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Mercy

  • 2014
  • R
  • 1h 19m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
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Chandler Riggs in Mercy (2014)
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A single mom and her two boys help take care of their grandmother with mystical powers.A single mom and her two boys help take care of their grandmother with mystical powers.A single mom and her two boys help take care of their grandmother with mystical powers.

  • Director
    • Peter Cornwell
  • Writers
    • Stephen King
    • Matt Greenberg
  • Stars
    • Frances O'Connor
    • Shirley Knight
    • Chandler Riggs
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Peter Cornwell
    • Writers
      • Stephen King
      • Matt Greenberg
    • Stars
      • Frances O'Connor
      • Shirley Knight
      • Chandler Riggs
    • 32User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Frances O'Connor
    Frances O'Connor
    • Rebecca
    Shirley Knight
    Shirley Knight
    • Mercy
    Chandler Riggs
    Chandler Riggs
    • George
    Joel Courtney
    Joel Courtney
    • Buddy
    Mark Duplass
    Mark Duplass
    • Uncle Lanning
    Dylan McDermott
    Dylan McDermott
    • Jim Swann
    Amanda Walsh
    Amanda Walsh
    • Charlotte
    Hana Hayes
    Hana Hayes
    • Girl Next Door
    Pepper Binkley
    Pepper Binkley
    • Young Mercy
    Chris Browning
    Chris Browning
    • Frank
    Eddie Jones
    Eddie Jones
    • Pastor Gregory Luke
    Sewell Whitney
    Sewell Whitney
    • Doctor Hayes
    Joe Egender
    Joe Egender
    • Wendell
    Munda Razooki
    Munda Razooki
    • Mr. Tullen
    Jack Carter
    Jack Carter
    • Mr. Bello
    Conrad Bluth
    Conrad Bluth
    • Ingliss
    Marcia Moran
    Marcia Moran
    • Cora
    Linda Porter
    Linda Porter
    • Henrietta
    • Director
      • Peter Cornwell
    • Writers
      • Stephen King
      • Matt Greenberg
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    5ArchonCinemaReviews

    Not bad (really!) for straight to VHS

    Mercy is a horror story that plays on typical human fears with a twist, In quintessential Stephen King fashion.

    Matt Greenberg adapts King's short story Gramma into the screenplay for the horror film Mercy.

    George is the undeniable favorite grandson to his grandmother Mercy. His mother along with his brother must act as caretaker when Mercy unexpectedly is stricken ill and requires constant care. Inexplicably odd and mysterious occurrences seem to revolve around his grandmother and George rushes to save her.

    As a horror fanatic, Stephen King represents the worst aspect of horror. I find his writings and stories to be horridly cliché exasperated by the fact that King so desperately tries to twist and surprise his readers when the ending can be seen a mile away.

    Interestingly, Mercy is a well paced suspenseful horror in which few stereotypical scares are used until the final reveal. The horror lies in the unveiling of truth through ominous and foreboding layers and well utilized complementary music. Shirley Knight is incredibly creepy as Mercy, the potentially possessed grandmother. The children and characters themselves are smarter than most adults in horror movies.

    Chandler Riggs is the main character George, and significantly younger in this film than he is on the Walking Dead. This leads me to assume that the film sat shelves for some time before being made available. Mercy doesn't really add anything new to the genre which is probably the explanation but all in all, it is not a terrible horror movie.

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    5Foutainoflife

    Average

    This wasn't scary. Maybe for the younger crowds it might have been but not for someone who is looking for a true horror scare. It would be nice if someone could bring something new to the table.
    5view_and_review

    More of the Same

    An elderly woman named Mercy (Shirley Knight) is slipping away at her advanced age. She was a single mother of three as her husband killed himself while her children were young. Now, in her old age, she's become more violent and like a person in need of an exorcism. While everyone wants to get clear away from her, George (Chandler Riggs), her favorite grandchild, wants to help her.

    This movie was O.K. They didn't do anything real inventive or creative. It seemed low budget from the special effects which doesn't necessarily kill a movie but it can hinder it severely if not done correctly. The movie hinged upon Chandler Riggs as he was the main protagonist but I don't think he delivered that well. He wasn't awful, he just wasn't good. I think he's better suited for helping his father kill zombies (for you Walking Dead fans out there). In the end the movie was just an average or even slightly below average horror film.
    6Patient444

    Better. Could have been a lot tho!

    Yesterday I was watching "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" and I couldn't believe the actors involved in that production. Tonight I got to see "Mercy" and again it came as a big surprise the amount of known actors that participated in the movie. I hope that this is not a retire plan for good actors, but more of a transition, a different path, a way of completing their journey, cause let's face it, not a lot of people get involved with horrors nowadays.

    Mercy is good, it starts slow, it even acts cheap or maybe dumb at times, but it is to fool you. To make you lower your expectations, caught you off guard and then strike! Not a masterpiece by all means, but if you are into horrors, you should see this. A lot more complex than your usual, far from a low budget film and a very believable acting. I think it could go hand in hand with The Dark (2005) because it is better than most, it shows a lot of potential, a darker path, a better film. One of the things I loved the most is that Mercy has only 1 hour and 18 minutes, they didn't bother to stretch it more than needed, it was a simple plan, a fast and well done execution and that's that. Finally, people who realized that it is best to show quality and not quantity!

    Mercy won't spook you, scare you, but will build suspense around you and will deliver on other chapters. You just need to be a horror fan looking for different kind of work here. I for one enjoyed it.

    Cheers!
    5jett_julie

    I didn't get it

    The film was way under lit, I presume so they could cover for lack of good screenplay. Not good.

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    • Trivia
      The film is based on the 1984 short story "Gramma", found in Stephen King's collection of short stories titled "Skeleton Crew". It was previously adapted as the first segment of Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading (1986).
    • Goofs
      Three obviously different snakes are shown when George is standing on the grave. Two different rattlesnakes are shown in sequence followed by a pine snake.
    • Connections
      References Shining (1980)

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    • Release date
      • October 7, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La maldición de la abuela
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA(and surrounding communities)
    • Production companies
      • Blumhouse Productions
      • Wonderland Sound and Vision
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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