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Observance

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
1.1K
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Observance (2015)
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DramaHorrorMysteryThriller

In the grip of grief following the death of his young son, his marriage on the rocks and nearing bankruptcy, Parker reluctantly returns to work as a private investigator. Embarking on an unu... Read allIn the grip of grief following the death of his young son, his marriage on the rocks and nearing bankruptcy, Parker reluctantly returns to work as a private investigator. Embarking on an unusual assignment to observe a woman from an abandoned apartment, Parker witnesses bizarre h... Read allIn the grip of grief following the death of his young son, his marriage on the rocks and nearing bankruptcy, Parker reluctantly returns to work as a private investigator. Embarking on an unusual assignment to observe a woman from an abandoned apartment, Parker witnesses bizarre happenings surrounding her, unaware that the derelict building that he surveys her from has... Read all

  • Director
    • Joseph Sims-Dennett
  • Writers
    • Joseph Sims-Dennett
    • Josh Zammit
  • Stars
    • Stephanie King
    • Lindsay Farris
    • Brendan Cowell
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.5/10
    1.1K
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    • Director
      • Joseph Sims-Dennett
    • Writers
      • Joseph Sims-Dennett
      • Josh Zammit
    • Stars
      • Stephanie King
      • Lindsay Farris
      • Brendan Cowell
    • 34User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    • Bret Buchanan
    Gabriel Dunn
    • William Woodhouse
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    8venusboys3

    Genuinely Creepy!

    I'll go ahead and say this was one of those horror films, like Alien, Absentia, AM 1200, Banshee Chapter, The Corridor, etc... that is very Lovecratian without overtly rehashing any of that author's stories.

    Also, a LOT of folks are not going to have the patience for this movie... it's slow... most of the plot is suggested rather than overtly displayed... there's no real gore or nudity (though one scene nearly made me puke)... and the end is open to interpretation. For the people, like me, who do get into stuff like this... subtle horror that will stay with me for days afterward... Observance is a damn fine little film. I wasn't aware of its tiny budget until after I'd watched it... and for me it didn't show. I think horror often works best on this intimate scale anyway.
    Red_Identity

    Well-acted and very creepy

    I definitely didn't have many expectations for this and I had no idea what type of film it would be. I love its ambiguity. Many people will hate it for that same reason but I found that it was able to sufficiently explore its story and characterization (it does a great job of developing its main character) while still not revealing itself completely and by sustaining great atmosphere and mood (and well-done jump scares too) throughout its entirety. I think it's a simple, but scary film, one that will only appeal to a specific kind of horror fan but the type of horror we need more of. I would definitely recommend it, although be cautious because it's not for everyone.
    5sjalkarjadottir

    wants to be edgier than it is

    It feels like it wants to be a bit like "the ring" with fancy black and white flashbacks or flashes anyway .. a somewhat non linear storytelling and very little exposition.

    There are efforts to make it "disturbing" .. that result only in mild confusion .. while the story itself remains unsatisfactory.

    Acting is OK .. although not much seems to be asked of the actors ... brooding, indifferent and surprised are the emotions that are required.

    While i did not hate the movie, i also did not like it. It was "mehh" .. solid enough not to be "bad" ... but unremarkable. The kind of movie that you look up on google during the runtime to re-check what the title was .. and a movie that you forget entierly 10 minutes after having watched it.
    7kosmasp

    (Ob)serving the story

    Movies that are stake outs and that may feel weird to say the least, do have issues with character credibility at some point. And it's not different with this one, where you think, shouldn't our main character do something else instead? Shouldn't he see the signs and react to them rationally? But we wouldn't have a movie if he did. Also the actions are somewhat explained by his financial situation.

    So while you can argue these flaws and bumps in the story, you can also just a "enjoy" the suspense this builds up. And it has some very shocking moments indeed. It's a one location sort of deal, but it makes the most of it. And the suspense might be killing some people. And that's why I was surprised to see the lower rating here on IMDb. Didn't expect that to be truthful
    4aronharde

    Boring and valueless

    Most of the movies runtime is spent by observing....duuuh. However not the entertaining kind but rather the really boring one. Our protagonist is observing a young woman in a building across the street as he witnesses bizarre sightings that slowly seem to threaten him more and more.

    "Slowly" is the right word because this movie was really slow paced and there's not much happening for most of the time. The only interesting scenes are dreams or visions by our protagonist and there are a few suspenseful scenes involving the woman in the building across the street. However most of its runtime is pretty boring and not worth watching. [3,8/10]

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    • Release date
      • April 7, 2016 (Kuwait)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
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      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Соблюдение
    • Production company
      • Sterling Cinema
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 27m(87 min)
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      • 2.35 : 1

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