Aura (2018) User Reviews

Did they not research the title?

[Otkon · 3/10 · 8 February 2020]

Because maybe she was possessed or sued by the spirit of Anastasia Beaverhausen.

Don't bother watching this unoriginal hot mess of a movie.

Waste of time ...

[ZeroCoolRO · 2/10 · 9 April 2019]

The movie starts bad from the first scene. That talk with his mother via telephone is bad. Those scenes change and you hear the other one really bad, in other movie youll hear him clean no matter if the scene turns to the listener When he is with his wife, and run to the basement to grab something to show her ... in 15 seconds she is already asleep. I mean you need to be amazingly tired to fall asleep that fast. Next scene when he looks at those photos ... after that changes to morning scene, and he goes outside to the car, and he keep holding and viewing that photo. The acting is bad ... lines are the worst, When I first watched the movie had 5 / 10 score here. Nothing horror in this movie, and HUSH movie was made with 1 million USD and is 10000 better than this garbage. Probably actors played on this movie for food ... it was very bad.

Acting and script awful

[trbarnes-37166 · 2/10 · 18 April 2020]

Good(ish) premise.. Effects are ok and musical score was on the nose, however the acting and script are just terrible.. most lineS feel unnatural and forced and every scene and behaviours of the characters are not plausible in the slightest. The protagonists disregard for his wife's safety and his willingness to pull someone out of a psychiatric hospital... his whole performance is bad and not believable. Supporting actors are awful as well, mother and wife, just shocking. Build up is poor and before you know it it's just another exorcism movie.. just a bad one. Don't waste your time. Actress who played Karen was good and only thing that kept me engaged

Wow, Terrible, and this was made in 2018??

[deetrueman · 1/10 · 16 August 2018]

Really poor acting, the wife is sooo bad, the husband is a wetfish, the mother reminds me of a mother from one of those old films where she controls her kids with religion and shouting at nothing, just crazy, and the other 2 main characters, well one played out to be what she is advertised as but at some old silly fair/circus in a little caravan who managed to pull something off that a so called expert failed to do years ago with her and help from other experts. Yet she manages to get something to work with just herself and the wetfish, and the only one who played an ok part was the sister, and thats because she doesn't really say or do anything, her makeup is quite good too, but as soon as it gets near the end and she has to do a little acting, its just as bad as the rest. You don't have to worry about spoilers, you know exactly what is going to happen and it does so there you don't need to watch it now lol. I wouldn't bother.

Aura or Karen Walker no not the good one

[gurumaggie · 1/10 · 6 September 2021]

The wife looks like a team America puppet but with less acting skills, the husband is a sock puppet, the script must have been written on a fag packet during some sort of crisis. Another crap horror from Netflix.

Disappointing

[mrshannahhaines · 1/10 · 18 August 2018]

Could have been a pretty cool film but the acting left a lot to be desired. The acting and crappy "american" accents were too distracting. Why have an English main character and an American main actor then have other English cast and make them do American accents when they clearly can't . It didn't even make sense where this was supposed to be filmed. American people, American car but an English house. The plot could have made a great film. All in all very disappointing.

Meh

[jackasper · 5/10 · 19 September 2018]

Low budget, easily predictable film. Nothing special. You pretty much know from the beginning how it's going to end, and it does. Worth watching once, but not twice.

Even a child can write a movie like this one

[bacaladito · 1/10 · 12 August 2018]

From minute one you know exactly what is gonna happen.

My shortest ever review

[patherwill · 1/10 · 29 October 2021]

One of the worst films I've seen in 60 years. They can't act. I sincerely hope Rula Lenska retired after THIS! You see the next plotline 10 minutes befor it arrives. Everything is AMATEUR. It doesn't deserve even 1 star.

