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5/10
Variation of common horror theme holds it's own. Better than most.
PutneyTrope10 May 2022
This film will feel very familiar due to an overused theme (grief). If you can somehow get around that...you may enjoy this. Beautifully filmed (CGI cemetery was weird though) and the acting was solid all around. Atmospheric, but not particularly frightening. Not a fast moving film, but no noticeable filler. I can't think of a reason not to recommend this. Might pair nicely with Wake Wood (2009) for a double feature and exercise in contrast and comparison.
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4/10
Seen it All Before
tonyandsilvia19947 May 2022
My wife and I watched this in Shudder as she's a big Discovery of Witches fan and Teresa Palmer was in this. Unfortunately this was a mash up of several other films, with The Omen, Midsommar and Rosemary's Baby springing to mind, but without being anywhere near as good.

Palmer does a lot of the heavy lifting, and does reasonably well with quite thin material. The reveal was unsatisfactory, with a character basically reading the exposition.

On the whole, added nothing new to the genre.
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6/10
Meh
markvanwasbeek1 May 2022
First of all, the athmosphere is nice. Teresa Palmer was pretty good as a grieving mother. But the story builds up to a massive let down. They could've skipped the whole Helen crazy woman story, that just feels like a filler afterwards. The kid is annoying, but they usually are in these kind of movies. 5,5/10.
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4/10
Not good. Not good, at all.
manuelasaez8 May 2022
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Watching this "new" film, I kept getting that nagging feeling that I've already seen it. You know the feeling; you find a movie and you tell yourself, "This looks interesting! I'll give it a shot!" only to find yourself getting 10-20 minutes in and realizing, yes, I've seen this already, but it was so bad that your mind completely forgot it did?

Well, I haven't seen this film before, but everything about it was so damn familiar, like a Frankenstein's monster mix of so many other (much better) films. It starts out with the death of a child, then turns into A rosemary's baby of sorts, then it veers off into psychological horror territory and the whole time I'm thinking, "Who was this movie made for". It wasn't scary, it wasn't eerie, it was actually ultimately quite sad. In the end, the movie does a complete 180 degree that gets to an ending that could be seen from a mile away, but the lead up was so disjointed and flawed that you start to wonder if it was a mishmash of more than one script to try and salvage a decent enough film from their mutilated corpse? It's just so baffling to me that a movie that was obviously inspired by so many good films could still fail this badly. It's shocking really.

Ultimately, this movie is about a man who would sacrifice his own life to help the woman he loved. It's not about children or their mother. It's about a man who suffered in silence while his whole family was taken from him. He put on a brave face, like so many men like him do, and entered the battlefield of mental illness. He wasn't prepared, though. Like so many before him, he had to sacrifice his life in order for the people he loved to face reality (and in the case of this movie, it's still not enough).

Overall, ask yourself;

Am I looking for a horror movie? Don't watch this.

Am I looking for a creepy cult film? Don't watch this.

Am I looking for a good ghost story? Don't watch this.

Am I looking for a depressing story about mental illness and how some men are utterly destroyed, in silence, trying to help those they love? Then, and only then, would you want to watch this miserable movie.

Everyone else, just don't even bother.
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2/10
I feel like I've watched this movie a thousand times before
athawolsux1 May 2022
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The Twin has it all: the would-be writer, his depressed and traumatized wife and their little kid moving to an old remote house after a family tragedy, the little kid acting more and more creepy, surly old villagers, the single local who seems to know something but won't talk until towards the climax and then becomes a huge exposition dump, an overarching satanic conspiracy and The Big Twist Ending That Explains Everything.

And it's not done well, too. The plot and the editing are all over the place. The big twist doesn't work at all either because it's extremely cliched. You can easily guess what it is simply from the fact that the story is about bereaved mother.

For those thinking that the supposed Finnish flavor might make the movie more palatable and interesting: it does not. For all intents and purposes, this is a bog-standard Hollywood movie; and the director and the staff being Finnish and the setting being Finland do not factor at all (except for a touch of pagan folklore that I don't think reflects well or authentically on Finland). For all intents and purposes, this movie might have been set in Maine.

One more thing: Just before this one, I saw an actual Finnish horror movie (Hatching). It was all modern, Instagram-obsessed families and pristine Volvos. Here, it's all beat-up old cars, seemingly Soviet-era and ugly villagers who are dressed like they live in 1950s. In other words, a typical Hollywood depiction of a remote European location. I think the Finns made a big mistake on this one.
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3/10
So slow paced it is hardly worth the effort...
paul_haakonsen7 May 2022
I hadn't heard about this 2022 horror movie "The Twin" from writers Aleksi Hyvärinen and Taneli Mustonen prior to sitting down to watch it. I stumbled upon the movie by random chance, and since it was a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to watch it.

