The Coven

Knew this was going to be bad as soon as they showed the painfully long silent car ride where they superimposed shots over the top of each other for no reason whatsoever. Reminded me of the unnecessarily long transition scenes in Birdemic that served no purpose whatsoever.

Gave it two stars for a good title cover.

I have been on the look out for a good cult film for months, and this seemed right up my alley. For the first half of the film, it actually looked like it was going to scratch that itch. But then the cliches started to pile so high that it was like watching one of the many cult films I've already seen, almost verbatim. "Chosen one", "bring about the end", "you are vessel for yadda, yadda".... the same tired lines that have used in countless other movies can be found almost word for word in this one. Ever felt like you were experiencing deja vu while watching a movie, as if you've seen it before? Get ready to feel it with this film. Over and over.

The sad part is, this movie had everything going for it; a decently talented cast, a great (if cliched) premise, a tight script and some beautiful backdrops coupled with some great cinematography. So what went so horribly wrong?!? How could a movie that had all of the elements required to make a good movie fail so spectacularly? It didn't work as a horror film in the broadest sense of the term, and it certainly doesn't work as part of the "Cult/Death Cult/Demonic cult" sub-genre, so who was this film aiming to please? It wouldn't make even the passing horror fan happy so you can imagine how this is going to fare with actual genre hounds.

Overall, this movie is unfortunate. It could have done something interesting, unique or even relatively clever with what it was presenting and instead chose to do what so many other similar films have done. I guess filmmaking is like cooking; even with all of the proper ingredients, if you don't know how to properly utilize them, you can end up with an inedible mess. This film is that mess.

Wasn't the best movie I've ever seen and definitely not the worst, Kept my attention throughout. Don't understand the horrible ratings. To each their own.

"The Coven" or also known as "The Long Night" is a movie with a predictable and sometimes silly script, but it has a couple of interesting moments within its cult and satanism theme. The great achievement of the film is its cinematography which is atmospheric and offers some gloomy and other very beautiful visuals, making the most of its filming locations. The performances of Scout Taylor-Compton, Nolan Gerard Funk and Jeff Fahey are decent without being outstanding. The soundtrack is an interesting point, sometimes it is good but in some scenes it does not fit with the image that is shown, resulting out of place. A soulless and boring movie at times, but not as bad as its reputation says.

This movie is not very good. The 'menacing' cult just stands around holding torches. The main couple is annoying. The story is really questionable, and I'm pretty forgiving. The final five minutes is kinda ok, but it's not worth it. This movie should've been titled 'The Long 90 Minutes'