Molly Crows

I saw this film at the horror festival at Southend on Sea and I thought it was ace. It was very real and had me in suspense. Something about the story line gave me a feeling I ought to know what was coming next but could not work out what, like really elegant "foreshadowing". Also, like a good thriller, I left feeling really satisfied with the ending. I'd recommend it, great acting, good story. It wasn't massively gory if that's your thing, but it was spooky. The young actress who plays jess was absolutely brilliant. She was a natural in every sense. Most of the characters seemed fully formed, although I think the story could have been expanded more- I would love to see it made into a full budget mini series so that all the characters could be expanded on more

I was so looking forward to this. A film made about a local legend and purported witch, Molly Leigh by local film-makers in my home town; what could go wrong? The answer is, everything. I appreciate the hard work that went into this, the months of labour to get this finished product with no budget; but I could honestly make a better film on my phone.

There should have been a point where they said, look, we're not very good at this and showing it to anyone will be embarrassing, and sadly, it is. The blurring in and out of focus is awful and looks amateurish. If they say it was intentional, well, that's up to them but it looks like the camera-person really didn't know what they were doing. The result is spending the whole film cringing and grimacing at the appalling effect.

And if you can't get the image right, well, yes you guessed it, the sound is awful too. It drops in and out, doesn't match in reverse shots and sounds like it was recorded on an old cassette player.

The writing looks like it was done in an 'add-a-line' way with no-one reading what has gone before. Surely this is the only explanation for loose ends and bits of plots that are forgotten? How can the film makers not have noticed this?? Are they too embarrassed to actually watch it? Was there really an editor?

The acting is dreadful too I'm afraid and this detracts from the film again as you can't take anyone seriously. The tough guys are about as scary as a cat wearing a tutu and they're about the most convincing characters in the whole thing! Next....how many establishing shots do you need for one location? And when it's exactly the same shot?!?! Terrible film-making.

This is nowhere near Sharknado in a 'so bad it's good' way. It's just bad, very, very bad. There are no redeeming features.

Molly Leigh must be turning in her grave.

First of all, in attempt to be as objective as possible, i wouldn't dare to give an overall mark for the movie, on the scale of 1-10. I took my time to think about it, in segments,and some of them were really good, some of them not so much, but the summary in general is rather good. IMO, considering that this is the first big film by Ray Wilkes, the directing and the script writing, and that it was made on very low budget, it's actually quite a success. I didn't find it all that horrifying, but the creepy scenes went really well .Regarding the act, some actors were more convincing then the others, but i guess that's something we face in many other movies as-well.