Although this movie could have been great, the director and acting skills are just not there, To me it was just a sloppy job from each angle, both in the execution and the director ability to focus. From the start the acting is quite flat the main character named Chrissy is very slow and miserable, not to mention the bits and pieces missing as the story move along. At one point i asked myself have these folks seen a horror/thriller before? For the exception of a couple of people, they all looked amateurs taken from a kindergarten play, even this last has more life in it, than this, everyone is slow and aloof to what is happening around them, like it does not affect them. I felt like all the staff/ crew and even the director, were that catatonic not to notice how flat and apathetic.this movie was. A huge disappointment to see a good story suffer for lack of commitment, i love movies and i get angry when i see good material gone to waste. What was the point to even duing it? The only part I enjoy was about the little kid, but even there something was missing, I had to get to the end to find out about him, when he could have been introduced progressively; i just didn't know about these people and their story to make sense about them, why the girl Chrissy was involved, they did not even made it like she was concerned or intrigued by this little boy and a background story was merely revealed,she just went along with this vision and then a lousy explanation about her being a dreamer, like he father..The worst part was who the killer was and why he did it > to get a girl? Pleaase!!!Anyway by the end of the movie I just still don't get why anyone would be more upset with Kyle and break a friendship for an accident of hockey a year before, than over a little boy "murder" 5/6 years earlier committed by the same guy who was making Kyle to be this bad guy with no redemption, absolutely exaggerated IMHO. Overall i just cannot give more than 3 stars, because this movie does not deserve it for a long a shot! What a pity!
6 Reviews
It is aberrantly bad
siderite18 June 2015
I think I haven't rated a movie so low in years. It is badly written, badly acted, badly edited, has bad sound, even the song at the end is horrible and played out of tune, no direction that I could discern, yet it is not in any way so terrible that it would be funny. It doesn't even have scantly dressed teens in it.
Indeed, this is the biggest movie sin that one can think of: it is completely boring! It brings nothing to the table. After seeing this you can be certain you will regret wasting the time you spent fast forwarding to look for any scene that has any emotional or intellectual impact on you (and found none). This movie is the blandest film I have ever seen in my life.
Bottom line: Avoid it like the Aberration it is.
Indeed, this is the biggest movie sin that one can think of: it is completely boring! It brings nothing to the table. After seeing this you can be certain you will regret wasting the time you spent fast forwarding to look for any scene that has any emotional or intellectual impact on you (and found none). This movie is the blandest film I have ever seen in my life.
Bottom line: Avoid it like the Aberration it is.
The only people who will be frightened by "Aberration" are those that don't watch horror movies or supernatural thrillers on a regular basis
ersinkdotcom23 October 2013
Warning: Spoilers
RLJ and Image Entertainment are known for giving independent filmmakers an avenue to get their movies out to the masses. They continue this trend with the supernatural thriller "Aberration." While not as bad as it could be, it comes across as a TV-movie-of-the-week designed for Lifetime to show during the Halloween season.
Christy Dawson sees dead people. Lately, she's been catching glimpses of the ghost of a boy. He's warning her where certain students in her high school are going to turn up murdered. It becomes obvious that someone close to Christy is taking out her childhood friends. Can she figure out what the specter of the boy is warning her about before she meets her own end?
"Aberration" looks good visually. It's just that nothing out of the ordinary happens in it as far as the story or scare tactics are concerned. Audiences are beyond the thrills provided to them here. "The Conjuring," "The Grudge," and other films like them have ruined the child ghost sub-genre as we know it. Filmmakers have a tough road ahead of them from here on out when it comes to these types movies.
Although the movie isn't rated, I would give it at least a PG-13. There's no nudity, but some sexual content is seen and insinuated. There's bad language, violence, and mild gore as well.
The only people who will be frightened by "Aberration" are those that don't watch horror movies or supernatural thrillers on a regular basis. If they occasionally take in one while sitting around on a Sunday evening watching Lifetime, this will provide them with ample moments to jump out of their seats in terror. Hardcore horror fans need to scroll past this one when adding items to their IMDb Watchlist.
