Besetment

October. 01,2016      R
Rating:
3.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

After struggling to find employment, Amanda takes a hotel position in a small town where she ends up fighting for her life.

Abby Wathen as  Amanda Millard
Greg James as  Sheriff Joe Palin
Marlyn Mason as  Mildred Colvin

Reviews

Greenes
2016/10/01

Please don't spend money on this.

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Glimmerubro
2016/10/02

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

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Curapedi
2016/10/03

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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Doomtomylo
2016/10/04

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

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johannes2000-1
2016/10/05

I could say so much about this movie, but it would be a waste of energy. The premise is not that bad, but in every other aspect it fails: the script, the editing, the dialogues, the settings: it's all sad and uninspiring. The only good acting is by the mother (Marlyn Mason), but the heroine of the story and the few other characters really acted below par. Probably the makers thought that a touch of realism would make things better, but the scene where the mother secures the semen of her retarded son is quite appalling and I watched with disbelief how she walked around with the result and injected it in Amanda. The horror was not so much in the goings-on themselves (I usually can take tons of horror and gore!) as well in the fact that they really thought it necessary to show all this distasteful stuff. The courtroom-scene at the end was a bit surprising and could have made for a decent closure, but alas, they wanted to spring on us the obligatory final twist i.e. the start of a whole new chain of horror. What can I say: it was.... well, preposterous is the best word.I rank it not 1 but 2 out of 10, just for Marlyn Mason.

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mleskovj
2016/10/06

Overall the movie ethralled me and my husband for the better 3/4 of the film. They could've ended the Film at a certain point but chose to continue on and end it with a scene that made us want to throw the TV out the window. For those who choose to watch this film you may enjoy it however I would go right ahead and stop it right after the end of the courtroom scene.

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a_baron
2016/10/07

Most horror films dehumanise men, regardless of the sex of the victims; this one has a female villain, and it doesn't work any better. Amanda is out of work and desperately seeking to get away from her alcoholic mother. Out of the blue she lands a job that is not really commuting distance, so it is agreed she will stay over during the week. It entails working at a small hotel in the middle of nowhere, one that doesn't appear to have any guests, and is run by a matronly old woman, and her son who although not an imbecile is totally under his mother's thumb.Three weeks or so into her tenure, Amanda receives some startling news: she is pregnant. This is startling indeed because she has not had sex, like ever. Difficult to believe in this day and age outside of an Amish, Moslem or Orthodox Jewish sect. So how did she get pregnant? The flashback is, well, grotesque, and that's without the incest. The woman who runs the hotel is clearly as mad as a box of frogs if she thinks she can get away with what she plans.There would have been a relatively happy ending, but they had to go and spoilt it. Don't watch this one if you are easily disturbed; stick to films that won't give you nightmares, like those about zombies and vampires.

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Ross Little
2016/10/08

Medium shot, close up, medium shot, close up, medium shot, close up, long shot, medium shot, break the 180 degree rule, long shot....Total rubbish. Story is drivel. Acting is awful. Characters aren't in any way shape or form believable. Totally totally pointless and bland.Don't even bother..... really don't...

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