Review of 1922 (2017) by Bijinius C — 13 Feb 2018

It's so disappointing to see this get such a low audience score. It seems to suggest that people either didn't have the patience to stick with such a slow-burn, atmospheric horror flick, or. . .

I really don't know, actually. This is a really, really good horror movie-it actually manages to horrify. That's rare. The script, direction, acting, set design and cinematography were top notch for this sort of genre film.

It's up there with "The Witch" and "The Blackcoat's Daughter" as my favorite recent horror releases. It worries me that so many people apparently refuse to get their heads around an intelligent, paced movie like this.

I don't believe it's a matter of taste with things like this-this is a well made, committed movie with a fantastic lead performance by Thomas Jane. Its production values were great, and the mood of dread was pervasive and really impressive.

In an overpopulated, often hacky genre like horror, you need to treasure a movie like this that takes its time to tell a compelling story and spark the imagination. Movies like the recent "Saw" or "Rings" are lazy, offensively stupid cash-ins, yet they have better audience scores than this.

It's not a matter of taste, it's a matter of filmmakers respecting their audience's intelligence and patience. I rate this one a very strong 4/5, and might give it another half with another viewing.

I imagine this one will hold up for a long, long while.