Christy Dawson sees dead people. Lately, she's been catching glimpses of the ghost of a boy. He's warning her where certain students in her high school are going to turn up murdered. It becomes obvious that someone close to Christy is taking out her childhood friends. Can she figure out what the specter of the boy is warning her about before she meets her own end?
"Aberration" looks good visually. It's just that nothing out of the ordinary happens in it as far as the story or scare tactics are concerned. Audiences are beyond the thrills provided to them here. "The Conjuring," "The Grudge," and other films like them have ruined the child ghost sub-genre as we know it. Filmmakers have a tough road ahead of them from here on out when it comes to these types movies.
Although the movie isn't rated, I would give it at least a PG-13. There's no nudity, but some sexual content is seen and insinuated. There's bad language, violence, and mild gore as well.
The only people who will be frightened by "Aberration" are those that don't watch horror movies or supernatural thrillers on a regular basis. If they occasionally take in one while sitting around on a Sunday evening watching Lifetime, this will provide them with ample moments to jump out of their seats in terror. Hardcore horror fans need to scroll past this one when adding items to their IMDb Watchlist.
why it took so long to be released.?
waqarr4017 September 2013
The supernatural thriller is getting a lot of play lately in films and television; they seem to be coming out of the woodwork.Aberration is one of these films that play on supernatural elements.
I'm not sure what happened with this film, from what it looks like, it was made way back in 2006 under the alternate title AfterThought and is just now being released to DVD. It must have been sitting on a shelf for the past seven years and is now finally seeing the light of day with a new name. I'm not familiar with whatever struggles this film has gone through to get released but I'm sure the makers are glad to finally get it out there. Whether the film is good or not, isn't relevant. I too am glad that after such a long period of time, the public will get to see this film. Every film, especially the independent ones go through so much to get their films made and it would be a tragic event for it not to be released at all, in that aspect, the filmmakers get my respect and admiration. With Aberration, I have a suspicion as to why it took so long to be released.
In the film, we're introduced to mousy high school student Christy, played by Gwendolyn Garver (The Brazen Bull). On the outside, Christy is a shy, normal teenager with all the ordinary high school struggles, but in reality, she's hiding a terrifying secret passed down from her father. She's a dreamer: she can see visions of the dead in her dreams and is a connection between our world and the world of the dead. Christy is being visited by a ghostly boy and she doesn't know why, then her friends begin to be killed. She has disturbing visions of the future that she cannot explain and her world begins to break down. Her friends begin dying around her and her only hope of survival is to uncover the truth behind this mystery before it's too late for the entire town.
I find this film to be poorly titled. I'm assuming the aberration of the title is referring to Christy and her supernatural ability to communicate with the dead and see into their world. The title is a little misleading to make viewers believe the film is more of a horror film than it really is. Sure Aberration has some horror elements to it, but it turns out to be more of a mystery thriller than anything else.
I found the majority of the film to be dull and somewhat boring as a horror film. The supernatural elements should've factored more into the film than they did and the twist ending is decent enough to keep some people guessing until the end. Now as a mystery thriller, it's not a terrible film and most of that genre's audience might find it enjoyable.
The film is solidly written by leading actress Gwendolyn Garver, it just falls flat as a horror feature. Garver also does a fine job in her role as Christy; she is the most believable of the bunch. The rest of the cast does an average job with their roles, aside from some overacting; they try to do their best with the material given to them. Besides Garver, the other standout in the film for me was Mindy played by Bobbi Jean Basche (Shooting April); I would like to see her given a chance in more roles. One complaint I have is that most of the cast are playing high school students and they all look to be in their mid-twenties or older, it just doesn't jive with me.
As I said earlier, as a horror film, Aberration falls flat. There are some murders but they're pretty bloodless and tame. The supernatural elements of the film needed to be explored more and implemented further into the film. I'm a little angry by the DVD cover with a ghostly boy that led me to believe this was going to be a horror film, but in reality it is not. I don't recommend Aberration to the horror crowd, but mainstream watchers may find it fun.5/10
I'm not sure what happened with this film, from what it looks like, it was made way back in 2006 under the alternate title AfterThought and is just now being released to DVD. It must have been sitting on a shelf for the past seven years and is now finally seeing the light of day with a new name. I'm not familiar with whatever struggles this film has gone through to get released but I'm sure the makers are glad to finally get it out there. Whether the film is good or not, isn't relevant. I too am glad that after such a long period of time, the public will get to see this film. Every film, especially the independent ones go through so much to get their films made and it would be a tragic event for it not to be released at all, in that aspect, the filmmakers get my respect and admiration. With Aberration, I have a suspicion as to why it took so long to be released.
