The Unhealer

REVIEW - THE UNHEALER

Films seem to follow trends, it is sometimes as if studios release similar stories or animations at the same time, now I can certainly appreciate this as they are after your money, so it's good to find a film that actually goes against all of the similar trends in cinema at the moment.

A con artists steals magic from an original Americans shrine and suddenly has the power to heal, or does he?

A boy who is being bullied because of an eating disorder falls I'll and the con artist is called in to heal him.

Naturally things go wrong and the boy ends up with the power but....... No spoilers, because this low budget film is actually quite enjoyable.

A healing power used for other purposes, nice story and nice acting.

Rating 6 out of 10.

I wasnt expecting much from this film, sure it aint going to win awards etc, however i really quite enjoyed it, it reminded me of simpler times, it feels like an 80's/early 90's cheesy film, would recomend. Also, natasha henstridge still got it.

The acting isn't great, but the story is very original. I'm not a great horror movie fan, so I might be wrong, but this story was surprisingly original. It had the teenage revenge story, the love story and, well all the cliches of the teenage horror movie but turned it into something new. . I won't be suprised if it will have a remake in a few years and be a great hit then.

Worth a watch, it was a different twist on a heavily used genre. A lot of familiar faces everywhere throughout the entire movie. It almost felt like a homage to some of the top B-actors in the movie game (and I mean that in the best of ways, classics like Pumpkinhead and Species) and with a couple of A-list thrown in. The acting was good, the storyline kept my attention, the music and directing were good. Overall it was definitely worth a watch, like most movies in the horror/scifi genre I probably wouldn't watch it again for at least a decade or so but thats just kinda typical for me personally and not a reflection of the quality of the movie. These types of movies I watch for the suspense factor which is gone once you know what happens. I won't go into details about the plot itself as it would ruin that aspect for anyone looking to watch it. I will only say that I liked how it was handled. It kept a steady pace and had decent effects. I wouldn't mind sitting through it again if I were with someone else that wanted to see it.

Anyone who has been bullied can relate to the main character. You hope so much that people will just be nice, but "boys will be boys". The plot is believable enough for a paranormal sci-fi picture. The characters are somewhat better than the typical,standard fare small town high school kids and law enforcement. Will our protagonist ever get some peace from his torment? He just might.