Submerged

Following two sisters who move to the small town of Willow Point, Submerged is a convoluted plot that feels unfinished and rushed.

One of the sisters, Lindsay, is seventeen and has a 'gift' where she can see things before they happen.

So when she starts taking photos of her new location, she begins to see bodies in the river and is haunted by the town's dark past.

Naturally we are gifted flashbacks which sees a young man murdering two young women through the art of drowning them.

For me, the flashbacks were the best part of this film. Richard Lovegrove is sensational as the silent killer, Danny Miller. His presence is chilling and easily is one of the better actors in this production. His menacing stare and cold, calculating moves definitely sets the tone for a chilling villain.

Too bad once he departs the role in favour of Peter McAllum, the character loses his spark.

Points are awarded to Ben Crawford as Jake too. He was pretty decent in his role, even though we weren't supposed to like him.

The ending was anti-climatic, building the tension well but having no big bang. It feels as though they set the film up for a sequel, yet no sequel was ever made.

Ideally, an additional 10 minutes tacked on the end to give a more satisfying conclusion would have been ideal.

A hot mess of a film that has its moments and potential. Worth the watch? Not really, but if you're going to watch it, don't take it too seriously.

This had so much potential to be an incredible feature but its convoluted plot and anti-climatic ending left much to be desired.

This Australian horror movie starts out well, setting the scene with a solid introduction to our main characters. For a low-budget film, there is some really good character developments.

The story follows two sisters, one of which has a special gift where she can predict the future, or at least see future events/premonitions, moving to a small town after a fire killed their parents.

Intergraded with this storyline are flashbacks to a young man kidnapping and murdering two young women, drowning them - hence the title.

The two storylines come together when it is revealed the young man we've been watching murder these two young women is actually now an older man who is still hell-bent on killing. He's now talkative, where as in the flashbacks, he's been silent.

The end still confuses me and feels unsatisfying. There needed to be an additional 10-20 minutes tacked on to explain the ending. Some scenes featured in the movie could have also been cut to lower the runtime.

Acting was solid from some people involved. Ella Roberts, Ben Crawford, Richard Lovegrove, and Nicole Mazurek were standouts. Everyone else seemed to be phoning in their performances or were below average. Visuals were nice and the story moved at a good pace.

Overall, Submerged is a film that you'll watch once and easily forget. It has it's moments but not enough for it to be overly memorable. Good effort for a low-budget amateur production.

Submerged was awash with nice visuals, average acting and what promised to be an interesting plot in the beginning, but ultimately failed to deliver.

Lindsay is a seventeen-year-old girl who "sees things" in the photographs she takes. She and her sister re-locate to a quiet little town after the fiery deaths of their parents. Exploring and photographing their new surroundings, Lindsay stumbles upon an abandoned asylum and starts trying to unravel the secrets of Willow Point and her strange visions.

The flashbacks were well-done and slowly unraveled the predictable plot. Too bad the "climax" left me shaking my head and wishing I hadn't wasted 90 minutes of my time.

I'm only here because of the review from Rhiannon Elizabeth Irons. After reading her review, I got intrigued and found a copy to watch.

I agree with almost everything she said. The movie feels like 2 different stories merged together. The flashbacks to set the scene, don't really succeed in what they were designed to do. If anything, I'd rather watch a full-length feature about that version of Danny Miller. That version of Danny was at least interesting. What makes him tick? How far would he have gone if he wasn't caught. More so, why not show him actually torturing his victims.

When he was replaced by the older version, the film lost its serial killer spark. Rhiannon said it best when she said, "it felt like I was watching two different characters, not two actors playing the same character."

It had some good moments, but not enough to be considered engaging. The dialogue seems awkward, and the acting is rather wooden. When your supporting cast is better than your main cast you know you have problems.

Overall, the film lacks any real depth and progression. You'll watch it once and never again.

This Australian horror starts well, it sets the tone introduces the characters and does it all competently.

From the moment the Sick Puppies soundtrack played I became excited, this was actually delivering.

It tells the story of two sisters who move from the big city to small town Australia. One of the sisters has a "Gift" and has premonitions. When she starts seeing visions of drowned girls she sets about investigating.

Sadly by about half way through it becomes apparent that it's all going wrong. That little charm it had quickly fades to nothing and is replaced by shoddy sfx and a truly abyssmal storyline.

So I crossed my fingers and hoped for a finale that would save it, but it never came. In fact the finale is really poor and should have really had 15-30 minutes afterwards to actually finish the story.

Submerged isn't all bad, it just should have been a lot better than it turned out.

The Good:

Really quite shocking in places

Great soundtrack

The Bad:

SFX are pretty ropey

Plot falls apart badly

Seriously weak finale

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Killing pets off is getting old, stop it

Sick Puppies should be on more movie soundtracks