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Sacrilege (2017)
Just Bad
**No spoilers**
Per the movie's description, it's about a girl who buys a dybbuk box thinking its a jewelry box. The movie cover has absolutely nothing to do with the movie. There are no nuns or sacrilegious ceremonies depicted in the movie. The first few minutes and a brief verbal description midway are your only backstory to the box. I get nauseated from the faintest sight of fake gore and I can assure you, you'll see nothing nauseating in this movie. The ending is a drop off, where you really don't know wtf happened or will happen. The movie does not leave you with any what-if's except, 'What could I have accomplished by not watching this movie?" The series "A Haunting" did this with commercials back in 2013 and it only took them an hour. I prefer "A Haunting"s version much better too.
I Am a Ghost (2012)
Could've been so much better
If you're intending to watch this movie, just go ahead and fast forward through the first 30 of the 76 minutes. I guess the repetition is supposed to build suspense, but it just annoyed me.
The character, Emily is very likable. She's perfect for the role in every way except that her nationality doesn't fit the setting and is very different than the photographs of her family. There wasn't enough backstory for me to really build a connection with Emily before the end of the movie.
I expected more interaction with the living and more suspense, but all I got was a good 10- 15 minutes of cheaply implied fear and a open ending. FYI "The Ring" came out in 2002 and this movie was made in 2012.
Being a psychology major, I really wanted to like this movie. I do love the concept, but so much more could've been done to make this a good movie, even with no budget.