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Absolutely the worst movie.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Objectively - i think this movie is pretty much average. The story is fairly slow but solid ... not really creative or surprising though. The visuals are well done though and the whole movie has a very somber, tranquil tone with no jump scares but just a slow ascent of suspense. Where the movie falls short is the characters that are rather simple archetypes without any development and the story that --- does not quite make much sense to be honest. Then again - it is a horror movie that plays in a rural backwater place. It is not as bad as some reviews make it out to be in my opinion - but not good enough to be memorable much.

THE ABANDONED (2006) had a fabulous, Gothic cover which sucked me into watching this Film. I was not "feeling" the title actress and did not know if she could carry the Film. With an OPEN MIND (liking many genres),... I continued.The Pros: 1)Great Acting 2)Cool Cinematography 3)Good Storyline (for awhile) Cons: (Watching the entire Film...) Premise is extremely disturbing and only suited for GORE FANS whom root for The Bad Guy(s)Wish I had never viewed this Film as it was terrible. Virtually nothing redeeming.

It all depends on what you are looking for.Abandoned features beautiful cinematography, an interesting score and excellent photography, but will infuriate any viewer who, like myself, expects a logic, coherent storyline and sensible dialogs. Besides, it is so drawn out, repetitive and full of false scares as to compromise any entertainment value. It works best for those interested in a piece of art or those who like kaleidoscopic, almost hallucinatory atmospheres packed to the brim with nonstop frantic action and explosive sounds, allowing the spectator no pause to come up for air and/or think about what's happening.

I can't say this is the worst horror movie I've seen but it may be the second worse. It's a complete mess. Nothing makes sense, the main female character is awful - the sort of person you'd regret having got stuck talking to at a party. Sort of hard-faced, foul-mouthed, miserable, whiny, hysterical and childish. I really didn't care about her or her ridiculous incomprehensible story. The main male lead is slightly more sympathetic but he's completely pointless as is almost everything in the movie. You learn nothing about either of them other than she has a kid and he has a possibly ex-girlfriend/wife/whatever. There are bits and pieces all over the place that don't seem to fit in anywhere and have you shaking your head wondering what they mean. (ultimately they don't mean a thing!! Honest!) There are even characters early on who are made to look sinister and important when we first meet them and then they never show up again. Did the rest of their involvement get cut from the final print? Or did the director get so confused by his own messy hotch- potch of scenes that he didn't realize he'd forgotten them?It felt like the whole tedious non-story was just a set up to get to that one revolting scene that the director hopes would be it's selling point. Well sorry Nacho old boy. One disgusting not-at-all-scary & ludicrous scene does not make for cult status. The script is poor. The acting is lazy. The direction is sloppy. There are some nice scenery shots & one or two clever camera angles. But that's about it. There was no suspense & nothing to be frightened of, you knew from the start what's going to happen to the main characters but you never find out why and it took a lot of nonsense and time to get to it. One character tried to make a stilted explanation of what's going on at one point but it didn't help make sense of anything and sounded kind of dumb. I don't think the actor was very convinced either to be honest! There was a bit of suspense early on but that soon dissipated as the events from then on just became repetitive and boring. I don't think the director knows how to make a horror movie or thriller unfortunately. Don't waste your time on this. You'll just get half way through and - if you're still awake - you'll spend the rest of the film saying "what in the blue blazes is going on?" (only in stronger language) and wondering why you should care anyway and getting more and more bored. Then you'll be relieved coz you'll think "Praise the Gods!! The movie has finished at last" even tho it still doesn't make a lick of sense. But wait....it's not the end! It just keeps going. So you think "Oh OK. So maybe if I stick with it there'll be something like a point to this movie" but then you will be sad because there isn't. Then after two or three more excruciatingly slow, dragged out senseless endings, when you finally reach the last one - assuming you're still watching (you poor thing) - you will want to slash your wrists because it makes no sense of anything and delivers no thrill or interest whatsoever.Pointless drivel.