CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Moviefreak This movie could have been better in a lot of ways. The camera was shaking whole time, cinematography was not well done, it seemed amateur. Most of the scenes were unnecessarily long and that made the movie boring. Although acting part was quite good, the soundtrack was dull and repetitive. There could be one more soundtrack.Other than those issues, movie was quite enjoyable. The story line is well documented. The movie lets the audience the mystery and the other life to imagine, it does not solve it. It rather claims that anything, any occurrence can be perceived and interpreted differently. I liked that it left some part of the story to my imagination. Another thing that is good about this movie is it is a good psychological thriller. It depicts well how fears disturb humans, and how people get stuck and isolated in their fears. P.S.: There is not gore but there are jump scares. :)

rageinblack I feel confused, usually, I have nothing against low budget movies and I've seen some outstanding ones, but this one failed to catch a level of greatness in my eyes. Partly also because of the hype that the reviews here created, I thought I was in for a hidden gem...I liked the concept of the story, it was intriguing to a degree, yes, but the movie lacked in the execution and to me, it was pretty boring... the dialogues, the pace of events and even the music... They could've made indeed a much more entertaining movie out of it, that's for sure.

Sjalka Rjadottir I cannot find anything positive about this movie. The acting is terrible, the dialogue redundant and artificial, shaky camera and lightning is kind of amateurish, too.The story starts slow - and builds up some tension .. but this tension evaporates quickly due to the boring dialogue and intersections. The two protagonists/sisters do what usually makes tension or horror movies work... they totally fail communicating. All the other people are not much better though. Assets and actors seem to have been the result of a very low budget... and it shows. Limited locations, hardly any notable effect other than crude make-up and cheap jump scares ... and a very lifeless world all together. The climax of the story is no real climax at all - it is a mere disappointment. All in all one of the worst movies i have seen so far.

dutchchocolatecake I'm a fan of low budget and indie movies that make the most of what they have and live up to it's fullest potential. Absentia is one of those movies where great acting, directing, and minimal special affects brings together a psychological and existential horror unlike anything else I've ever seen.While not inspired directly by a story from Lovecraft, the movie is Lovecraftian in it's storytelling and supernatural concepts. This movie is more Lovecraft than many self-proclaimed Lovecraft movies and that is saying something.I don't scare easily but I found myself on the edge of my seat waiting for what would happen next. I am really surprised that there are people who don't like this movie or think it's boring. I guess it's boring if you're used to psycho-slasher flicks that substitute gore for good storytelling.