The Dawn

2/10 🌠🌠 = SACRIFICE From the start hearing the cheesy opening music over the credits and the first scenes audio sounding like the actors were speaking into a bottle was enough for me to cringe and realize I wouldn't be watching the totality of this film, Combined with the lack of Sfx and the horrible acting skills of the guy who plays the psychotic father with PTSD in the first 10 mins. was just too overwhelming to overcome. Stacey Dash or not this one is a hard pass.

It looks like someone got a camera for Christmas and decided to make a film. I always give independent horror movies a chance and too often I'm dealt a mess like this. Some effort in the editing room might have helped but this thing has so many issues that it wouldn't have helped much. Better luck next time.

Recipe for The Dawn, 2019:

Take lackluster to downright outrageously poor acting (across an entire cast), toss in a highly mediocre script and badly conceived plot, and season liberally with a soundtrack that is supposed to make everything feel epic, but only serves to make it comical. Mix in a few overdone horror tropes, but be sure to do them badly. Ta-da! Serve cold and don't expect a tip. One of the worst horror movies in the religion horror genre ever made. (And this is coming from someone who enjoys B horror movies, especially when they feature a creepy nun or evil church theme.) The only saving grace in this movie was a few scenes with the ageless and beautiful Stacy Dash (she still looks 25 - now THERE'S a story worth telling!). Skip this movie and watch literally ANYTHING else. By the way, the positive reviews here are shills.

Wow, what an amateurish attempt at a genre movie. Terrible screenplay, terrible actiing, so-so cinematography, no payoff for time invested. There's really nothing compelling to grip the viewer. This is a typical supernatural horror excursion with really nothing interesting to say.

Um, this wasn't that great. Like not terrible, but I saw the "reviews"and was expecting a lot more. The timeline didn't make a lot of sense, the acting wasn't that great, no good effects. Pretty blah overall. I've seen worse, but I would recommend not wasting your time.