The Blood Lands
Young urban couple Ed and Sarah are set to begin a new life when they move from London into an isolated borders Scottish farmhouse. After falling in love with the 19th century Castle Farm and seeing its potential as a fixer-upper they are anxious to get started on the renovations. In bed on their first night Sarah thinks she can hear noises in the darkness but Ed is disbelieving saying it’s her imagination playing tricks. Persisting in her fear they are not alone in the house, she forces Ed to investigate. When he doesn’t return after a scarily long period, she goes downstairs to investigate only to be confronted by a welcoming committee of masked intruders. As she desperately searches for Ed, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues with the mysterious assailants. But what do they want and what horrors do they have planned for the two newcomers?
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- Cast：
- Pollyanna McIntosh , Lee Williams , Joanne Mitchell
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That was an excellent one.
Save your money for something good and enjoyable
Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
If you need to launder a lot of cash in a hurry one of the best ways to do it is to make a movie and that is the only sensible reason I can think of for this particular farce to have been brought to our screens. As soon as it starts you will know you have seen the same film with different characters hundreds of times before. There is no plot here that a 5 year old could not figure out in just a few minutes. It's a complete bore fest from start to finish....oh wait...there is no finish. The writers obviously figured why waste time on it. Best thing you can do is watch the first five minutes then scroll to the end. You will have missed absolutely nothing and saved yourself an hour and twenty minutes.
An effective little horror movie, very similar to the French/Romanian movie Them (Ils), which starts off strong but two thirds of the way through starts to head downhill towards an ending which is unsatisfying. Where "Them" raised many questions and provided no answers (and was all the better for it), White Settlers does in the end reveal the motives of the attackers but you'll wish it didn't. The final scene comes off as contrived and cheesy when its clear the filmmakers were aiming for it to be shocking. On the plus side the acting is very good from Pollyanna McIntosh and the movie only runs for 75 minutes so you don't come out of it feeling tired; of course you wish the ending were much better but the movie is almost worth recommending for the strong opening 45 minutes alone.
This storyline was pretty good until someone dropped the pencil at the end. This typical "home invasion" story did stand out in regards to the fundamentals of why it occurred. I just wanted a little more UMPH upon its end. It did, however, deliver a historical message which I appreciate. I don't reccomend watching it, just google the story, you won't miss anything.
WHITE SETTLERS is a low grade British horror flick in the same vein as something like THEM (aka ILS) or THE STRANGERS. The plot sees genre regular Pollyanna McIntosh and her husband relocating to Scotland, where they soon run afoul of some pig mask wearing locals who want them gone. The first half of the film is all atmosphere and set-up, which isn't too shabby, while the second half turns into your usual low budget single extended set-piece action-dominated scenario with the main characters attempting to escape from the odds stacked agianst them. I've liked McIntosh in both HAPP & LEONARD and THE WALKING DEAD and she impresses here too, even though the film is pretty predictable and unremarkable in equal measure.
