Borgarkeri A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

GL84 Arriving in Russia to sort through her ancestral home, a woman finds that the ghostly doppelgangers of her and her brother are guarding a terrifying secret within the house and they must solve it together before it can come to pass and allow them to leave.This here was quite the enjoyable if flawed effort. One of the main positives here is the rather fun and chilling atmosphere of the house since this one takes place almost exclusively at the location which really gives this a really eerie tone for the most part. The set-up with the backstory here makes for a rather steady storyline that gets them to the house and allows them to go exploring around the abandoned, disused place which is where this one really gets to plenty to like with the overall atmosphere. There's the first walk-through of the house when they see that state of the house and the eerie silence as they oversee the different momentos left in a state of dust-covered objects and pictures which lets them into the encounters found later in the house where they finally find the continuous series of ghostly encounters in that kind of environment. The scenes of the two up in their old cribs where the psychedelically-enhanced visuals that accompany the ghosts are incredibly creepy, the scenes of them wandering around the house confronting the ghosts in various rooms throughout the house as they battle their selves in the big battles in the kitchen and the dining room provides this one with some utter creepy encounters. The frantic attacks in the final half where they chase her through the woods away from the home while replaying the events of the separation incident for the brother where he sees what happened to them in order to become separated and how he became a ghost gives this one some more great fun as there's some rather chilling action with the voices getting to her and the frantic action of being around the infants is where it scores as a wild, frantic finish. Alongside the chilling ghosts, sporadic but bloody gore and fine nudity these here give this one quite a lot to like with only a few minor flaws. The main flaw here for this one is the fact that it makes absolutely no sense at all as this one simply piles on plenty of confusion and utter incomprehension about anything that' going on in here, as not only is there nothing here about what the ghostly doppelgangers are or where they came but there's nothing here about the purpose of the father reappearing. All we get are his cruel behavior towards their mother but nothing about why he's after them or even anything about the ghostly versions of themselves which just makes the whole affair so utterly confusing as nothing is ever explained. As well, there's also the issue to contend with in that the ghosts aren't really that dangerous as there's never a true sense they plan to go after them intending to hurt them and their confusing nature also extends to their behavior as they just shamble along without going for those attack and it gives them a somewhat weakened feeling. Still, this one has enough enjoyable elements to work incredibly well.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Full Nudity and intense scenes of child abuse.

Viator Veritatis It all depends on what you are looking for.Abandoned features beautiful cinematography, an interesting score and excellent photography, but will infuriate any viewer who, like myself, expects a logic, coherent storyline and sensible dialogs. Besides, it is so drawn out, repetitive and full of false scares as to compromise any entertainment value. It works best for those interested in a piece of art or those who like kaleidoscopic, almost hallucinatory atmospheres packed to the brim with nonstop frantic action and explosive sounds, allowing the spectator no pause to come up for air and/or think about what's happening.

grm009 The opening credits written in a hokey font that uses the Russian letter "Я" as an "R" was indicative of the mediocre production values that would become apparent. Also, the entire premise of the movie-that the main character needs to travel to Russia and attend to the farm she inherited shows an startling ignorance of modern Russian history. No one inherits real property in Russia! All land and houses were owned by the state during Communism, and after the fall of Communism, property was not given to anyone. (Yes, there are some cases of property being privatized now, but not inherited.) Also, anyone who is familiar with Russia will be struck by the absence of birch trees in the forest scenes. But these are minor flaws, and could be overlooked, except for the rest of the movie.The story starts out well enough with a Russian-born woman traveling from the US to Russia to look into her "property", but more, to look into her origins. The story grows darker, and the suspense is really well done, with very well-crafted frightening scenes. But, about a third of the way into the movie, the strange becomes outlandish, and the outlandish becomes idiotic. This could have been a great thriller, but it descends into an absurd horror movie. There are scenes that are truly unwatchable and I wonder about the humanity of the person who conceived them. Scary, yes, well-acted, yes, intelligent, no. It's as subtle as a sledge-hammer.

Vincent This is very good visually, no spectacular special effects but lots of creepy visuals, but the plot isn't very good.The cast are quite good, they are all convincing and deliver solid performances although the dialogue is fairly uninspired.The pace is pretty good too, getting into the action very quickly and sustaining it, it become frenetic towards the end as you'd expect from a horror.The problem is the story, it isn't interesting or disturbing. There are a few flashes of originality but not enough.The ending is predictable and dull relying on visuals to sustain it at ends up feeling like a dark music video.