The Unspoken

If you want to see a horror movie, and you have seen most of them, this one will entertain you, is not the best but is a decent horror flick with decent acting, it can keep you trying to understand what is going one, and you wont know until the end of the movie. Please do not see this movie with great expectations, but I can guarantee that if you are fan of horror movies this one will be decent for you.

So, I say all the time that you really can't be too snobby when it comes to Horror/Mystery/Thrillers. Your going to see some that are good and some that are bad and this is truly based on each viewer's personal opinion and thresholds on the subject matter. This one was watchable but a bit of a flop. It seemed to be branded as a haunted house film but that isn't what it is. Actually, I'm not really sure that I know what it was about but the thing that had the most impact on my scoring was the very last thing that was implied. It just seemed so lame that all I could say was "REALLY?!"

I recommend this movie absolutely. There are similarities to other movies like Amityville, which is also cited in the movie. The director and at the same time writer of the movie must be a fan of Amityville movies just like me. The opening is very good and very promising, so that it makes you curious for more. The acting is good, Neal McDonough is the sheriff and the main actress Jodelle Ferland is known for The Tall Man (2012). Before I watched it, I thought it's about a ghost house. Was I right? It was not only this. By the way the special effects are also good. Altogether it is a 6.2 or 6.3 movie for me.

A single mother and her mute 9 year old son move into a house with a sinister and mysterious past. They hire a local girl as a baby sitter and things start to get spooky, plus a small gang of local drug dealers blight them. This is a perfect example of why the majority of modern, 21st Century horror movies are so instantly forgettable. We get cheap jump scare after cheap jump scary, none of which are actually scary and it all rather quickly gets boring. The local thugs are somewhat ridiculous and unconvincing, would they really resort to murder in such a small town community just to get their stash? I think not. And then there's the ending, no spoiler from me other than to say I found it incredibly corny. 5/10 from me, perhaps a tad generous. This is by no means a bad movie, more like a reasonable time filler that I will have forgotten about by tomorrow and certainly wouldn't watch again. The film does have two good gore scenes and the acting was on the whole sufficient.

I loved the beginning, like a book, the first chapter has to grab me if I want to finish it...however, this was not the case. It was good at the beginning, but as the movie went on, it seemed to lack as it went along. I liked the spooky things that happened in the house, cabinets opening and slamming...the house keeper peeling out of the driveway when these things happened like I would have. No amount of money would keep me there when I see things moving by themselves. I liked the whole movie until the end when I really learned what was really going on. The ending ruined it for me. I want to recommend this movie...but I can't. Not with a good consciousness. Peace.