The Field

So it moves kinda slow, but it's sorta Poltergeist meets Back to the Future. It kept me interested which surprised me, but seeing Barry Bostwick (Spin City) made the movie for me. You think it is going to concentrate on the satanic, but it never goes there. Just really odd. Kinda leaves you wondering....

Within 20 minutes this film went from odd to awful with a local getting belligerent over a simple photo taken by our newcomer (Ben). Following this encounter he is met by another judgmental local assuming some "big city" person just wants to take advantage of poor helpless folk. He took a picture and he is a monster? After this the film continues to leave you lost and confused about the "mystery" of what happened years ago at the farm our newcomers (Ben & Lydia) purchased from an obviously shady realtor who clearly didn't disclose the dark secrets of their new home. We see Ben and Lydia acting as amateur sleuths and part time creepers searching for answers but only getting cryptic information. To add to the nonsense they are being harassed by the local sheriff who is also short on information and long on judgment and, while people "don't like him" he is still holds an elected position... The plot was the only thing that kept me engaged for an hour and a half hoping it would all come together but when the end came I found myself wanting to know who the writers were to make sure I never endure another one of their creations.

I went into this completely blind and I loved it! First, it is low budget, so there's the typical issues with that. And yes, there are some plot holes, but the story centers on a mystery so it's forgivable that not every single thing is explained.

A couple moves to a rural farm. The photographer husband begins capturing ghostly figures in his pictures. And as the wife cleans out the house she discovers evidence of a pagan cult. The elderly neighbor lady mysteriously disappeared then reappeared decades before, but was it actually HER that came back? Is the field behind their house a spiritual vortex? Or a wormhole in space-time? Was the cult worshipping the powers of the field? Or does the cult exist in a parallel universe?

I would classify this film as sci-fi much more than horror or thriller. It's not perfect, but it's very interesting. And I'm this modern film age of reboots, remakes, and tired tropes it was really refreshing to find an actual new, unique idea for a plot.

What was the movie all about? Was it horror or was it science fiction? Well it is neither one or the other. It is in a whole genre of its own. Genre of never knowing what the movie is actually about. You will never know and never find out. The worst movie I've watched in a while! No resolution ever or explanation. Awful movie. There was always a sense of hope that we would find out what was going on on, this kept us watching to the end. But no luck! I'll never get that wasted time back! My advice is to not waste your time watching this movie and if you've already seen it then my commiserations!

This rubbish tries to be mystical, ghostly, enigmatic, scary (very feebly) - but nothing makes sense in it even by its own logic (if there is one). It is full of stuff without any sense or context. You watch and wait an hour in the hope of getting a clue to what the motivations of the characters might be. The characters have no baclground built up for you to even guess what may motivate them.

Don't waste your time of this cr*p. I waited to the end in the hope that there would be some explanation or solution. But big nothing. It's amazing that there were people willing to waste money on making this idiotic film. Awful.