The Appearance

I was tired before I started watching The Appearance so I struggled staying awake with this movie. But it's not all due to me being tired, it's more because the movie wasn't that captivating. There was some good acting, like Baylee Self playing the alleged witch, but overall it wasn't that great. As for the horror parts they could have done much better. We're living in an era where a kid could make some decent special effects so for that this movie just failed. As for the story itself it wasn't bad but it has been done much better in the past with In The Name Of The Rose so watch or rewatch that one instead if you want a good movie. The Appearance is just a missed opportunity to make a good medieval horror movie.

This really wasn't AS bad as I thought it was going to be. It looked pretty great throughout and the plot was pretty engaging.

However, there were big problems. While there was absolutely no reason for this movie to be two hours long, my biggest problem with this movie by far was the acting. While the, at best, mediocre dialogue did them no favors... the acting was pretty subpar all around. Poor Hodor, seems like such a nice guy but... this was not it. The main guy, the half blind guy and the witch were the only ones with redeeming moments and even those were far and few between. Everyone else, while I don't mean to be rude, we're giving very community theater vibes.

The movie did have a plot that contained potential and did achieve quite an atmospheric, creepy air. Unfortunately, the acting, dialogue and drawn out storyline with some significant plot holes really were it's downfall. This being said, it was not a failure and I did relatively enjoy it overall. Would recommend if you are patient and forgiving with a love for indi cinema.

I so much wanted to love this movie, given its premise and concept. But the movie just failed to convince me and turned out to be a rather mundane and, let's just be bluntly honest, mediocre movie experience at best.

The storyline had so much working for it, but writer and director Kurt Knight just failed to bring all loose ends together in a fulfilling way, and the potential of the storyline and story arches were nowhere near utilized to the extend of their full potential. Nor were the characters properly being utilized throughout the story, which definitely put a restriction on the acting performers.

I will say that they had a rather impressive ensemble of cast together for performing in the movie. Baylee Self - playing Isabel, the alleged witch - really carried the movie most of the way with her genuinely creepy performance. And I must say that Michael Flynn - playing abbot Scipio - also really performed exceptionally well in the movie, it was just such a shame that his character was not a more prominent one, especially given the outcome of the character. The same goes for actor Adam Johnson - playing Felix - his potential wasn't properly put to use either. And the lead roles played by Jake Stormoen and Kristian Nairn were also quite adequately performed - despite them not having the most interesting characters in the movie.

There was a genuine creepy atmosphere to the movie, with the lack of proper lighting and the enclosed tunnels, which definitely worked in favor of the movie, just a shame that all the potential of the movie was left squandered in a dark corner somewhere on the set.

"The Appearance" does have the audience guessing and speculating for sure, but it feels rather anti-climatic once the ending of the movie comes to fruition, and that didn't really help to lift up all the shortcomings that the movie had along the course.

I liked the atmosphere and the props, sets and costumes of the movie quite a lot actually, because it seemed very accurate to the period of time in which the movie was taking place, and it added a good amount of creditability to the movie, which was much needed.

This is the type of movie that you will most likely just watch once and never get around to watching again, because the movie just doesn't have the contents to support more than a single viewing.

I did not expect to watch such a good and entertaining movie. I usually don't review movies but this one deserves 10 stars rating. It's not your usual medieval movie. Cast did a great job, excellent location and production design. Loved the soundtrack. I am not sure how much budget they spent on this film but i 'd like to applaud the entire cast and crew along with the screenwriter and producers. Job well done!

However I feel like this movie was entertaining regardless of its issues. My major issue I had with this was its pacing. Could've knocked off about 20 minutes to keep it going. My other main critique was the girl/witch was severely miscast. She was annoying to listen to and look at. The witch in her true witch form was really well done though. One thing I did like about this movie is that its genuinely pretty creepy and has a few good jump scares. This could've been really good, but missed its mark overall. It's not a BAD movie, it's just hard to watch knowing it shouldve been a lot better. Would recommend for a rainy day viewing if you have nothing better to do.