Review of The Seasoning House (2012) by Jesse O — 16 Mar 2014

While this film had some really well-done violence and gore, this film is ultimately a shallow experience that is shocking just for the sake of it. It could've been a good revenge thriller if the characters and story weren't as cliched and uninteresting as they were.

In this world, no man is to be trusted. We will beat you, rape you, and sell you off into prostitution. Can you imagine the outrage if in any other horror film all the female characters were strippers, hookers, manipulative, and conniving? This film operates on every negative stereotype women have about men.

If given the chance, we will all beat you, rape you, and sell you off into prostitution. It's not particularly good storytelling. Not because if what I just mentioned, because if the film worked on negative stereotypes but it was at least interesting or inspired, it wouldn't be much of a problem.

But because the film simply wants to shock for the sake of it, then it's far more noticeable. The acting is fine, Rosie Day is quite good even without saying anything. That's the only reason the film gets the rating it does.

That and the very gruesome violence. The film is still a relatively shallow horror experience and I wouldn't exactly recommend it.