A Herança

Started off really well and I do like movies set in eastern europe, it gives them a dark and mysterious quality ever since Hostel came to the forefront but unfortunately although the film has some good atmosphere it lacks any scares and so many questions unanswered...like... who were the men outside? Why were they guarding the house? And who wanted to buy it? And the ending...what the heck was that all about? Even more laughable is the need to insert an extra scene mid or end credits but in this case for no apparent reason whatsoever.

I am afraid the acting was also pretty lame especially the boyfriend although most of the Russian actors beat the main ones into a cocked hat.

If you are going to write a horror movie then at least make it intelligible with a few frights or small scares.

Could have been good but like most low budget horror these days it just has no idea what it wants to be or how to accomplish it!

I was hoping for such a good movie but sadly it fell terribly short. There are so many ways it could have been grade A yet they chose at best, D. The horror aspect and such a large estate, you'd have thought they'd make it so much better. It was slow and I also wasn't thrilled with a half story (so it felt)

I wish there were more details as to whether they killed her husband or just beat him. Ending many lose ends; did she go back into the house or her ghost ? Did husband reappear ? Did she fix the house and rent ?

...the humans? Awful. Except for Sasha. Maybe it wasn't their fault, as the script was nonsensical. Or maybe it was just translated poorly? I don't know.

Other than Sasha, the characters were unlikable, wooden, almost robot like.

The secondary characters were bizarre, rude, or lazy.

The house, though, was gorgeous. Whoever filmed it did a nice job.

It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't very good either.

I feel like I have too many questions left unanswered. Everything just seemed fishy. The men, the reactions, everything. There was a lot of potential here but a mix of local theater acting, evasiveness in the big mystery and absolutely everything to do with her husband left me wondering why I kept watching. Oh, right, it was all about the excellent location. So location scout gets top awards!