Review of The Shrine (2010) by Matt S — 08 Nov 2011
An very inspired throwback of movies like Hostel, The Exorcist, The Fog ect. that has a fast pace creepy and disturbing effects and images and a spooky story. The acting wasn't the best but had likable leads but their characters made several stupid decisions that made me roll my eyes and laugh, not too smart people.
The movie started off strong with a couple of cheap but good jump scares and one of the ugliest but scariest faces in a horror film in recent memory but the other half of the movie went down a very predictable and cliched path and just didn't step up it's game and deliver new tricks just borrowed some but they made a good effort to make those throwbacks effective but just not up to par for me and I'm being extra hard on it because it had all the potential in the world to do the best with its intriguing and chilling premise.
Overall I'm not a 100% disappointed with it but just wanted something more from it but just got the basics from the genre. Wait for television. 6 out of 10.
This review of The Shrine (2010) was written by Matt S on 08 Nov 2011.
The Shrine has generally received positive reviews.
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