Dark Touch
September. 27,2013Niamh is the lone survivor of a mysterious massacre in which the furniture and objects in her family’s isolated house took on a monstrous life of their own. The police ignore her wild stories, and the neighbours and social worker who take her into their care try to introduce her to a new life. But Niamh is unable to leave her violent past behind her, endangering everyone who crosses her path.
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Absolutely second-rate. The only thing to be remembered was the darkness on the screen.There should be more of it to see less what was going on. Acting and kids were not bad though but the story and the camera just awful. I have made a note of the name of M. De Van to escape it if I ever come across it. I have a lot of spare time but it is a nuisance still to have wasted 90 minutes on this.
My opinion ---I do not have many resentments, nor understood the things that are in power to make this movie a good movie. I find that "Marina De Van" by trying on horror film, music, music, music, music and music. "Missy Keating" was considered an excellent in her role and happy, otherwise the film would have been a disaster. In conclusion little horror movie with some good effects, it's too just to make a good movie ...
In a remote Irish community, eleven-year-old Niamh is haunted by invisible forces. She and her family are attacked during the night and she's the sole survivor of the ensuing fire. She is taken in by her neighbors. Nobody believes her about the mysterious powers of the house. She finds strange occurrences continue to follow her and thinks that they are the results of her own tears.It's a reasonable indie horror. There is only one truly compelling scene with the group of girls and the dolls. The movie basically follows Niamh but it doesn't make it particularly scary. It starts with the original family dealing with a haunted house and ultimately dying in a violent night. That's not that scary either. The last act devolves into messy story telling. Missy Keating does a good job in the lead. This indie horror is trying something interest but it doesn't all work and it's not that scary.
Written and directed by Marina de Van, DARK TOUCH is a psychological thriller. In a remote country home in Ireland, 11 year old Neve(Missy Keating) is the soul survivor of a bloody massacre. Her mother and father and little brother appear to be savagely attacked and the officials believe homicidal hooligans are to blame. Neve keeps repeating that the house did it. The social services place the traumatized young girl with close friends of the family. Get ready for creepy! The nurturing couple do all they can to help Neve overcome the tragedy; but something dangerous and evil is ready to attack again.If you watch very closely you can get a hint at what leads up to these horrible events. And on the other hand, after sitting through a terrible ending...you leave skeptical and a tad incoherent. Miss Keating is wonderful in this role. Rounding out the cast: Padraic Delaney, Marcella Plunkett, Charolotte Flyvholm, Steve Wall, Simon Boyle and Richard Donner.