In the film, we're introduced to mousy high school student Christy, played by Gwendolyn Garver (The Brazen Bull). On the outside, Christy is a shy, normal teenager with all the ordinary high school struggles, but in reality, she's hiding a terrifying secret passed down from her father. She's a dreamer: she can see visions of the dead in her dreams and is a connection between our world and the world of the dead. Christy is being visited by a ghostly boy and she doesn't know why, then her friends begin to be killed. She has disturbing visions of the future that she cannot explain and her world begins to break down. Her friends begin dying around her and her only hope of survival is to uncover the truth behind this mystery before it's too late for the entire town.
I find this film to be poorly titled. I'm assuming the aberration of the title is referring to Christy and her supernatural ability to communicate with the dead and see into their world. The title is a little misleading to make viewers believe the film is more of a horror film than it really is. Sure Aberration has some horror elements to it, but it turns out to be more of a mystery thriller than anything else.
I found the majority of the film to be dull and somewhat boring as a horror film. The supernatural elements should've factored more into the film than they did and the twist ending is decent enough to keep some people guessing until the end. Now as a mystery thriller, it's not a terrible film and most of that genre's audience might find it enjoyable.
The film is solidly written by leading actress Gwendolyn Garver, it just falls flat as a horror feature. Garver also does a fine job in her role as Christy; she is the most believable of the bunch. The rest of the cast does an average job with their roles, aside from some overacting; they try to do their best with the material given to them. Besides Garver, the other standout in the film for me was Mindy played by Bobbi Jean Basche (Shooting April); I would like to see her given a chance in more roles. One complaint I have is that most of the cast are playing high school students and they all look to be in their mid-twenties or older, it just doesn't jive with me.
As I said earlier, as a horror film, Aberration falls flat. There are some murders but they're pretty bloodless and tame. The supernatural elements of the film needed to be explored more and implemented further into the film. I'm a little angry by the DVD cover with a ghostly boy that led me to believe this was going to be a horror film, but in reality it is not. I don't recommend Aberration to the horror crowd, but mainstream watchers may find it fun.5/10
Crap movie with D actors
LoboKhan20 November 2013
These actors are horrible.
Why do directors/casting use obvious 25-30year old, and try to make us believe they are in high school?
They would have been better off using 17 year old.
they would probably have had better acting skills than these "adult" actors.
The script is all over the place.
Who came up with the stiff dialog?
I couldn't get through this movie, and it takes a lot to make me stop watching a film.
At least I didn't pay to see it.
Why do directors/casting use obvious 25-30year old, and try to make us believe they are in high school?
They would have been better off using 17 year old.
they would probably have had better acting skills than these "adult" actors.
The script is all over the place.
Who came up with the stiff dialog?
I couldn't get through this movie, and it takes a lot to make me stop watching a film.
At least I didn't pay to see it.
Original Horror Film Offers Fresh Visions of the Ghostly
jlthornb516 June 2015
Powerful horror film imaginatively penned by screenwriter Wendy Douglas- Argent offers a fresh twist to oft told classic ghost stories. Director Elford Douglas-Argent uses his camera expertly as he creates an atmosphere of fear and dread so intense it's almost unendurable. The scares and thrills come fast and furiously and unrelentingly. While this film provides its share of blood and gore, it is the intelligent and insightful story that makes this far superior to most genre movies. The acting is first-rate and the cast give some truly superb performances. The characters are true to life and extremely well developed so we actually come to care about their fate. It is indeed a credit to the script and director that the story stays on target and never loses its plausibility. Disturbing, thrilling, and downright terrifying at times, Aberration will keep audiences on the edge of their seats as they feverishly bite their nails.
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