O Estranho Habitante: The Strange Inhabitant

" The Strange Inhabitant " in a word, unsettling.

Horror films don't normally have an effect on me, much less scare me, but this one was unnerving in a very palpable way. It's about a templar knight that has mission to retrieve a relic that was stolen from the templars but what he will find on his way, is even more horrible.

It creates this tense atmosphere and maintain it over nearly the entire length of the film.

The performances were also pitch perfect and very believable for the characters the actors played, the soundtrack was good, but it could have been better.

Ultimately, the film is rather ambiguous as to whether or not the events occur in the manner you see them, but that's the beauty of it.

7.7 for me.

I am huge fan for this kind of fantasy movies, either TV series and many other b movies, i was looking for more background for the characters but the story was fine, the effects was fair, not big budget movie effects but not the bad, I would give 8 as I can see this is a good movie, and we don´t see many movies like this anymore, wich is bad, because this genre has so much to give to the audience yet, this movie tries that, and mixes lots of creatures and power of the dark days so i was pleased with that.

The sets are good, the soundtrack is fine, with nice build up on suspense.

Like the narrator of the movie, has he estabilishes the lore for the curse.

This is one great movie, but it is not really a classical horror film with cheap thrills or jump scares. Rather, it is a much more serious exploration of all things related to an entity that protects a cursed object, in this case a medallion (the relic).

This is a work of love, for all the people involved in this movie and a product of years of very elaborate and tedious research into the historical context and origins of the concept, The stories about the legend of the inhabitant is the true horror, the truly scary thing about the whole thing.

The characters are very believable and so are their story arcs.

Highly recommended.

Rui Constantino´s vision for this movie, allows him to create atmospheres that fully immerse you in his selected and unique dark twisted tale.

It would be impossible to talk about this film without acknowledging how well-budgeted it is. The ammount spent on the creation of the environment that truly feels set in the dark times, with sets and costumes that are tangible, it does not feel like a low budget independent production for a second.

I absolutely love films that have to do with biblical themes and ideas, whether literally as they do here, or metaphorically and thematically.

Great, tight, and unknown cast, everyone brought forth the necessary emotions that raised the tensions to a maximum by the end if it.

This is how it´s done an 8 for me.

The movie's narrative is uncomplicated and relatively straight-forward: A knight called Joseph his sent on a holy mission by the bishop to return a stolen artifact, that belong to the templar order, but what he will find on his way is lots of turks and creatures, that work on their own evil doings, he and his fellow knights will be tested in faith and honour by the path they choose, the creature that hides in the shadows is very well done, pratical effects rule here.

I think the inhabitant is a very dark creature that needs to have more movies, it´s on the say path as the nun, the effects are a little cheesy, but they don´t hurt the movie, as the story itself gives the audience what they want.

As for me, i´ll give it an 8.