That was an excellent one.

good back-story, and good acting

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Saw this at a festival last year and wasn't sure it was going to get distribution, but, against what appeared to be the general feeling it looks like it has a distributor for August, so have decided to post my notes.The premise is the usual one for scary, strange-bump-in-the-night movies, emotionally challenged husband moves innocent family out of the big city and in to harms way. This is fine, after all, we all need to get our characters out of their comfort zones and into some kind of jeopardy, otherwise, 'Lassie' for example, would never have been made.I totally love these type of films, but what follows is unfortunately something of a mash up of all the things you've seen before that have to appear in a make-'em-jump movie. Now, of course, we could try to to convince ourselves (a la Ben Affleck's speech to Col Dolittle in 'Pearl Harbour), that copying others is not bad, its an 'homage'. But then that would force you to accept the US remake of 'The Vanishing' was an 'homage' to George Sluizer's truly taut original. So we see 'Blackwood' is a fairly lame regurgitation of all the familiar tropes, there is a twist at the end, but if you don't spot it a mile you should pop out and show yourself a good time more often, either that or you've dozed off at some point. So all in all, not so unlike Lassie, a little bit more than just a dog.

Watched this film last year at the London film festival as I heard about it playing in the cult category. I went along with a friend and we thoroughly enjoyed this little gem of a film. It's one of those movies that really does benefit from coming to it knowing nothing about the story as there's some very smart plays on the genre that take place that you won't see coming. The cinematography is beautiful, there's some really creative direction and the cast are all great, especially Greg Wise and the little boy. If you like your ghost stories and supernatural thrillers leaving more to the imagination and thick with atmosphere then go check this out, you're in for a little treat,

I expected this film to be good but not THIS good. It is a phenomenal thriller - this film had me on the edge of my seat and I am a hard person to please. Plot twists and unexpected turns are typical of Adam Wimpenny's shorts but this is really stand out for me - J.S. Hill, the writer must be commended on the script. I'd love to say more but it wouldn't be fair if you haven't see this movie yet.In terms of the actors the cast was great, Sophia Myles is very convincing and I was extremely impressed by the quality of the acting by Isaac Andrews, given he is so young. Russell Tovey was also very good in a very different role or him, nice to see the other side to his comedy roles.If this was the first feature film by Hill and Wimpenny, I can't wait to see what they do next!

Seen this last night at the London Film Festival. It was the first night they ever showed it to the public and I feel honored to have seen it first. The child actor from the movie was sitting two feet away-so cute! Anyways this movie took an original twist on the whole family-moves-into- house-sh*t-goes-down type of movie and I liked it a lot. I was sad that the dad dies :( I really thought he would get to the house just in time to stop all the bad things from happening. Superb quality. I can't wait to see more from these people, though I couldn't help but notice the entire cast was white. Maybe mix it up a bit?