Seance

IN A NUTSHELL: “It was a dark and stormy night.” Those are the famous words from novels and this film. This story takes place in 1892 in California. A Victorian woman contemplates adultery when she takes refuge from a storm at the home of her first husband and his unstable wife, who claims to be haunted by their dead child. The film was both written and directed by Vivian Kerr, who also stars in it! Already, the film has won the “ReFrame Stamp” for 2024, which is an award for film and TV productions that demonstrate gender-balanced hiring. THINGS I LIKED: The cast is very good and includes Scottie Thompson, Connor Paolo, Jilon VanOver, and Vivian Kerr. They all gave solid performances. The creepy atmosphere is very well done. The set designs and costumes take you back in time effectively. Those who like mysteries will get a kick out of figuring it out. The story does a good job keeping you guessing what exactly is going on. Act 3 offers a twist. The last scene is really sweet, but also creepy! THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE: People looking for a lot of horror will be disappointed. It feels like a stage play. The actual séance doesn’t last very long. TIPS FOR PARENTS: Kids will be bored. Violence with blood Creepy dolls Talk and portrayal of the death of a little girl Talk of life after death To see my full review, go to my Movie Review Mom YouTube channel!

Overall, it has a great setup with many mysteries introduced that carry the entire film. It's a basic yet effective horror and thriller combined, and the finale was rewarding and generally unpredictable. The film is dark in tone, which is fitting, and the locations are also great to see. The lead character and selected side characters were certainly the film's biggest drawback and were either bland, dull or childish. Still, there's plenty of fun to be had here, and it's a wonderful achievement from the director and writer Simon Barrett.

It's not a super convincing story. But Seance seemed to me, reaching it's goal as a worthy contender in both Slasher and Whodunit genres.

Oh boy, where to start. The movie keeps trying to make the "supernatural" angle seem important while everything in the film clearly points to a typical slasher film. Then theirs the characters who in no way believe in the supernatural until suddenly a scribble on a paper has them ready to call the cops, like that's actual evidence. This film is trying so very hard to be cerebral and you can almost hear the director chanting "must….subvert….expectations" while he goes from one nonsensical scene to the next in a desperate attempt to make the movie make sense. The final "reveal" comes, then the movie fails to end and shambles on trying to beat you over the head with the reveal as if asking "do you get it?" Over and over. Hard skip

Más caca no pudo vee cido esto perdida de tiempo . 💩💩💩

"And then they start to show the picture, and step by step, step by step, I became happy, because the picture was awful! It's a failure! It's a human reaction, no? It's not beautiful but I have that reaction." - Alejandro Jodorowsky, explaining his thoughts on David Lynch's Dune. That quote by the great Alejandro Jodorowsky is exactly how I felt about "Seance", holy hell was it awful. I'll admit I was entertained but in the "how much worse will it get" sort of intrigue, one of the major "twists" I saw coming like a giant asteroid far in the sky and it lacks PERSONALITY as a film, no soul or artistic merit to it whatsoever. No wonder Simon Barrett's frequent collaborator Adam Wingard is off doing much bigger and better things like Godzilla vs. Kong, because clearly without Wingard, Barrett's creative direction sinks worse than the Titanic on it's worst day. No memorable shots or cinematography, terrible script that loves to TELL and not SHOW, and which makes the actors/actresses forcefully give lifeless performances plus a seemingly non-existent soundtrack. What offends me most of this picture, is that it's filmed where I live, further giving my city a worse reputation than it already has.

Meh, it passed the time. This movie didn't bring anything new to the horror genre. It wasn't bad. I wouldn't watch again. It's something you can put on while you do something else.

Wow, that was bad. Extremely convoluted and boring.

This movie is stupid. Boring. And the lead gives such a monotone performance. If you’re looking for movies to watch ahead of Halloween — skip this one!!

When a fake Seance leads to a college girl's death - all hell brakes loose in this girl's boarding school. It's a banal plot that quickly detours towards slasher fodder at the end.