Evie

Lovely little film. Very tense from the outset, young girl finds an antique piece of jewellery on the beach then things start to go a tad unpleasant for her and everyone around her. It's poltergeistesque with a tad of Rosemary's baby .

The movie jumps forward about 15 years in the first twenty minutes or so, but doesn't tell the viewer then back again and so on.

A quirky and easy to follow little horror, well worth a watch.

Wonderful casting . Clear and clean scriptwriting. Direction is on point and the camerawork. Acting is faultless and some beautiful scenery from start to finish.

I would've given 10 from 10 but for the jumping back and forth.

When I sat down to watch the 2023 movie "Evie" here in 2024, I had never actually heard about the movie. But I must say that I was instantly drawn to the movie's cover. And given the movie's cover and it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I had to watch it.

Writers Dominic Brunt and Jamie Lundy put together a rather interesting script and storyline. I was intrigued by the narrative and genuinely entertained, because it was a nicely constructed narrative. Sure, the pacing in "Evil" is a bit tedious, and thus it might not find a broad appeal with the wider audience. But I do think, if you enjoy horror mysteries, then you should certainly give "Evie" a chance.

I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, but the actors and actresses put on good performances. I enjoy watching unfamiliar talents on the screen when I watch a movie, so the cast of "Evie" was a treat for me. Honey Lundy did a nice job in portraying the young Evie, while Holli Dempsey did an equal good job portraying adult Evie.

Something that really worked well in "Evie" was the music. It was dark ambient atmospheric and really layered the movie in an otherworldly sheen. It sounded like music made by CryoChamber, but I am not sure if it was that band or not. Regardless, the music in "Evie" is out of this world and really compliments the movie quite nicely.

My rating of directors Dominic Brunt and Jamie Lundy's 2023 movie "Evie" lands on a six out of ten stars.

2 stars because the cast isn't bad, this wasn't a line up of actors taking anything just to get seen, they'd been in other works and are rather accomplished. But simply not a film about a girl who finds a cursed necklace on the shore and sets free a water demon that wants to claim her and those she loves, as it is advertised to be. If this film is trying to be clever and say something else, about life, or the struggles we face, I don't know to be honest, it fails there too.

So, a horror that isn't a horror, or what it says on the tin. Yes, it's better than any film I've ever written, but that shouldn't be the benchmark. Avoid.

...is delusional. Sorry to be harsh, but the high ratings are really misleading. This movie will not change your life.

The best parts are the beginning in the early childhood as they kind of set a folk horror stage. Flashing to the future, the lead actress is unappealing. The movie tries, and fails, to tell the story in flashbacks that are unsatisfying. This is not entertainment. It is also not a mental health awareness film. It is just bad.

The cinematography is beautiful, but not nice enough to recommend the film. I can't say that this would appeal to anyone, except for friends of people in the film.

The description is dead wrong. It's more like a girl finds a "cursed" necklace and then she has family issues. I fully expect this to be a horror movie or horror related but it's not even close. It's not an awful movie if you actually write the real description. I'm rating it based of the description it's given. The last maybe 10 minutes have some mild horror elements but that's as scary as we get . It's more or less a snooze fest. No explanation on the necklace or what it supposedly did to her. She just seems like a messed up kid who grows up with a messed up family. Nothing to do with demons or any of the likes.