Wandering Rose

Theo (David Wayman) and his pregnant girlfriend Rose (Carina Birrell) travel to an isolated camping area by van to spend the weekend. During the night, they are waken by Officer Thwaites (Cameron Jack) that warns the couple that they are in a dangerous area and suggests them to move to a nearby camping. Rose is disturbed with the baby and is haunted by visions and dreadful nightmares. She wants to get rid of the baby but Theo wants to have his son. Along the weekend, Rose has a breakdown with tragic consequences.

"Wandering Rose" is a tedious B-movie with three characters only where nothing happens. The task of writing a summary is very difficult to be accomplished since there is nothing to tell about. Maybe the most frightening moment is when Officer Thwaites knocks on the van's door. My vote is one (awful).

Title (Brazil: "O Bebê do Mal" (The Baby from Evil")

It was soo bad I fell asleep while watching it. I didn't understand a single thing about it. It was supposed to be a horror movie, but it's more of an failed wannabe. The story wasn't even getting somewhere, why would she act like she still had the baby if she had the abortion? Made 0 sense. It was messy, low budget. And don't even get me started on the acting, it's like they took the worst actors they could find. The facial expression were either too exaggerated or not even there when they had to. The plot was... nonexistent at this point. The discription made it sound cool, but it really was a disappoinment. I just wasted an hour of my life.

Okay, so we have a 70-80-minute movie. And the script and whole story would only do for a 15-minute one. What should we do? Let's see. Yes, let's have the characters drive, walk and canoe most of the time. And let us not forget to add some horror score even if what is on screen is only a tree or a flower - just so that our viewers would not forget this is a horror movie.

Well, the only horrific element in this crapastrophic movie is the acting. And, yes, it was that horrific. I watched halfway through this movie with my nephew, and we couldn't get past the 40-minute mark - since, by then, there was nothing but characters walking, driving and talking. There was not a single interesting aspect of this snooze fest. There is no story, let alone a backstory, no scares and no chemistry between the two leads.

To add insult to injury, whenever the female protagonist saw the 'ghost' - which was definitely nothing more than a 5-minute job done on Paintbrush - she acts like she hadn't seen a darn thing. Hogwash! We actually got to see that she saw the ghost in full view, once for more than a few seconds. Does the director really want to treat his viewers as if they were dumb? Does he think we are as shallow as the abomination that is the script - or lack thereof - he is working with? Does he not know what horror flicks are made of?

There are no words in the English language and not enough space in the universe to state just how terrible a movie this is. I am sure watching a vegetable rotting or paint drying would be much more fun, and a far better investment of your time, than seeing this.

The British horror film industry is littered with tired irrelevant horror. Low budget tat, regurgitated stories poor performances. But in two days I have been able to see two movies that make the difference. First I saw Death Walks, then I Saw this.

In wandering Rose a young couple are on holiday, to get away from it all. He wants sex, she wants a rest, and is clearly disturbed by something.

Wandering rose, is a very slow burning horror tale, it flaps about a bit at times, then at others is a series of scenes that just don't motivate. Beyond this though, you have a very clever little tale, that looks every bit as beautiful as movies like Eden Lake, but is shot on a shoestring. Director Greenop, really proves he has the power to be a potential master of horror, much like Johannes Roberts, I suspect he will build as one movie moves on to another, budgets getting higher, stories better.

This is a really nice first effort from an amateur filmmaker, soon to become a professional.

Now, I wouldn't normally 9* this, but it's totally got a hard time from the other reviewers IMO, so I'm upping mine accordingly. I'd probably give it an 8 however. For a low budget debut feature, this is top quality. The FX are a bit rough around the edges, and there were one or two moments which could have been improved upon, but all in all I found this engaging, scary (which is rare for me these days), and a f~@$ing top effort for a first time feature! I felt it was a good length of time - short yes, but it didn't feel too short. Great cinematography, great direction, great work from all the actors involved, and the use of the locations was top - could have been overdone with travelling shots or whatever but I felt they got the balance just right. Great job to all involved!