Matriarch

If you read through the review there is just a TON of super great reviews. I generally like to compare the reviews here with Rotten Tomatoes. This film gets a 5.8 there, so not so dissimilar. HOWEVER, I just suspect those great reviews on IMDB are fake.

There is no way this movie is a 9 or 10.

That said, for a low budget flick, it's not a 1 or a 2 either.

The film definitely captures your interest early on, in a creepy sort of way.

It's a slow moving movie, but it was intriguing. Well writen and more than decent directing. The acting was very good too. Most low budget films these days are horrendous in everyway. This writer/director shows promise.

So the movie gets creepier as it goes on and you're not sure where this is heading. But it has interesting touches.

Some reviews said it was like Wolf Creek. Nope. Not in the slightest.

The problem I had witht eh film was that the exposition is very very slow. Other than that, it's a pretty OK film and worth the time investment

And it does it not badly for a low budget movie. People seem to forget you should be reviewing the movie on its merits based on the budget and the acting and contrary to other reviewers i thought the two main actors were very good but Julie Hannan made the movie for me, she played the part perfectly.

Its a shame the director, producers, cast members had to fill the first 10 or so reviews with 10/10 shill reviews when all those accounts were created at the same time and have only one review its so transparent and its not needed as the movie is well above your average rubbish horror fare this year.

It does evoke the old Hammer House Of Horror feel and being as it is set in my home country of Scotland it offers something a little bit different. Yes some of the Scottish actors were a bit pants but good for a laugh especially the two "wallopers" in the tent scene.

Overall its better than it should be but its nowhere near more than 6/10 but its also not a 2 or 3 which is very unfair I think when this movie trumps most of the low budgeters that have come out of the USA this year and the UK English horror efforts!

Better than average 6 out of 10 for me!

As a mother this film was actually hard to watch at times but that's the thing, I couldn't stop watching it. There's a very harrowing scene with a newborn about 25 mins in but it connects you to the lead character and from that point on you experience every single moment with her. I actually watched the movie again today with my husband - it really stays with you and all my girlfriends have been messaging me to discuss.

It also looks like the movie has gone over some heads judging by some of the the low score reviews. The movie is not your average gory, slasher horror, it's a dark as hell psychological horror with depth. I think many are missing the point - if you liked The Nun - this is not for you!!

The movie definitely has similarities with Misery but It also reminded me of Wolf Creek (a hell of a lot better than Wolf Creek though).

One of the best low budget indies I've seen in a while - if you love a dark indie movies this is for you.

At a budget of $45,000 you can't get anymore indie than this. Matriarch will trade punches with a lot of multi-million dollar movies and put many to shame.

Matriarch shows a couple's desperate fight to stay alive while trapped in a remote farmhouse inhabited by an evil and sinister family.

Its a slick production, head and shoulders above most low budgets or indeed any micro budget I've ever seen. The acting is superb and highly realistic. And astonishingly there's some 'laugh-out-loud' moments.

Matriarch is not your average bloody horror or a jumpy fright fest, instead it burrows into your psyche with chilling nightmarish scenarios that are often hard to watch. It takes you to places where your mind doesn't want to go and is nothing short of an emotional roller coaster.

There is nothing scarier than being alone and lost in a place you don't know, but being held captive against your will is the stuff of nightmares.

Matriarch is a powerful horror / thriller film which builds on your own fears and plays with them in ways you won't expect. The movie is an original, thrilling and disturbing survival story which delves deep into the horrors of being stranded in a rural hell.

While many independent horror films take influence from elsewhere, Matriarch doesn't fit any particular mould, it finds its own niche on its own soil and runs with it.

Also worth mentioning that this movie was apparently shot for less than Blair Witch Project and in less time. An unbelievable achievement by the filmmakers which leads me to ask: what could they do if they get a decent budget? Ones to watch out for I think.

Matriarch is an impressive, thought-provoking film which leaves you wondering what would happen if you ended up in the same situation.

I enjoyed this movie all the way through. Amazing acting and some uncomfortable scenes mixed in with some very tense moments. Worth a watch.