Nightshade

For starters, there is no political or social agenda in this film. That right there is worth the price of admission as far as I'm concerned. Outside of that, I'm not sure why so many people found this movie to be that bad. You've got murder. You've got intrigue. You've got suspense. You've got misdirection. You've got a plot twist. You've got the supernatural. I mean, what more do people want? To be spoon fed every little detail?

The actors were all very capable - nobody is going to be winning any awards for their performances, but at least nobody was just phoning it in like much of today's garbage. The story was interesting, but I'm not sure what the occult shop really had to do with anything. It seemed like that was a scene that could have been left on the cutting room floor, but.. it didn't detract any from the movie, so...

My only objection - and I find this in ALL of the movies made today - NOBODY knows how to freaking light a scene anymore! I swear this whole section could be used cut and paste in the review of almost everything coming out these days. Room lights are nothing more than nightlights. In indoor scenes that are shot in broad daylight , the ONLY light in the whole room is from a window or glass door and that somehow fails to spread ANY light to the rest of the scene. Not to mention the fact that the actors are filmed in front of the light source with no fill light whatsoever, so the entire person is in deep shadow.

If you want to give it a failing review grade on lighting (or lack thereof)... go right ahead, but otherwise, the movie is well worth watching.

... are high in this low budget occult thriller, but the acting is mediocre at best. As a cynic, one might call it a low-income, low-intelligence version of Lars von Trier´s "Antichrist". The good thing is that this flick is not that long, so the time of your life wasted is limited.

Three things.

1) the bad ending.

2) the presentation style is a bit confusion.

And 3) the very end gun shot scene is also confusing.

Except those three things, the film is kind of doing okay. It would have been a good one if there were more efforts.

This crime thriller has some relatively decent aspects to it but it never truly works and it quickly becomes a tedious experience. It has stilted acting, little to no originality and a generic, yet competent, music score. In fact, one could describe the film as well funded and with some creative cinematography sprinkled throughout but the story is empty and theres nothing to be engaged by. Overall, its a worthless movie.

OMG, give me my 90 mind back, please!!! Don't waste your money or your time. This thing is so boring and silly I had to keep rewinding it because I kept wandering away. Awful!