The movie had a potential and a pretty good idea to follow.
We have a cursed item, that brings up a tormented soul, that wants to play childhood games. The item - knife - is picked up by a young boy and against his brother's advice, he brings it home. Once he reads a curse written on the blade, he starts seeing horrors from the past. Horrors of Salem city. It starts to affect him, make him descend into madness.
Pretty decent begining for a horror movie, right? I thought so too. Unfortunately what had the possibility to be a great, tension building and maybe s bit brutal / gory movie, became a cheap jumpscare mediocracy. I was watching this movie in a theater, and it was just... Too loud! Screeching noises made me wanna get out of the room. They are really annoying and it's pretty much the only thing that could make me flinch. And not because it was scary, just unpleasant.
Suprisingly, the movie ended pretty quickly for me. I thought there will be more and i felt a bit of dissapointment.
Now for the bright side... Acting, especially by Asa Butterfield is pretty decent. Cinematography is fine, i'd say. Music is almost non existent, not important.
Summarizing... I was expecting more. Especially that i like Russo brothers, Asa and Natalia. Even tho Russo brothers were producers, and not directors, i thought that if they believed in a movie, it would be at least decent. Unfortunately, i learned again, that big / liked by me names is not everything, that's needed to make a good movie.
It's just the title to watch once and soon forget.
We have a cursed item, that brings up a tormented soul, that wants to play childhood games. The item - knife - is picked up by a young boy and against his brother's advice, he brings it home. Once he reads a curse written on the blade, he starts seeing horrors from the past. Horrors of Salem city. It starts to affect him, make him descend into madness.
Pretty decent begining for a horror movie, right? I thought so too. Unfortunately what had the possibility to be a great, tension building and maybe s bit brutal / gory movie, became a cheap jumpscare mediocracy. I was watching this movie in a theater, and it was just... Too loud! Screeching noises made me wanna get out of the room. They are really annoying and it's pretty much the only thing that could make me flinch. And not because it was scary, just unpleasant.
Suprisingly, the movie ended pretty quickly for me. I thought there will be more and i felt a bit of dissapointment.
Now for the bright side... Acting, especially by Asa Butterfield is pretty decent. Cinematography is fine, i'd say. Music is almost non existent, not important.
Summarizing... I was expecting more. Especially that i like Russo brothers, Asa and Natalia. Even tho Russo brothers were producers, and not directors, i thought that if they believed in a movie, it would be at least decent. Unfortunately, i learned again, that big / liked by me names is not everything, that's needed to make a good movie.
It's just the title to watch once and soon forget.