Wandering Rose

This film really confuses me, not in the films content or anything like that. In the rating. To read the reviews the films makers have committed some sort of atrocity, but this is far from the case.

Little Devil (Demon Baby/Wandering Rose) is a competently made, great indie film, it's shot beautifully, has nice performances, and does not try EVER to be something it's not. Yes at times it's a little slow as the creators battle with trying to achieve suspense, but beyond that it's all very very good.

I understand the movies budget was about £10,000 and trust me, that's a great return on a small investment.

The film tells a story of a couple on retreat for a holiday, but things are not all as they seem, lots of sub-plots occur and the film is a true mystery. The pay off may not be as strong as the build up, but still its a much better movie than other reviewers here make out.

It was soo bad I fell asleep while watching it. I didn't understand a single thing about it. It was supposed to be a horror movie, but it's more of an failed wannabe. The story wasn't even getting somewhere, why would she act like she still had the baby if she had the abortion? Made 0 sense. It was messy, low budget. And don't even get me started on the acting, it's like they took the worst actors they could find. The facial expression were either too exaggerated or not even there when they had to. The plot was... nonexistent at this point. The discription made it sound cool, but it really was a disappoinment. I just wasted an hour of my life.

Okay, so we have a 70-80-minute movie. And the script and whole story would only do for a 15-minute one. What should we do? Let's see. Yes, let's have the characters drive, walk and canoe most of the time. And let us not forget to add some horror score even if what is on screen is only a tree or a flower - just so that our viewers would not forget this is a horror movie.

Well, the only horrific element in this crapastrophic movie is the acting. And, yes, it was that horrific. I watched halfway through this movie with my nephew, and we couldn't get past the 40-minute mark - since, by then, there was nothing but characters walking, driving and talking. There was not a single interesting aspect of this snooze fest. There is no story, let alone a backstory, no scares and no chemistry between the two leads.

To add insult to injury, whenever the female protagonist saw the 'ghost' - which was definitely nothing more than a 5-minute job done on Paintbrush - she acts like she hadn't seen a darn thing. Hogwash! We actually got to see that she saw the ghost in full view, once for more than a few seconds. Does the director really want to treat his viewers as if they were dumb? Does he think we are as shallow as the abomination that is the script - or lack thereof - he is working with? Does he not know what horror flicks are made of?

There are no words in the English language and not enough space in the universe to state just how terrible a movie this is. I am sure watching a vegetable rotting or paint drying would be much more fun, and a far better investment of your time, than seeing this.

I made an account just to leave this review this movie was disappointing and confusing on every level and a waste of time to watch I don't advise watching I wish it had more to it but it just doesn't offer anything and the title is devil baby but where the whack is the baby because it never got shown and she doesn't look pregnant throughout the whole movie so the title it's self makes no sense not to mention it's supposed to be scary and it's not a all I'm a complete baby when it comes to scary movies but all I was watching this was bored it's not worth the time to watch and I advise anyone who might want to see it not to.

The British horror film industry is littered with tired irrelevant horror. Low budget tat, regurgitated stories poor performances. But in two days I have been able to see two movies that make the difference. First I saw Death Walks, then I Saw this.

In wandering Rose a young couple are on holiday, to get away from it all. He wants sex, she wants a rest, and is clearly disturbed by something.

Wandering rose, is a very slow burning horror tale, it flaps about a bit at times, then at others is a series of scenes that just don't motivate. Beyond this though, you have a very clever little tale, that looks every bit as beautiful as movies like Eden Lake, but is shot on a shoestring. Director Greenop, really proves he has the power to be a potential master of horror, much like Johannes Roberts, I suspect he will build as one movie moves on to another, budgets getting higher, stories better.

This is a really nice first effort from an amateur filmmaker, soon to become a professional.