The Harvesting

I like little horror movies that aren't trying to be standard tits and gore. It's a low-budget movie that takes advantage of stuff that doesn't actually cost more but gains a lot for the viewer: acting, mood, camera work and mystery. The story is taken very seriously even though they couldn't dazzle with big effects or stars. If you took this same movie and put it in a multi-million dollar setting and swapped either of the kids with a Disney kid or either of the adults with a sitcom actor, you'd have a major Hollywood release without changing ANY of the content or crew.

Also, the Amish. Creepy bastards. Creepy on sight.

There were "surprises" toward the end that you figure out toward the beginning. It was a story of an amish guy that has a bad childhood and decides to take his family back there to relax for the summer. Everyone has problems and the whole movie was so boring and predictable. The end was stupid and you should treat yourself to a good movie and forget about this piece of garbage. The worst was the actress playing the mother, she just walked through the movie with absolutely no emotions at all. The character was an emotionless, cheating piece of garbage. A very bad movie.

I wish I could rate this movie higher because it's got good atmosphere, acting, and production, but it's missing something important. it's hard to put my finger on it, but the writing is weak. The fairly interesting characters spend a lot of time wandering around with very little to say and less to do. Still, it's worth watching if you've got an hour and a half that you don't mind wasting. I enjoyed it because, as a huge horror fan, I often find that good atmosphere can make up for deep flaws in a movie.

This is like The Channel that I accidentally watched a few months back. Why do directors and producers insist on making these "horrible" films. There is such a huge content of films in the history movie archives now that are solid films and yet some people still seem to think that "someone" would want to see this type of attempt at creating film. The actors were wooden, the story was lost and then drawn out...and there was nothing unhinging that happened? Stay away from this - it's another time wasting experience and one that will be forgotten because we have films like The Conjuring and Insidious that simply so far superior. Film makers like this - making films like this and The Channel need to think seriously about who they are exactly aiming the film at because he best part is when its over.

This is one of those films that if a scene here and a scene there could have been tweaked or done better this would be a really good film. It tries its best to do a M. Night Shyamalan or Shutter Island twist but cheats the viewer to get the end result. Where their clues are right in front of your face but you don't see it, this film uses vague hints or missing information , and then the AHA moment leaves you going, wait a minute. It's still worth a watch for it's sad and atmospheric mood. I mean, corn and woods are always creepy.