Nothing Left to Fear

This is probably a film would make a passable 'first horror' film for a teenager ... however as a thirty something I found it dull, facile and utterly boring. If you like a film with some sort of pace - this is certainly not the film for you. It's a shame as the cast seems promising and the premise is actually quite interesting. The main issue this film has is it is sloooooow to the point of being a cure for insomnia. I'm assuming the idea was to give the viewer plenty of 'getting to know you' room with the characters so we really really care about them, get invested in them. Yeah -that doesn't happen here. All that happens is you find yourself watching the clock waiting to see how long it is before it ends. Adding to that is lacklustre cinematography, dull scripts and painful to watch teen led drama and all in all this film is a fail.

Another typical Hollywood horror B-movie. This one riffs on the likes of CHILDREN OF THE CORN and THE WICKER MAN in the tale of a small town hiding a dark secret. A new and boring family move into the community, where they're soon assailed by mysterious events and characters harbouring dark secrets.

It's a long-winded and slow-paced story and one that doesn't offer up a whole lot of interest, it has to be said. NOTHING LEFT TO FEAR actually does better when focusing on the non-horror elements like characterisation and character interaction and falls down when it comes to the cheesy horror scenes, augmented with CGI ghostly faces as they are. It also relies too much on jump scares and clichéd, derivative moments for effect when really it should be offering something new.

The cast aren't too bad, although they are given little enough to work with. Anne Heche is unrecognisable from her early Hollywood roles in the likes of SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS; she plays the suburban mother here. Rebekah Brandes isn't too bad either, although as with Alexandra Daddario in Texas CHAINSAW 3D, she's given little to do other than wander around in a skin-tight t-shirt. Clancy Brown is the best thing in it, but he doesn't have enough screen time.

Pastor Dan and his family relocate to the a small town in the Midwest for his new job. His daughter Becky, upon arrival, begins having horrific nightmares. These night terrors provide the audience with a bit of horror until the main plot actually begins to unravel. By the time the mystery is revealed, you'll be scratching your head and wondering what just happened.

Pros: The acting was decent and the budget was right. We also have the nightmares, which are creative and foreshadow the story, without giving it away too much.

Cons: The creature in the movie was CGI and looked cheap. Also the plot did failed to explain why the town was accursed to begin with.

I give it 6.5 out of ten. For a similar movie that was made right, I recommend The Shrine.

I'll give this one a solid 5, the effects were nice, the acting, overall, with a few exceptions, good, but it never reaches up to the promise of a horror, cause that's what it's trying to be.

So, a few words about Nothing left to fear: the story, again, not the most original, used quite often, but won't disappoint tho. They managed to show it somehow different, good, more natural if you may. Problems begin when "clichée" makes its appearance. The always and eternal, "why does he do that?" , "how come he doesn't know better?" and many other sarcastic questions, cause in the end, you're watching a horror, and sadly this is what horror has come down to lately.

Would I recommend it? Not really, actually no, you won't get spooked, you won't be too drawn into the story, nor into the characters, it's just a movie that they wanted to make, with nothing to prove.

So, where would I point you then: Sinister, The reaping, The ruins; one is with a family that moves in a new town, the other with religious things and the last with odd habits.

Enjoy!

Nothing Left To Fear – This film demonstrates that guitarist Slash must have more money than sense. I can't imagine another reason why he is a producer/backer of the project. The plot is pretty simple, clearly constructed for the simple minded: a pastor (as opposed to a Pasteur i.e. descendant of Louis) and his family are moving from the 'big city' to some crazy Podunk where all the residents apparently are just a little bit off center. The family includes Pastor Stupid, his wife who was once a lesbian activist, and their eldest daughter that has a very impressive rack. There are two other kids, too – pretty much just along for the ride. Pastor Stupid will pretty much go along with anything, his wife is looking for a little action on the side, and daughter number one is possessed with the demon of tight clothing, which goes along well with her very impressive rack. From the setup, which is pretty much the family in a van driving toward the town, you will be able to guess how this thing will go for them – not well at all. The only real question is 'will the very impressive rack controlled by demonic forces pop out of one of the low cut/tight tops daughter number one is condemned to wear?' Oh, the film also includes Clancy Brown who has parlayed that master thespian voice into a long career of being a second banana, though I bet he has a boatload of money! Personally I wish they would do a sequel to Extreme Prejudice but then he would have to be dead. I won't spoil the movie if you must go watch it. If you haven't figured it out before twenty minutes in then you might just enjoy it and still be inhaling that pop corn and waiting for primo daughter to lose the top, bra, and whatever else divides you and her from your dreams. For the purposes of debate I will give this thing a 4.