The Last Thing Mary Saw

I watched this movie because of the tags "drama, horror, thriller" expecting a nice horror movie about the supernatural. This movie turned out to be a drama and barely a thriller. There is no horror involved.

If 10 is the scariest movie out there and 1 is spongebob this movie gets 2.5 for horror.

For what it was the movie was decent but if I could turn back time I would watch something else.

Great film with obvious elements of folk horror. Yes, this sub genre is a slow burning one. That's intentional. I believe we are beginning to see a revival of folk horror with this, Saint Maud, and The Witch being the most significant standouts so far.

A great commentary of how destructive conversation therapy can be to both the "participants" and their families.

If you want jump scares, look elsewhere. If you want thought-provoking, intelligent horror, here it is.

As a final note: not once did I find the film to be too dark. Never did I struggle to see a thing. The reliance on candlelight worked very well here. Maybe other viewers do not have properly calibrated screens or they have too much light in the room?

Reading some of the reviews for this movie, I anticipated a slog of a film that tested my patience throughout its running time. What I got a beautifully acted film with an interesting story, great production value, cinematography that was on point, and a great atmospheric soundtrack that was cohesive and well implemented.

The story was interesting and kept me intrigued from beginning to end, the acting was superb from the entire cast (a rare feat for any genre of film) and although it wasn't particularly scary in any way, the matriarch was so creepy every time she entered a scene the hairs on my neck would stand up.

I could have done without another film beating the dead horse of "religious/Christian intolerance" or another movie where it seems like the creators added gay characters to get those precious woke points that they desperately seek, but aside from that, I really enjoyed this movie. There seems to be a lot of movies that want to achieve what The Witch achieved in terms of atmospheric horror, and this is probably the closest anyone has come so far.

Although I don't agree with many of the other reviewers, their points are still valid and should still be considered before going into this film. It's definitely a love it or hate it movie with very little wiggle room.

It's a period piece with minimal sets and lighting that tells the story of illicit love in the 1800s. It's not so much a horror as it is a piece on the crazy ways people dealt with sin and treated the institution of family.

I wonder for whom and what audience they make these movies, these types of debacle and brainwashing productions. Honestly rated it gets what it gets, but story-wise and entertainment-seeking it gets at best a "2.5 -3".

Good acted, super slow-burn, as mysterious as mosquito larvae emergence and as logical as aliens in each one's bedroom.

Enjoyable? Not at all. Brainwashing pestilence, more like it!

• Screenplay/storyline/plots: 4
• Development: 7
• Realism: 6
• Entertainment: 3
• Acting: 7
• Filming/photography/cinematography: 7
• VFX: 7.5
• Music/score/sound: 7
• Depth: 6
• Logic: 1
• Flow: 2.5
• Drama/horror/mystery: 4.5
• Ending: 1.5.