ONE thing could have made this so much better

[davejessop-1 · 4/10 · 22 August 2018]

Why, when you have a British directer and totally UK cast do you make everyone speak in very bad American accents? - the house and brief glimpses of scenery are also British - did the budget come from Americans? Did they hope for big sales in the US? The whole thing turned out to be annoying with all the shouting in fake accents and I couldn't wait for it to end - if it had been set in Britain with the actors using their normal accents then it could have been a solid 7/10 but this gets a 4 from me - we make pretty good horror over here if we are allowed to be ourselves and this is the 2nd Brit film I've seen today with awful forced American accents - the other being the very average Patient Zero so I'm probably a bit tired of it all - Rule Britannia!

Underrated

[szabopatrik-19659 · 10/10 · 25 October 2021]

A couple discover Kirlian Photography apparatus in their new house. Intrigued by the concept of photographing peoples' Auras they unwittingly release an ancient evil. Only the local psychic can help and she knows far more than she reveals.

The end tho..

[chinara_lucas · 6/10 · 21 August 2019]

At first I almost didn't want to watch this because it seemed low budget. Then I became REALLY engrossed in the story. But the ending killed it for me; WAY too predictable. Just felt like the writer got lazy and took the easy way out smh

This Movie Has A Lot of Nerve...

[Fox_Prime · 1/10 · 17 January 2020]

So... usually, if there is a trailer available to watch for a B movie, then I watch it to see where on the B movie scale it's gonna land. Because honestly, there's some really awesome B movies out there, and there's some real stinkers. This one, falls on the latter.

Before I go into that let me explain my title. While I was watching the trailer they were putting little review snippets from critics about how amazing this movie is. The first one says, and I quote, "Gives Blumhouse A Run For Their Money" Alan Bryce, Darkside. Now for those of you who aren't familiar with Blumhouse, they are currently by far the number one best horror/thriller movie makers right now. Example, they made the new Halloween movie, they also made "Get Out" and "Ma" and many, many other well known and money making horror movies as of late.

That being said, Allan Bryce must have no soul and will say whatever you want him to say in a review for the right $$$, or...the guy has not one functioning brain cell left. Next, I will never trust ANYTHING Darkside says about a movie from here on out, you shouldn't either. This movie isn't even in the same arena as Blumhouse movies, hell not even the same sport!

So if you've read this far, by now you must've figured out what I think of this movie, if the 1 star wasn't a giveaway to begin with lol. Bad acting, bad effects, bad story, bad delivery, if it's bad, it's in this movie. Skip it and go find yourself an awesome Blumhouse movie to watch.

Till next time, cheers

Aura : Bad Feeling over Horror Movie

[adamafrixal · 2/10 · 28 August 2018]

The world of supernatural is always an interesting concept to be brought in form of movies. Movies like exorcism, the ring, ju-on, and paranormal activity is a proof of how successful a horror film about ghost can be. In other hands, there are films like Aura (2018) which have shown me that horror can be boring. I cannot concentrate throughout the screening of the film and halfway there I wanted to watch something else because it is not so engaging. The film tells the stories of a family and a photography apparatus in their house. The stories starts when they capture photos of people in the house, there is a specific aura that will be included in the result. Somehow, the aura actually points out that there is a greater evil. The main stories actually simple, if you want spoilers then go ahead. The brother, his wife, his mother, tried to exorcise a presence from the house that is actually disturbing the sister. They do that by enlisting the help of a séance. *By the end of the film, the séance died but managed to free the sister only to have the presence moved to the wife.* The story actually have a good concept to utilize photography in capturing paranormal presence, but I see games like "fatal frame" can did it a lot better and have more mysteries to be invested. Moreover, what I think is lacking from this film is the characters and act. I really cannot sympathize with the family at all and how they act throughout the film. One of the most disappointing character is the paranormal expert and the demon. First of all, I wanted to say, that a good paranormal expert can carry the movies through their success. Insidous movies even got so invested on their own that they decided to make a special film about the paranormal expert. But in this film, I almost wanted to scream that you will be scammed by that paranormal expert. She was very unconvincing somehow and not so interesting. *I even felt nothing by the time she died at the end of the film*. The demon that appear as antagonist doesn't feel very threatening and dangerous as well. It failed to bring sense of danger and suspense to the film. In the end, I do not think it is a good movie. I will not recommend other people to watch it. However, if you wanted to try it, please do so. Personally, I will watch other film if I wanted to get scared and thrill. I just hope that Aura will not be a sign of what horror movie in 2018 will look like. I already have high expectation since I watched Hereditary.

