Campfire
2015 Color
86 Mins.
Horror
Ali Larter, Max Rose and Chloe Perrin star.
Written and Directed by Alistair Legrand
N/R contains language, violence gore and sexuality.
The less you know about this movie going in, the better. Now I'm not saying this is a great movie by any means in fact it's really just pretty good but it's quite impressive in what it wants to become and what it's trying to convey. Ali Larter, always a sure thing in my book stars as a single mother who with her children is being haunted by increasingly horrific and violent apparitions. As the film goes on we discover hints here and there about the back ground of the characters. It's all kept very mysterious and is very engaging. I wouldn't say it's scary but there are some creepy moments and the effects are pretty nasty and the performances are decent all around. It all culminates to a truly shocking finale, that you really won't see coming. Now I'm not sure all of it makes complete sense but it deserves props for it's ambition. Now for most this will be an easy movie too hate. The ending is really gonna push you one way or another. But me and my boyfriend try and go into everything we watch with an open mind and it really is most essential that you do that with this movie. Because we were honestly impressed and kind of blown away overall. And it's not just the culmination of events that's impressive there is also subtext about parenting, coming of age and restraint of violence. Not everything is communicated properly and not everything matches up perfectly but at least this is something completely unique and original which is a very rare thing nowadays. ***.25/5
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