Nocebo

I like this film.

Right from the start you can tell that real time and effort has been put in to creating a well rounded and immersive story - something adults will appreciate.

The acting by Eva Green and Chai Fonacier is superb in realising wholly believable characters you can relate to right from the start.

Unfortunately, and this is my only slight criticism, is. Mark Strong's character seemed very one dimensional and wooden. It didn't gel well with the rest of talent displayed by Green and Fonacier and stood out as being under par in the face of their skill.

You may well guess what the general plot is quite early on in the film, but perhaps that is by design and adds to the connection with the characters.

All in all worth watching, and I will certainly watch it again in the future.

Eva Green is a top of the range children's fashion designer suffering from a bizarre psychological complaint that flummoxes doctors. Into her life comes Chai Fonacier, a shaman from the Philippines who manages to improve Green's health immeasurably. Her husband, played by Mark Strong is not so sure neither is her feisty young daughter.

Strong performances all around make for an interesting and rather different horror / thriller which features a good deal of icky, though sometimes unconvincing, effects. Overall though this is a fascinating effort which gets you about 20 minutes from the end and then spells out quite disturbingly, which is actually quite hard to watch in places, exactly what's going on and why Green is ill and why Fonacier is there - quite chilling.

Nocebo is a bit low budget but certainly not bad as a thriller. And even if my first guess turned out to be the correct answer to the mystery it was still an enjoyable story to follow. There was enough tension building to keep you guessing. Mark Strong and Eva Green played husband and wife whilst Chai Fonacier played the mysterious guest from The Philippines. Overall decent acting from the cast but nothing award-winning in my opinion. In the thriller genre Nocebo is worth watching, just don't expect outstanding cinematography as the budget for that was just not there. But for a low budget it was decent.

I have watched many horror movies this year and I hate horror movies that don't make sense however this one is well scripted and convincing. Every scenes are well plotted. Love the choice of actress who plays the maid, she is absolutely amazing in the movie. I will give this a 8/10. Enjoyed every min of it. The score of the movie is brilliant. Even though the movie is a little shorter than usual two hours long movie but i think it is well paced. Love how the story revealed in an overlapping way. The ending was great as well, I must say this is the best horror movie of 2022 alongside with 'Smile'.

In Nocebo, everything deserves praise. The story and the themes and ideas it deals with, performances of the cast, soundtrack, direction, screenplay, creepy and tense atmosphere, horror elements, cinematography, and ending all deserve all praise without any exception.

Regarding the flaws, the only flaw that I saw in the movie was some horror scenes which were, from my point of view, unnecessary and a little bit disgusting. Rather than that, everything else was perfect.

I liked Nocebo so much, and I wish that they make more psychological movies which are even deeper in the future. That is why when it comes to score, I gladly give Nocebo 9 out of 10.