Horrifically bad acting

[scarlettimogen · 1/10 · 9 September 2021]

The acting is so bad especially the wife, that it's actually off putting.

It Hurts

[nogodnomasters · 5/10 · 22 August 2018]

Mitch (Shane Taylor) and Diane (Janine Nerissa ) move into his deceased uncle's home. His uncle was into Kirkian photography and photographed people's auras. His sister Karen (Denise Moreno ) was photographed as a child and has a very black aura and has been locked up since that time. Mitch takes it upon himself to investigate the family secrets.

The film had a plot that is familiar in any exorcism film and a very predictable ending. The execution of the film could have been better and I hate the demonic voice distorter. Give me some clever dialogue.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity. No subtitles.

Slow and dull

[kevincraigmagic · 1/10 · 1 April 2020]

The premise is quite good but the execution is poor.

None of the actors can actually act. This may be due to the script with is poorly written and even more poorly dramatised.

I found nothing redeeming in this film at all.

Convoluted Mess

[wandernn1-81-683274 · 2/10 · 20 January 2021]

I guess low budgets do have their downfall. This movie was bad. Predictable, boring. A real waste of time. 2/10

Aura all the review here

[jeffreyc-32567 · 3/10 · 2 September 2019]

Guess all the reviewers who watched this movie got it right. I gave it 3 stars low rating. Too many films on that genre as it is. Just a time filler really. Peace out from jacey.

Horrible Horror

[onesweetday · 2/10 · 15 February 2022]

Horrible acting, especially Janine Nerissa.

Predictable, poorly filmed, missing storylines, no scares, bad special effects, and much more...a waste of time.

For the small budget is a pretty good movie

[lruella · 10/10 · 6 September 2021]

First this movie deserves actually a 6/10 or 7/10, I gave it 10 just cause the general score is too low.

This said, the production is super cheap, looks like a movie school project.

However, if hollywood remade this same exact script, it would be a pretty catchy horror movie with a cool ending. Considering the low budget, I wasnt disappointed one bit after watching it. I have seen faaaaaaaar worse movies which were much better rated so give it a chance.

Worst reviews ever!

[zoragoth-1 · 7/10 · 12 March 2023]

"Worst movie ever!. Bad acting!" The majority of the reviewers need some lessons in how to review movies! Just because one doesn't care for a film doesn't require one to sh** all over it. Saying a film is bad or the acting is bad without specifics is the same as saying nothing at all.

Actually, several of the performances in this film were quite good. I thought Rula Lenska made for a compelling presence while Denise Moreno as the possessed Karen effectively created some moments (especially in the car with her brother - if you've seen it you know what I mean) that were among the creepiest I've seen in recent memory. Music and photography were quite good too.

My main complaint with the film was the ending which, though logical, was entirely predictable (and Shane, the brother, should have foreseen it himself).

All told, though, this low budget film made clever use of its resources and, if not entirely successful, had enough elements to make it well worth seeing. It had few special effects and did not need to rely on them. It's certainly not slow or boring (especially at 80 minutes!). Those sharing that opinion need to develop an attention span.

Weak performance and rushed ending

[Kimsy1724 · 4/10 · 17 February 2022]

I had never heard of this film or seen it advertised prior to stumbling across it on Netflix. The reviews on here were quite low but horror films do have a reputation of getting low reviews because everybody likes something different so I did give it a go.

Exorcism films in general are a majorly overdone genre now. They always just seem unbelievable; not in terms of the exorcism itself but just people with no experience ploughing in and taking on some superbly powerful Demon and miraculously being able to banish it. The original exorcist film itself was something completely different and made it such a scary genre but now it's just over done and it seems like there's a new one every five minutes.

