is, then it's just lazy writing. I hated the script, and I hated the direction. I hope this guy never makes a film again. And another thing: when someone breaks into your house, destroys your car, and smashes all your stuff, while you have a baby in the house, you do not start screaming how you intend to take on this guy on your own, while refusing to leave. Rather, you pack your bags and you drive off.Just another poorly written time-waster of a movie. Zero stars.

I was a little hesitant about taking Leliana and Tony to this one, but since they liked The Witch so much, I decided why not? It was so worth it! The fairies were beautiful, the mommy and daddy were so nice, and the baby was adorable! I just thought it was wonderful how the fairies offered to babysit for free, and they took such good care of Finn. Heck, they're probably better parents than me and my husband! And it was so touching when the mom took care of the little fairy baby.After the movie, Leliana kept asking me if she could live with fairies too. I said of course she could, so now we're planning a trip to Ireland next month. She's so excited!

The film technical is correct, the music is decent, actors and actresses do the work, but unfortunately, as in 95% of cases, the screenplay is rotten. It is a torture to listen to the film to the end.At the beginning of the film the score is 10 / 10. After 15 minutes we give it 6 / 10. After an hour you have to give 4/10 and really looking forward to the film ends.The only bright side of this film, even if his scenario is silly, is that it is less silly than the human species. The latter strives to do everything to destroy this planet in the name of God the Capitalist system and its valet the Money.Fortunately, robots will replace us by 1,000 years, robots will have no trouble to be smarter than us, a table being smarter than a human. But this is another story.