The movie's synopsis was adequate, as there is something about twins in horror movies that just have some appeal as in regard of possible spooky storylines. However, the storyline told in "The Twin" was just somewhat mundane and generic. And the slow pacing of the narrative just made it a downright struggle to sit through this movie. While the movie runs at 1 hour and 49 minutes, the slow paced narrative makes it seem closer to three hours.

I found the storyline in "The Twin" to be somewhat without much of any appeal actually, and I have to admit that my interest in the movie was quickly waning as the storyline trotted on and on in an ungodly slow pace.

"The Twin" has a rather small cast ensemble, so it was up to the cast to put on extraordinary performances to carry the movie. I will say that the cast actually put on fair enough performances, but it was just a shame that they had so little to work with from the script.

For a horror movie, then director Taneli Mustonen took a swing and missed. This movie wasn't scary, especially not to a life-long horror aficionado such as myself. Sure, if you're new to the horror genre, then I will say that "The Twin" could offer something worthwhile.

If you are a horror fan, then I wouldn't recommend you waste your time, money or effort on "The Twin". There are far better and more enjoyable new horror movies out there.

My rating of "The Twin" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.
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6/10
Nothing new.
jp_9120 July 2022
"The Twin" is a movie that has a couple of great qualities: the cinematography and its setting. Fully exploited the rural locations of Finland and a house perfectly lit by the crew to make it look gloomy. The performances of the leads are decent, but the performance of Barbara Marten stands out. The big problem with the movie is its script that tries to emulate current horror movies that revolve around psychological thriller and drama embedded in an art film and fails in its entirety. In addition, there are obvious influences from classics like "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Omen" but without being able to approach their quality. "The Twin" fails as a psychological horror film and offers nothing but excellent visuals.
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5/10
Ok this reminds me of the movie MOTHER..so confusing
bethsgem-1369329 May 2022
So, here I go...Around the 32min mark I checked to see how much was left and was stunned it had an hour still to go! But I hung in there..indeed I did, went from being a story of grief to batching crazy! I Enjoyed the beginning and I liked the end..it was the middle 50 mins I almost turned off or fell asleep. I'd pass the 5 stars is for 2 female leads.
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6/10
Are you a horror fan? Then you've basically seen this.
Ok so, I don't think this was nearly as unsuccessful as a whole as a lot of the reviews are claiming... however their reasoning is accurate.

This is an amalgamation of many horror movies you have already seen, so nothing original. It was a little too long and was almost on the verge of being too slow but I personally was entertained and it kept my attention enough.

I found the mother character irritating but damn did that actress do a good job. People get those two confused a lot. The character annoyed me but that actress killed it, there's a difference lol great job. All other performances were fine.

I was confused by the poor reviews until about the third act when I felt that it went down hill. It started to feel repetitive and labored. I started to feel particularly displeased when the exposition was in the form of a spoon fed monologue/ montage. I mean, how lame right? Lol

Although this was nothing particularly original and slightly derivative I think that it was still moderately successful in its own right. While I was displeased with some major things, I was still pretty entertained for the majority. I was thinking 6 or maybe even 7 depending on the ending until the last chunk and knocked it down to a 5.5 but I'll give it a 6 for the leads performance. I would casually recommend, if you don't have something else in cue lol.
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2/10
Took the long way
Movieshepherd23 May 2022
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It was a mix up of the uninvited, rosemarys baby and a few others. Very lengthy for the explanation and when its explained it felt really forced. Not alike an aha moment just, like ok, I guess thats plausible. It would have been better if you didnt want to smack the kid the entire time. The child's character is rude, creepy, and has zero redeeming qualities. Who doesnt want to hear a 6 year old screaming at the top of his lungs, bossing his mother around? It was not worth a second watch for sure.
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8/10
Nice horror/mystery film
elsajonesb26 March 2023
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I personally enjoyed watching this, Teresa Palmers performance was great, good act and convincing, The film's eerie atmosphere is well-crafted, with dark and foreboding cinematography that creates a palpable sense of tension. The plot was also good, pretty much nothing that you havent seen before but still keeps you interested. I definetelly recomend to give this film a chance. I would like to see more of some Finnish character or something more distinguish that this is happeneing in Finland, than just speaking the language, but still it kept me interested until the end.