The story follows Mitch and Diane who move in to his uncles old, musty house because it's a cheaper option than paying rent for a flat in the city. Diane is three months pregnant after previously experiencing a miscarriage and Mitch is very concerned about her taking it easy. He disappears down to the basement and stumbles across an old Kirlian camera that's used to photograph peoples auras and photos including a folder ominously named "kids". However he is interrupted by his wife's stupidity at proceeding to carrying a ridiculously large box of glasses to prove a point which results in her falling although she doesn't lose the baby.

Later that evening Mitch received a phone call from his religious mother who begins reading him the riot act about moving into his old uncles house. She tells him that the house is evil and nothing good will come of staying there and it seems that the uncle is a disgraced member of the family but she won't divulge what exactly makes him such a criminal. She then proceeds to berate him for not visiting his mentally ill sister although she has made no attempt to do so herself. Mitch then look through the photos and comes across a photo of his sister when she was younger with a rather spectacular aura around her and of course he wants to know more.

Visiting his mother, she is very reluctant to talk about the uncle but after persistence by Mitch, tells a story of how they found his younger sister Karen being photographed by the uncle and tied up. Karen tells them how much it hurt and how she wanted it out of her and it strongly alluded along with the file of photographs labelled "kids" that the uncle had been up to no good with abusing children. Mitch ends up finding the author of the book he has on Kirlian photography and presses her for more information. She alludes to the fact that the photo shows that his sister most likely is possessed by something and she needs to be able to take a photo of Karen now to see whether she is still possessed by an entity or whether after 30 years, it has left her and moved on.

Mitch decides to release his sister from the psychiatric ward where she is detained and take her home. She begins displaying sinister behaviour and both Mitch and Diane separately have hallucinations caused by the entity within side Karen so Ada after giving Mitch more information about the entity inside of Karen, advises that they need to perform an exorcism.

From there on the exorcism probably takes up about 25 minutes of the film and with only 7 minutes left there is no clear answer and no clear way out. The Demon has been brought to the forefront but very much maintains a strong hold on Karen and they aren't making any progress and then all of a sudden.... Karen is miraculously saved. Of course nothing is ever as simple as that and you realise the Demon has not travelled as far away as you would think.

I will be honest, this film was average at best. I've watched quite a few exorcism films and this one is by far the worst because there was no storyline. You had no background information on the characters so you couldn't relate to them or understand what they were going through; it felt like you were chucked into the film halfway through. The acting was wooden and in particular the mother was the worst; she really didn't have a conviction that you would expect from a religious mother who was pushy and controlling... It felt quite a lot like she was phoning it in. Diane didn't really have much of a part during the film and was bobbing around in the background and considering they were dealing with such a dangerous Demon, there was no sense of panic or sense of fear. Why would you sit and discuss your innermost secrets and your history in front of someone who is possessed? Most exorcism films would imply you play your cards very close to your chest because the Demon will use your fears and your woes against you so why you would sit in the corner and talk while it's actively listening is beyond me.

This just feels like a really cheap horror movie and it's not something I would ever consider watching again.

Nearly speechless

[rmkdec · 4/10 · 4 April 2022]

I was fascinated with this because I was thinking to myself at times it was reall y ok and then at other times I was wondering why did they get some things so hysterically wrong.

The really bad American accents of a British cast who are all in suburban England and even speak about dollars. Whose insane idea was that.

I just had to watch it because it had some weird hold over me making it mildly enjoyable. Bless Rula Lenska haha.

Worst Movie I Have Ever Seen

[davidduartemodesto · 1/10 · 21 October 2021]

I registered on purpose just to be able to write that I have never seen ANYTHING worse than this.

If anything, the directors, writers and actors have to be possessed themselves because nobody can create something this bad when mentally sane.

Worst acting I have ever seen. And the script? Wow. I can't even choose what is worse because everything literally sucks.