Honeymoon (2014)
7/10
Refreshing take on the genre
12 September 2014
"A newlywed couple finds their lake-country honeymoon descend into chaos after Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of their first night."

That's really all you need to know. Reading too much about this movie will give too much. Trailer actually gives away too much.

Excellent storytelling makes this "same old" story refreshing. Movie will keep playing with audiences, making them guess which horror subgenre will it go as the movie closes in? Is it good old "there's evil in the woods!" story? Is it a vampire movie? Is it something entirely else?

Good atmosphere, good use of sets and locations. Good acting by Rose Leslie and Harry Treadaway make somewhat B script seem much more larger and better then it actually is.

It's moves slow at time which only adds to atmosphere and character build. Speaking of characters it's refreshing to see likable characters that you don't want to die immediately after they are introduced into the movie. It only adds up to horror when terror finally starts. Screenplay itself gives you just enough to know what's going on (mostly at the end), but thankfully nothing was overexplained and too detailed. It's refreshing actually, and something new for younger audiences. They'll actually have to use bit of their imagination at last!

Two especially nasty scene. No jump scares (thank God!), but uneasy mood along with good score makes this movie rather creepy.

Must be my lucky dice, I've seen two movies in two days that are less on special effects and atmosphere\storytelling heavy.
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