I would have watched it again!
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6/10
A decent attempt at Psychological Horror
SoumikBanerjee199622 May 2022
Flicking through the reviews of other people which are predominantly unfavorable by the way; I do wonder, what were they thinking? I mean, what were they expecting to see? While I understand the amount of frustration they might feel, their all-around cynical outlook, and their perspective in general; yet, I still believe, they had gone a little bit overboard with the criticisms this time.

Yes, the story is convoluted, perhaps, a little bit pretentious too; but the core notion still managed to deliver a compelling narrative (with a significant technical mastership) nonetheless. Now, I saw a lot of people complaining about the nature of the twists (or rather about how too many were there); speaking for myself though, I dug those, they kept me second-guessing up until the very end. And then came the final twist (not gonna spoil it, do not worry); caught me off-guard, I wasn't quite ready for it.
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5/10
Nothing very new
ranwulfs3 August 2022
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As God as my witness, I figured Elliot wasn't real about 5 minutes in. Notice the dad never looks at him or speaks to him, and later - at the welcome party - the kid isn't interacting and the adults don't see him. Matter of fact, he's only on screen whenever Rachel is. Shades of "Sixth Sense," which was a much better movie. The main cast was exceptional, I thought - all except the kid. I know this sounds mean, but a creepier, more unattractive little troll I don't think I've ever seen. And annoying AF.

Overall, great on atmosphere and slooow build up, but way too similar to half a dozen better movies. Maybe have it on in the background while cleaning the house. I give it five out of 10 because I'm a nice guy. It's not an entire waste of time, but I wouldn't watch it twice.
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4/10
Slow and boring
Draysan-Jennings7 May 2022
Can't sleep? Watch this movie. It will knock you right out. How anyone could actually sit through this whole film is beyond me. I got to the hour mark and turned it off. This is definitely not a film I'd recommend. 4 stars.
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2/10
Teresa Palmer
twelve-house-books15 May 2022
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Two stars for the pretty Teresa Palmer and her above average acting chops. But, there is so much here that is not explained--even at the end--except by saying that the Palmer character Rachel is severely mentally ill, and so assigns various roles to people she meets; some roles good, some evil. The director has this story all over the board, therefore nothing ultimately works and the story becomes a travesty of a Horror story.
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2/10
Very poor
rotini-525867 May 2022
Very bad rendition of Rosemary's Baby very poorly exicuted. Started off ok ...but soon fell off a cliff. The towns people were just dumb. Too darn long ...
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7/10
Beautiful story
avindugunasinghe2 October 2022
The Twin is a tragic beauty. A theme that's been discussed before with a twist of extremity. Story is heartbreaking and Teresa Palmer's precise performance brings out so much emotion to Rachel's character. Remote solitude visuals bring an eerie silence to the story. The Twin is a radical alternative to the usual vengeful dead sibling. Though having it's roots in the same oval corn maze it's outgrowth expose a murderous psychosis. Final great twist is what makes this movie a true masterpiece. Instead of the beloved weeping mother now sits a total stranger in the driver's seat of a car full of souvenirs. A prequel would save the time.
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4/10
All over the place
lindajohnson-362058 May 2022
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This movie had zero clue what it wanted to be. The end result was just a mess and stupid. By the time it came together, I just didnt care anymore. But it is pretty tragic how your mind can turn on you... I dont recommend.
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7/10
Ordinary plots
Just_Buse3 November 2022
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In Hollywood, There is replaying subject for these days.. Nearly, I have found the different types of movies,having the same plot and the end..Teresa Palmer is trying to do her best, but the plot is too ordinary for the most of us..

The plot is the nearly same with Good night mommy movie..There are little bit differences but for those, watching it, this movie is too cliche..

The at the end of the movie, you are just sad to know what is turning inside her head and how she is unsuccessful to get it over.. Accepting to take help is too important urge for our lives. If you are not managing your mental balance, it makes you take through the every kind of insanity..The first moment that you discern that something is not normal about you, you should take support.

We're just watching young woman,declining to take support,even declining her problem.

Too sad to watch(If you re mommy, it could be intensely too hard.)
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3/10
Great build-up with well-known horror elements and chlichés ends with an too simple end result.
movieman6-413-92951030 April 2022
The Twin is a new horror film directed and partly written by Taneli Mustonen. Before this, he has directed more Finnish films. In the film, Rachel (Teresa Palmer) and Anthony (Steven Cree) move to Finland after a serious accident in which they lost one of their twin sons. Here, along with their surviving son Elliot (Tristan Ruggeri), they try to work through the trauma of the accident and put it behind them.

