Heks

Again with the fake ratings. Don't be fooled this is a BAD movie with absolutely nothing good or interesting about it.

Okey, this movie is not the most cheapest - it was actually filmed quite nicely and the acting wasn't that bad. It's a shame the story was all over the place and didn't really make sense and the never ending barrage of jumpscares in the end was really just a compilation of clichés, including the black hair girl from every horror movie since 90's.

Even with it's flaws it could of been somewhat enjoyable little movie if they would of had the sound effects balanced. The effects were mega loud, music was mostly ok but at moments got really too loud and the speaking was basicly nonexisting whispering.

Cheaply made, horrible acting, insulting jump scares that aren't even scary, boring and awfully executed plot from the beginning to end. I sat through this excruciatingly mediocre movie because I just took in account the movie rating and not read the reviews. Pretty obvious now that the reviews with more than 3 stars are completely fake.

Viewer beware.

So i feel very conflicted about this film. Obviously being South African i want our films to be good and give them the benefit of the doubt but my god was this the most generic jump scare-type horror movie.

I dont think i've ever sighed so many times during a film just because of how predictable the "scares" were going to be. I think the story, writing, pacing and the performance of the film could've been way way better. I was confused half of the time thinking "wtf is this film actually about?" The concept was solid, I just think the execution of it all wasn't done any justice

There are some positives from it in my opinion. Most of the technical side of things were done well. Even though its not groundbreaking cinematography, i still think it was shot beautifully. Lovely setting. The lighting and sound was great. OH MY GOD the production and costume design!! Probably the best thing about this film for me.

So yeah i think where it fell short in the feeling, it made up for it in the technical aspects. I'm not judging it too harshly because I personally think horror is fairly new to South African film (e.g. Tokoloshe, 8, Rage etc) so obviously there's gonna be some duds here and there. Overall not baaad movie but also not a good one too, the typical horror tropes were a bit overkill lmaoo. Also i saw one of my lecturers in this and i legit lost my mind laughing so there's that.

A poor movie with a poor boring script..it is a waste of time. not interesting at all