The Suffering

I had no expectations of this movie. I had never heard of it and came across it as recommended on a web site. I am a big fan of supernatural horror movies, and it's always nice to come across something a little out of the ordinary. Won't give away any spoilers, but the basic premise of the move is a man with a pregnant wife, goes away to evaluate an old mans large estate out in the middle of nowhere, and strange things happen. Could be anyone of a 100 movies right? But it develops quite nicely as it goes along, if a little slowly in places. The acting is pretty good, with some nice cinematography to carry it through. The one thing that I found let it down, was the story line became muddled in places, and certain, quite important facts, were just vaguely mentioned in passing. This may well be down to bad editing, which can always wreck a perfectly movie, but this one manages to just drag itself above average, hence 6 stars. A bit more pace, and a bit less editing, could have been 8 or 9.

So this what...appraiser? Whatever he is goes to this old home and is paid more and more as the movie progresses to continue his work. He keeps wanting to leave because he's seeing things and crazy things are happening.

This movie seems long and drawn out even tho it is not that long. And it's really not very good. 3/10

This is a pretty good story about a man, Henry Dawles, who shows up to appraise the home of Mr. Remiel. Remiel is a southern gent of sorts, and oversees not only the his home but that of sinister beings. What are these beings? Ghosts? Zombies? Demons? Are they all the imagination of Henry? Is this just one long nightmare Henry is having? I won't give away what happens - only to say it's pretty good and reminds me a bit of the older/classic horror films that I love.

The movie is done in good taste - creepy beings, a bit of blood without going crazy with all the fake blood on screen and creating a gorefest. The movie is character and story driven instead of being a bloodbath gory "veg-out in front of the screen" movie. This film works with your mind - my type of horror! 8.5/10

This movie tries to be scary, but it's just annoying. About 3/4 in, I couldn't take anymore. Just not good, even though the acting and such is better than many B movies.

The beginning of the film was creepy and had all the hallmarks of a good horror or mystery. Unfortunately, it becomes jumbled with too many story lines crammed into one film. It's worth a watch for the atmosphere and creep factor. It doesn't feel like a "B" movie so not a bad way to spend a few hours.