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The Secret Village
Greg,an unsuccessful screenwriter and Rachel,a beautiful journalist research an outbreak of mass hysteria in a small village. They start to uncover a secret about ergot poisoning that has affected this village for years. But the cult activity has been kept a secret by the locals and when Greg disappears, Rachel is left alone to unravel the mystery and save their lives.
Release : | 2013 |
Rating : | 2.5 |
Studio : | Midnight Friends, |
Crew : | Production Design, Production Design, |
Cast : | Jonathan Bennett Ali Faulkner Stelio Savante Richard Riehle Tobi Gadison |
Genre : | Thriller Mystery |
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How sad is this?
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
At some point in the future, scientists will be able to prove that watching terrible movies is harmful to your intelligence and overall psyche. The day they do that, this movie is going to be named in my lawsuit.The wife and I love a good horror movie. But we also enjoy putting on a bad horror movie and making fun of it. Some movies, such as this one, are so bad that you can't even extract comedy from them.For instance, it's been scientifically proved that Demons at the Door is the worst movie ever made (and will also be named in my lawsuit). However, it's so absurd that you can laugh at it.I don't even need spoilers to illustrate how bad this movie is. The quality is just so bad that a lot of the time your face will be scrunched up in a "what the hell was the point of that?" expression. The cuts are awful. In one scene, the blast of typical horror movie "shock" music cuts flat off. I almost guarantee they noticed something wrong with the scene in the editing room and instead of re-shooting, they just said, "cut it there."There are long, pointless pauses in the dialog. The expressions don't match the actual mood. The scenes skip all over the place.Worst... the music. Most modern horror movies use the typical method of focusing on the main character in the scene, then something flits by in the background while they play a short, intense burst of "shock" music meant to startle you. In most cases, without the sound, the scene wouldn't make you jump and wouldn't even be ominous. Well, apparently the person who produced this movie was so startled by the flit/shock- music thing during some movie that he decided to use it every few minutes. I'm not exaggerating. If they change scenes, there is a burst of shock music. If they zoom in on someone's face, it is accompanied by shock music. If the main character reaches for a Kleenex, it definitely calls for shock music. I was baffled when I reached for my coffee and no music played.Acting wasn't terrible. Plot has been done a thousand times. Main actress is cute. But they should never have let the monkeys into the editing room... the choppy, ham-fisted style ruined even the possibility of a corny B movie and the subsequent laughs.You've been warned.CWB
I consider myself to be a big movie buff. Regardless of what genre and what grade of movie, I will watch it. I watched this movie under the assumption that it would be good. Anything that is remotely a thriller/suspense movie should be good, right? Nope.Nope.Nope.I lost interest 5 minutes into the movie, barely managed to sit through the 85 minutes to follow but wanted to see what the 'fuss' was all about regarding the ending, and was severely disappointed. The score is quite bad. It reminds me of a pisstake on 80's horror films. The actors had NO probable cause for being on the screen, much less uttering a few lines, moving here and there and I kind of felt sorry for them. The editing is typical of a low budget film, but I've seen low budget films that are 10 times better than this mess. I have read a fair few 'positive' reviews and they all say the same thing 'Non-linear'. This was all over the place. There is no substance, no climax, and nothing is ever clear enough for the viewer to actually understand what is going on. Another thing that annoyed me was those two guys that were chasing the lead character throughout a majority of the movie. As soon as she would 'escape' their clutches, instead of jumping back in the car as she is driving off to pursue her, they keep walking forwards then stop and stand there, as if watching her drive off would somehow give her a change of mind and she may come back. Seriously? Where is the suspense? Def would NOT recommend this movie. I'm sure the actors have to have at least one bad movie in their career and this is one of them.
I got my pre-ordered copy from Amazon. I will say Swamy It's a damn good different way to tell a mystery story. Some people may not get the context of the movie in the half way, they need to wait till the end. Very strong screenplay written by Swamy and Jason. The background music is suitable for the mystery scenes. The animation to create few mild spooky horror effects are perfect, without making it too ugly. I loved it, liked it. And pretty sure lot of people will like it.Last but not the list, I appreciated viewers when they loved Paranorma Activity, And this movie the Secret village has much more to tell to the viewers.Good Job Swamy Kandan and Jason. This is the beginning. I hope more will come from you in the near future.
This film lost me 90 minute of my life I can't get back, so I feel the feel the need to warn others. The secret village is one of the worst films I have seen and unfortunately i have seen a lot, but this is one of the films that has prompted me to join IMDb and write a review. 1.The acting is awful the male and female lead in particular were bad 2.The editing was all over the place, couldn't follow the story due to that fact 3. Horrible annoying soundtrack that tries desperately to add suspense too this poor excuse of a film. 4. Cheap make up and costume obliviously bought from fancy dress shop. The director who adds his name to the cover and title of this film and as if he Is so proud should have hidden it at the back in very small lettering, especially if ever wants to direct again. He obviously fancies himself as a M Night type director due too the weak twist at the end but this he is not, $2 million was spent on this and when watching the credits at the end I saw that executive producer was someone with the same surname so obviously a rich relative indulged the writer director with the money to make this mess if a film. Note too that relative please don't indulge him any more spend your money on something more worthwhile. Don't watch this movie and destroy any copies you may see to stop other experiencing what I did.