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Dementer

  • 2019
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
4.2/10
344
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Dementer (2019)
Folk HorrorHorror

After fleeing a backwoods cult, a woman tries to turn her life around by taking a job in a home for special needs adults, only to discover that she must face her dark past to save a down syn... Read allAfter fleeing a backwoods cult, a woman tries to turn her life around by taking a job in a home for special needs adults, only to discover that she must face her dark past to save a down syndrome girl.After fleeing a backwoods cult, a woman tries to turn her life around by taking a job in a home for special needs adults, only to discover that she must face her dark past to save a down syndrome girl.

  • Director
    • Chad Crawford Kinkle
  • Writer
    • Chad Crawford Kinkle
  • Stars
    • Brandy Edmiston
    • Larry Fessenden
    • Katie Groshong
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.2/10
    344
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    • Director
      • Chad Crawford Kinkle
    • Writer
      • Chad Crawford Kinkle
    • Stars
      • Brandy Edmiston
      • Larry Fessenden
      • Katie Groshong
    • 13User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    3paul_m_haakonsen

    Well, nah, that's a swing and a miss...

    I was lured in to watching the 2019 movie "Dementer" after having stumbled upon it and read the synopsis. I must admit that the synopsis definitely sold the movie quite well, and I was lead to believe that this movie could be something rather enjoyable.

    Well, it was something alright. Enjoyable though? Hardly so. The storyline in the movie was just too slow paced and cluttered, feeling often like writer and director Chad Crawford Kinkle was just making up things as the filming progressed. I felt like the movie was lacking an overall red thread throughout the course of the movie, something to tie it all together.

    Given the swing and a miss of a storyline, then the movie just didn't have as much appeal, entertainment value or offered as much enjoyment as I had hoped it would after having been spellbound by the synopsis.

    The acting in the movie was adequate, though I can't really claim to say that the performances were outstanding in any way. At least none of the actresses or actors stood out as being more remarkable than others.

    I gave up on the movie with about 15 minutes left before it ended. At that point I was just good and ready to claw my own eyes out. Up until that point I had been tempted to just call it quits twice along the way. But I opted to stick with the movie and hoping it would improve. It just never did.

    "Dementer" is listed as a horror movie, which is also one of the reasons why I opted to sit down to watch it. Yeah, you might want to take that with an ounce of credibility. This movie was quite far from being a horror movie, it was - at best - perhaps a psychological thriller. But definitely not a horror movie.

    My rating of Chad Crawford Kinkle's "Dementer" lands on a three out of ten stars. The movie just failed to impress or entertain me.
    3baphinda-43751

    Storyline issues

    I love independant horror films, but or thez have great cinematography or they have amazing script/storyline. Sadly this film doesnt have neither.

    It felt like a horror film made by students with very little cash. It was slow and the characters are not well developed. I liked the fact they used real scenarios but not related to the plot at all.

    Remoded me of the surreal 70s experimental flicks, and i think they were going for that.

    But it was too slow and no point at the end.
    1VivicaLee

    Cementer

    Right to the bottom of the ocean. A coma would be more interesting. I tried, God knows I tried to watch it. Couldn't do it All the chick was doing was having headaches and hearing voices. Ok then, I bailed.
    3alainavalentine

    Good reviews for what reason exactly?

    Aside from loving and supporting the fact that the film features many disabled individuals, I thought the rest of what I was able to see of the film was bad in ways that are difficult to describe. From my understaning it wad an independent film and I went in with that in mind and tried to be understanding of the low budget. But the flashbacks were really cheesy the way they were edited. The score was the thump of either a drum or a bass guitar followed by what sounded like loose change jingling (which actually could have sounded pretty cool if there had just been some reverb added to it to make what the sounds were more ambiguous). I had a BIG problem with the voice of the man doing the countdown in a cheesy aouthern accent. And the words he said were equally cheesy. I was prepared to be terrified based on what an article listing best new horror films had to say about it. Instead I was so put off by the quality of the first quarter of it that I coulsnt bear to sit through another minute of it despite having payed 6 bucks to rent it and I never rent anything for that much for fear of being disappointed-ironically, like i was with Dementer. I am still interested in seeing how it plays out though, so if it ever becomes available on Netflix or something I'll put it on for some background entertainment while I'm putting away my clean laundry or something but until then, I'll just have to wonder if the film ever pulled itself together in the end.
    1kademallory

    Music sucked

    Got so sick of the music. The movie was terrible had no story line. It dragged on and on. "Wow. Where do I even start? This movie was an absolute train wreck from beginning to end. The plot was thinner than a sheet of tissue paper, and the dialogue sounded like it was written by someone who has never had a conversation in their life. The characters were either painfully boring or absurdly over-the-top, with no in-between. The special effects looked like they were pulled straight from a 2002 video game, and the soundtrack? Don't even get me started - it felt like random noises thrown together in a blender. I kept watching, hoping it would get better, but it just kept finding new ways to disappoint me. Save yourself the agony and watch paint dry instead. At least that's free."

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      Director Chad Crawford Kinkle built the film around his sister Stephanie, who has Down Syndrome and stars as one of the film's leads. Per the press materials, "Kinkle has gone to great lengths to create a bold genre film that embraces and properly represents the developmentally disabled, while still being both thrilling and disturbing. The result is a singular, deeply personal independent feature unlike any before it."

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      • March 2, 2021 (United States)
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      • 1h 20m(80 min)
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