Flee the Light

What would you do for your sister? Or what wouldn't you do to save her? Andra and Delfi are sisters with a very close and yet strained relationship. It's clear from the start that Delfi has been suffering for quite some time, but it's not the mental illness that her sister thinks it is. Delfi needs to be believed before it's too late for either of them in this witchy twisted Folk Horror. I was not familiar with the actresses Annie Tuma or Ariana Marquis but they portrayed a genuine sisterly relationship that made me care about them. The other actors were a bit flat and one dimensional but these ladies shine and the plot was creepy. I enjoyed it.

Stumbling upon the 2021 horror movie "Flee the Light" from writer Jennifer Mancini and director Alexandra Senza, of course I sat down to watch it as I hadn't already seen it. And I have to admit that the movie's cover was initially interesting enough to make me stop and take notice.

Sure, I hadn't heard about the movie prior to watching it, not a single thing. So I had no idea what I was in for here, aside from what I read in the movie's synopsis. But alas, I opted to sit down and watch "Flee the Light" regardless.

Something did flee here alright, and it was my interest in the movie. Man, talk about a movie with a total lack of interesting storyline. It was impressive that writer Jennifer Mancini could manage to churn out 81 minutes of a movie that had nothing to tell.

Needless to say that my interest in the movie was quickly vaning, as nothing of any interest was presented on the screen as the movie trotted on and on in a very monotonous pacing. Yet, I managed to endure through the ordeal.

I wasn't familiar with the cast in the movie, but they literally had nothing to work with in terms of a proper script, interesting charaters or riveting dialogue.

My rating of "Flee the Light" lands on a very generous two out of ten stars, based mostly on the production value of the movie. If you enjoy a good horror movie, believe you me, you need to find it elsewhere.

The downfall to this movie is the fact that the ending left the audience with so many questions, and hopefully in the next film, those questions are answered. The film itself has some pretty decent acting, actors, and the storyline really played out well throughout the film process. Once again, it's the ending that could've been better, but I am open to seeing if there's going to be a part two and hopefully that film Circles back and completes the ending to the first one. I mean I would definitely recommend this film to you definitely keep an open mind and when it comes to independent filmmaking, you have to keep in mind that the directors or Director has a vision and you have to try to get in their shoes to have the full understanding. Better engagement with the characters would have easily made this a better film.

The good: the title of this movie drew my attention. I had to giggle instantly when I read this "Flee the Light" title. This had GOT TO BE really bad, perhaps even laughably bad, in a cult kind of way...

The bad: but no, unfortunately this movie didnt even evoke any chuckle, besides a short chuckle about it being such an amateurish mess...

I dont often give 1 stars, but this "movie" simply is worth nothing more.

The storyline feels sketchy, bouncing from one scene to the next almost absurdly. You don't get the time to engage with either of the two leading characters on any emotional level, which left me feeling indifferent to their supposed struggles- one being seriously mentally ill and the other desperate to help. It's too rushed. The 'twist' midway through the film feels inauthentic, despite some feeble attempts to allude to it earlier on. Any true horror elements are sorely let down by crappy fx. Movies like Hereditary are proof that implied threats and a lack of yellow eyed ghouls can be profoundly scary- maybe if this film focused more on character development and actually took its time to build up suspense rather than slamming the viewer into absurdity, it may have been impactful. It's a pity, because I was interested by the final revelation. If it was a story well told, the idea could have been a franchise like Insidious.