Espíritos Obscuros

It starts off a little slow. Packs a punch the rest of the way. I enjoyed the atmosphere and the mythology of the movie. Not too many movies have Native American Folklore in them. It's better than the cheesy horror movies out now. If you're looking for something different in the horror genera, I definitely recommend.

Julia Meadows (Keri Russell) is a recovering alcoholic and school teacher in remote Oregon. She is estranged from her sheriff brother Paul Meadows (Jesse Plemons). One of her students, Lucas Weaver, is getting bullied. She tries to connect with the child who is showing some disturbing signs.

The opening text threw me off and the story is a bit muddled. I do like the dark atmosphere and the overall creepiness. I like the monster designs. The story may have a few too many elements. Some simplifying could be helpful.

Antlers nails the setting and mood, using Oregon as a back drop for this slow moving film about a school teacher (Keri Russell) who begins to investigate one of her students disturbing art. While the acting is strong, and there are some basic elements of horror that work, overall the movie is a lot less than the sum of it's parts.

While the movie sets up a strong base for a creepy story, the film does very little with it. We are treated to cliche soup, including creepy kid with art book, 'powerless' authority figures and even the hints of past tragedy to try to add layers to the characters.

In the end, the film falls back into the same patterns of all mediocre horror films, and putters out without much impact.

This movie takes itself very seriously, and wants you to as well. Unfortunately, other than some good elements of mood and solid acting there isn't much here.

I think most viewers will find things they enjoy as well as criticisms with this movie. The problems include overused tropes, ridiculous character decisions, and not enough originality. The story tries to introduce too many themes without making any of them really necessary to the narrative. On the plus side, there are some nice visuals, well done effects, and a fair amount of nasty stuff to look at. I did not regret watching it, but I don't expect to revisit it either.

Good Setting, Cut, Soundtrack and Camera, but a wasted Story-Progress.

No Tension and No Character-Build-Up lead to a overall mediocre Horror-Flick.

A shame😥 the Body-Horror-Scenes and Creature-Effects are very well done👍 But in the End, it doesn't come close to Budget-Equals like "Mama", "Sinister", "Clown".... ...maybe i waited a bit to long for this Movie Here in Europe😉