Resurrection Mary

(2007) Resurrection Mary HORROR

Edited, co- written and directed by Sean Michael Beyer, this straight to rental low budget film is another type of film that uses an "urban legend" turning it into a film (at least that's what it appeared to look like when I watched it) which has an interesting premise, but ends with a laughable convoluted ending that doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Anyway at the start of the film the film shows how the urban legend come about until the real movie starts with Jeff (Kevin G. Schmidt) a teenager looking for someone to take to a dance, his parents were dead on an automobile accident happened many years ago and now lives his grandmother played by Sally Kellerman. Upon driving home one night meets up with an unknown teenage girl who appears to be the same age as him, she's played by Pamela Noble as Mary hence the title. And after a few dances, and meetings other teenagers who are closest to him are apparently being killed off, with the only thing they all have in common is that they some somehow linked to him and the police badgering him for a confession, even though they have no proof of his whereabouts or have any DNA that he is the one that is doing all the killings. As I've mention, the movie was okay since the budget constraints really shows and was only a minor impact, and was involving until the very end of the film which asks more questions than viewers got any answers.

You'd think that I could keep the different versions of RM straight in my head, but a "certain on-line service that stream videos like this one" has been mixing up the images and the production years. Anyway, this version is not nearly as bad as the other version, which has Mr. Estevez in it (in case you need to be able to distinguish between the two). So the rule is, "If RM has a Kirkland in it, it's watchable. If it has an Estevez in it, it isn't." I hope this helps horror film fans everywhere.

Other than that, I'll just point out that it's a ghost story with some average carnage in it and kind of a silly story.

Enjoy! Don't thank me now.

If you are looking for an effects-driven, star-powered blockbuster, then this film will disappoint. It is, however, quite good in terms of being a classic ghost story. The actual legend pertaining to the Resurrection Mary folklore from Chicago is secondary to the fictionalized tale presented as the plot in this film. The cynic in me suspects that the famous legend was incorporated into the script and the title for marketing purposes. I worried that the fictitious script would be slanderous, or do a disservice to a young woman who died tragically, but the film was done well. That Kristin Herrera is also a pretty strikingly FINE-lookin' lady!

Resurrection Mary is pegged as a romantic thriller.

Let me immediately clarify that it isn't, its a horror and a poor attempt at one at that.

Loosely and teased to be based on the bloody mary mythology combined with the iconic white lady a man is tormented by this apparition and he may need to make the ultimate sacrifice to save his other half.

Sadly the story makes very little sense and at no point does it even go anywhere.

It all looks and sounds the part but the lead manages one pained facial expression for the entire film and only the ghost stands out as competent.

Dull, lifeless, jumbled mess of a film.

The Good:

Decent antagonist

Surprisingly good soundtrack

The Bad:

Joe Estevez

Good movie. I liked the story line and the characters, although the acting does feel a bit lackluster at times. The graphic novel concept driving the film is pretty cool, and it makes sense considering the amount of stories that have already been told about Resurrection Mary. I heard the budget for this film was only something like $200K, which surprised me considering how well a lot of the shots look. I saw Sean Michael Beyer's last film called Down The P.C.H., another low budget film. This film is a lot different from that, but both these projects show that you don't need a ton of money to make a decent-looking film, and I give Sean a lot of credit for that.

Those looking for a horror/slasher film will be disappointed by this film. It's much more of a drama that focuses on developing its characters. This is done especially well with the main character Jeff. Overall, Resurrection Mary is a pretty good movie, and worth checking out.