The Caretaker

The Caretaker is an exciting new horror thriller that all horror film fans will enjoy. From first-time feature film director Jeff Prugh comes a well- crafted independent film that gives the feel of a Hollywood box-office hit. The Caretaker follows a young woman named Mallorie (Meegan Warner) and her boyfriend August (Sean Martini) as they temporarily move into Mallorie's sickly grandmother's home to care for her. What was intended to be a nice gesture from this young couple soon turns into a bad decision as they learn the truth about Mallorie's grandmother Birdie (Sondra Blake) and her shady intentions. Although the whole cast was superb, Sondra Blake steals the show as she gives a spooky and captivating performance that takes the scary plot to the next level and keeps audiences wanting more. Unlike most films in its genre, The Caretaker does a great job of developing each major character which allows the audience to gain more from the film than just a good scare. If you enjoy films of this genre, I definitely recommend giving this movie a watch.

What started nicely, with a good premise, an used subject but still a scary and effective one yet today, managed to reach none of its potential and simply got confused and annoying.

I was intrigued indeed, perhaps I found something better and as the minutes were passing I felt more and more curious about the situation. Won't take long until you'll realize that there is no end point, no twist, no explanation, just the finishing line, leaving so many questions behind.

As for the characters, if at start you got to know them, to care for some, in the end they all become a big mess of a cliché. I was happy that the movie finally ended, because it was clear I wasn't going to get what I was hoping for. Not recommended from my point of view. Completely missed opportunity here.

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The story is weak and never really defined, the dialogue seems to be made up as they go along the acting is incredibly bad with each movement or interaction it's obvious that they are trying to act except for Birdie but I suspect that was not acting since she spent 20 years married to Robert Blake. And if your going to have a character that is not supposed to speak English don't have her then speak English with out any hint of a Spanish accent while she is translating a letter. This was not scary at all this movie is an absolute joke from beginning to end.

This movie has a good plot, all the way up until about 10-15 minutes before the ending. Of all the ways they could have taken this at the end, it just fell extremely flat on its face for me. If you decide to watch it, at some point you're really going to be looking for a deranged clown to show up, but that is not what happens at all, and it makes me wonder if the clown-teasing aspect wasn't there it would probably attract a completely different audience, that might actually appreciate it more.

There's nothing wrong with this movie beyond the flat ending. The acting is very good, the story is very good, but the end just makes you sort of regret watching it.

I did like the actors and their acting. It was quite believable in context of what was going on. I also liked their communication - which was not forcibly poor to further the plot. (poor communication being one of the main tools in most horror movies i know to actually create tension...) Sadly though - i did not care a bit for the story the movie told. It committed the sin of being "simply boring". No real twists and turns, no build up of tension, and the climax felt rather "mehh". I caught myself checking the time several times during that movie.

The idea of the movie is not really new .. the execution is ... in my opinion ... textbook... sadly textbook as in "been there, done that - a hundred times..." Whats left is what can only be called mediocre.