Review of Lord of Tears (2013) by Ciaran M — 06 Apr 2015

That was pretty disappointing. The cheesy romance didn't help especially when the "Sixth Sense" esque plot twist happened, it just kind of ruined the rest of the film for me. The ending was the worst part.

It was poorly executed and the fact that they used a minuscule and rather uninteresting side plot that we never got much insight into to fuel the conclusion was really cheap and it goes to show that they obviously ran out of ideas on a way to end this.

As for whether the film is scary or not, no it really isn't. Sure the lead actress (who was pretty damn hot) looked creepy in her Marilyn Manson makeup and the Owlman costume itself did look creepy at times, I still wouldn't call this film scary though.

It lacked tension and suspense. I will commend the lack of jumpscares and screamers though. The scene where he dug up his time-capsule was the point where I started wondering when this film would end.

The music was good (even though the pool scene pretty much looked like the prelude to a really bad 80's porno, even the music was porno-like) and at times made a few scenes pretty creepy. The acting was beyond bad at points, the main actor sounded flat as a rock and can't act like he's in panic or scared at all.

The main actress was eye-candy at best, her character was annoying and her acting was just alright. The guy who voiced Owlman though was surprisingly spectacular and completed the image of a Pagan god very well.

Otherwise I won't be watching this film a second time, that's for sure.