La malédiction de l'île

Max Scarry, an anthropologist looking for the graves of a lost tribe of Maori goes missing. His young daughter seems to have visions relating to him (she also provides some narration). His wife and estranged brother Edward go to look for him. The local policeman and the boatman who'd taken the anthropologist out to the remote location don't seem very interested in finding him, and seem to want to discourage the wife and brother. Written on a mirror in the cabin Max used was a cryptic "home at last."

In addition to the above, a smaller storyline involves the discovery of a dead woman, and the man last seen with her had given Edward's name and matches his description.

Without seeing anything scary, and in fact without much happening at all, the movie does build up suspense and dread pretty well. The girl is fairly creepy, and I'm not sure what we're supposed to think about her. Edward can be pretty odd as well. Towards the end he starts finding some strange things, some relating to the lost tribe.

The scenery is very beautiful, and the musical score is pretty effective too.

I think I understood what happened in the end, but I couldn't swear to it. I'd be interested to know what other people thought of the movie. It's too bad it hasn't been seen more often.