The Banishing tells the story of the most haunted house in England. In the 1930s, a young reverend, his wife and daughter move into a manor with a horrifying secret.The Banishing tells the story of the most haunted house in England. In the 1930s, a young reverend, his wife and daughter move into a manor with a horrifying secret.The Banishing tells the story of the most haunted house in England. In the 1930s, a young reverend, his wife and daughter move into a manor with a horrifying secret.
- Betsy
- (as Jean St Clair)
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- GoofsA suspension harness is clearly visible behind the character's noose at the start of the movie.
- Quotes
Linus Forster: But the only thing that's necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. That darkness that comes when we fail to uphold the light, when we are driven by fear and blame others for the shortcomings in ourselves, when we exploit what divides us instead of what unites us, let us pray this evil does not spread further.
- SoundtracksTango Forever - Instrumental
Written by Bruno Bertoli (as Bruno Raymond Bertoli)
Courtesy of Kapagama Music Ltd
And it is no secret that the movie's cover/poster definitely caught my attention, with its promise of something otherworldly or supernatural.
I have to admit that I am somewhat baffled that three writers - David Beton, Ray Bogdanovich and Dean Lines - could collectively manage to come up with a script so devoid of a proper storyline, interesting characters or anything even remotely scary. So that made "The Banishing" a rather boring and unappealing movie actually. And I got up and turned it off with just 40 minutes left to watch. But by that time, having suffered through a heap of nothingness, then I was just fed up with the lack of anything worthwhile.
It should be said, though, that the acting performances were actually fair enough, and had the actors and actresses been given a more well-written script to work with, then they could have put on stellar performances. Just a shame that they literally had nothing to work with to bring the movie to life on the screen.
The atmosphere in the movie was good and it could have been utilized so well to compliment the story effectively, if only the movie actually had a proper script in the first place.
For a horror movie then "The Banishing" was a very weak and watered-down cup of stale, cold tea. Believe you me. And if you, like me enjoy a proper horror movie, do yourself a favor and stay clear of this 2020 movie from director Christopher Smith, because it is simply a waste of time.
My rating of "The Banishing" lands on a three out of ten stars, not because of the movie's script and storyline, but because of the acting performances and the atmosphere of the movie. However, I have zero interest in returning to watch the last 40 minutes of "The Banishing", as I just don't care one ounce about the storyline or the characters milling about aimlessly and without purpose.
- paul_haakonsen
- Mar 28, 2021
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $563,672
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1