Still, Rachel notices that Elliot begins to act strangely, as if he is still in touch with his deceased brother. Rachel asks for help from a spiritual person, who after an investigation soon determines that something demonic is going on with Elliot. This horror film uses many elements from other well-known horror films, but quickly comes across as a bit cliché. They use illusion dreams like in A Nightmare on Elm Street, the horror atmosphere and story elements from Insidious and a mysterious sexe like in Midsommar. All these different elements lead to a large build-up in the film, but the final end result is suddenly too simple. Because of all this mysterious structure you expect a better end result, but the film ends with a weakly substantiated plot twist. Because of this plot twist, many used elements come across as unnecessary and some of them should not have been in the film, because much of this build-up comes across as unnecessary at the end. For a horror film, the film itself does not come across as scary, because besides the mystery of the film, little exciting happens. Because of this, you even start to miss the effect of a simple jump scare, to provide some tension or keep you awake during the long-winded story. The film seems to be playing with shadows to build up tension, but the shadows appear to be just isolated objects in the scenes with no further meaning. Due to too many changes and adjustments between the scenes and missing information, the film also comes across as a bit unclear. Often the scenes seem to build towards something, but then move on too quickly to the next scenes without creating clarity or tension. Finnish director Taneli Mustonen does use elements and traditions from Finland, but besides bringing this culture to the fore in an interesting way, the plot twist ultimately leads to nowhere. Teresa Palmer does her best as the lead role, but due to the lesser script and the disappointing end result, this is not always easy for her. Compared to other horror films in which she has played, she also does a little less physically, because she was pregnant during filming. Still, she does a better job than Steven Cree, because the script leaves him more in the background with little to do. For Tristan Ruggeri, this is only his first acting work in a film. He knows how to deliver appropriate acting, but due to the lesser script and quality of the film, he unfortunately manages to make his role little special.
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9/10
Great Elevated horror/ suspense thriller
joriethomas10 May 2022
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Not really seeing where all the bad reviews are coming from, maybe they didn't finish the movie? Teresa shines, her acting ability is Oscar worthy. I went from thinking it was a haunting, to the omen, to midsummer, to real life. The greatest horror is reality and this movie nailed it. I was crying at the end, her pain was real.
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7/10
The storyline for this while not new is very well executed.
kevin_robbins12 May 2022
The Twin (2022) is a Finnish horror movie I recently watched on Shudder. The storyline follows a family that moves to the country in hopes of getting over the loss of a child. The family had twins but lost one. As they try to live a normal life with their remaining son the house may bring the other twin back into the family's life.

This movie is directed by Taneli Mustonen (Lake Bodom) and stars Teresa Palmer (Lights Out), Steven Cree (Maleficent) and Tristan Ruggeri (The Witcher).

The storyline for this while not new is very well executed. The family dynamic and characters are very well established. The circumstances are entertaining and the settings and towns people are well utilized to create an eerie feel throughout the film. The old lady neighbor was creepy and the background story of the town and putting your hand on the rock is wel told. The ending was amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed the final reveal and everything that happens after.

Overall this is a fairly creative, well done addition to the horror genre. I would score this a solid 7-7.5/10 and recommend seeing it once.
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2/10
OMG Boring
heno-4576213 May 2022
This is a type of movie you don't care about the ending because you don't care about the characters or what is going on. Twist turns roll over , play dead sit down get up and turn around.

The End.
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2/10
Just not good
Nevergivea106 May 2022
I would describe this as a combination of Rosemary's Baby, The Omen, and The Shining. The only major difference is those were good movies. The acting is terrible and movie boring as hell. Pass on this one.
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5/10
High on clichés, low on authenticity
IzzyMaeDoorite7 May 2022
The Twin has a handful of corny horror tropes: child loss, new home in the middle of nowhere, pregnancy exploitation, hallucinations, gaslighting, quasi-satanic rituals, folk atmosphere (or, at least, an attempt to create it), et cetera. Too many ingredients for one film, and eventually it's hard even to qualify the results. Is this a psychological drama wrapped in horror? Is this a horror wrapped in psychological drama? Is this a Finnish Midsommar? We wish we knew. Not even Lights Out's Teresa Palmer and the whole exotic setting ("wow, those Finns are so eerie but their nature is so beautiful") can make this ponderous mess work.
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