Bannister DollHouse

I saw this a couple of years ago at Horror-On-Sea Film Festival and have waited anxiously for it come out on DVD. It got released on download early it seems. Let me start by saying, that this film was originally called Bannister Dollhouse and although the title change feels a little on the nose, I guess in a way it feels more apt for this film.

The film itself is very very slowburn, its kind of a basic haunted doll movie, its only when it comes to the finale that it really comes into its own. A proper modern folk horror that I'm sure people will enjoy as much as I did.

Watched this last night on iTunes.

One of the creepiest films i've seen in ages. It had shades of Hereditary and Midsommer, but with a. modern British setting.

It felt a little bit like also budget film, but the atmosphere kept it going.

Great work from everyone involved. The acting was also very good for a low budget film.

I saw this at a film festival last year and it was a film that starts interestingly, kept my intention and by the end I was wanting it not to end.

The acting is generally very good, and the struggle to make the film before the lead female actor grew too old to follow up on her debut in another Mycho film, SlasherHouse 2, must have been immense. But they managed it, and created a perfectly creepy daughter character with an actor who is prepared to push herself, and the filmmakers.

Yes, it is a low budget film. So what? A film that lets me leave an auditorium lost for words with the film's conclusion is powerful no matter how little, or how much, is spent on it.

This ain't no Disney.

Saw on iTunes.

Its a very low budget film I think, but makes up for this with some great acting and a really creepy soundtrack.

The scares in it are very effective. I left me thinking about for a while after I watched.

Its a strange mix of reviews here.

I'd heard positive things about the film from a handful via word of mouth of festival screenings, but I suppose the thing here is to lower your expectations. I was made aware that this was made on very little money by some filmmakers who had seen it. So I went in with those expectations adjusted.

The film is good, not quite great, but very competent and there's are moments that really gave me the chills. There are some jump scares in there, but they feel earned, there's a build up to them and they work for the most part.

The film gets a little silly toward the end of the second act and it does feel like it starts to fall apart a bit, silly lines and jokes in what had been a very serious film up until that point.

The end is where the film comes into it own, taking the expectations of this kind of genre film and doing something different and although it moves toward bleak territory as it closes. It works.

Lets be honest, if you only watch movies like The Conjuring and Insidious, then the lack of polish is going to put you off, the film requires the audience to make some connections and thats not going to work with everyone.

The lighting is nice, most of the actors do a good job with a decent script and its kind of amazing what can be done with a camera and some actors and not much money.

I'd give it a 6.2