The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

Beautifully photographed, well acted and atmospheric. BUT A slow start for which I fast forwarded: i think the editor was a bit too enamoured of the cinematography. As the story developed, i began to watch without fast forwarding. Most of the time I spent wondering which of the women was which; the rest of the time was spent wondering why is that happening and what does it have to do with the daughter. Ultimately, it was unsatisfying as there appeared to be no sense to it, just a series of events that were unexplained - unless it was just senseless sadism and unrelated deformations. At the start i thought it might be events caused by chemical pollution, then it became clear something supernatural was going on - but why never became clear to me. As far as i am concerned, the story was a waste of good talent and time.

In a sect-like cristian-religiouse community somewhere they speak english, with a funny accent, unlike the typical american sound.its fundamentalist-cristianity and a witch hunt from start to end, and a lot of death in its path, and you can feel a pinch of devilism in the wake of every shift of location.

its a strange film, made on pure strength and no budget at all, and as long as the piece is written and directed by the same name it has some personal mark to it.

but the production aint bad, its just that we could have been given some clues to what why when and howcome witchcraft came to this community, and howcome everybody became so extremely fragile.

so its more drama than horror and more mystery than crime, and its completely empty on comedy and real love. but blood and murder there is, so i guess ,even though im a grumpy old man, that i can give a small recommend.

The atmospherics and setting are straight out of "The Witch" for me. The film strikes an excellent balance between slow-burning dread and gore, but the background story needs more exploration. In the end this film leaves a lot of questions.

First let me say that the actors in this film are superb and do a wonderful job with the material at hand. The problem is the material. The plot is muddled, obscure and makes no sense at times. The atmospherics and setting are straight out of The Witch but only serve to remind you how tightly plotted that movie was and how loosely plotted this one is. I give the film 5 points for the acting, worth seeing for that alone.

The actors are good but the script is poor and boring. it is a waste of time