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This movie is a little and pretty low budget italian horror movie, with some scary moment and very cool cinematography. Cast is good, Scamarcio is a very underrated actor. The movie is little bit boring in the first part, but dark and scary in second and final part. My rating is 6/10.

The movie is nicely set in rural Italy which lends to a lovely supernatural folky aesthetic. The storyline, while not being particularly original or unique, maintains an air of intrigue and unpredictability. The acting of the older family members is fantastic and a little creepy (good thing!) I wouldn't pay to watch it but is good option for a autumnal night in cuddled on the sofa.

An Italian terror attempt. It is about a man who takes his girlfriend to his mother's house and his daughter begins to suffer strange situations from his presence. Totally parsimonious, the first hour nothing happens. The last half hour is the one that develops everything. Predictable like all of its kind. Quality. Performances at the level but nothing relevant. The effects are fine, one that another is not fully achieved. Talk about tie downs. The ending is very simple and nothing spectacular. It remains owing. Try to give suspense with hackneyed moments and situations.

Despite the beautiful locations and the promising start, this movies ends up being just a horror like many, many others. The plot is very basic and predictable, and not particularly scary either.

Super boring movie but with a ok cinematography, the actors were good, makeup was like "the evil dead" 1981 movie ... I definitely understand the tradition they are talking about but definitely they could have done it better. If I rate this movie by the times I got sacred or even surprise I will give this movie a 0, just because the acting. The best part is the picture form the credits

And so should you if supernatural horror your thing but no actual thrilled scares or even jump scares more story driven

I honestly wasn't expecting much but it had an interesting plot with a good ending, don't listen the bad reviews, if you like horror you should give it a shot

I'm a bit of a sucker for low budget horror movies ... if they are done and played well. I might have given this a point or two more than some may feel this deserves. Yes we have cliches and yes this is quite predictable. Still it is a horror movie that works (all the bad character choices included) ... very well made and acted.

Suspend your disbelief and enjoy the ride. Effects are decent and story is ok too. It will not reinvent the wheel, it will also probably not make your top 10 list, but that does not make this a bad movie. Of course it may not be your taste ... there is no accounting for that.

I wanted to like this Italian, supposedly horror flick especially since Halloween 🎃 is right around the corner. There was just one problem. It wasn't scary at ALL! 😟 Pretty much a predictable, slow burner 🕯with a dull twist.

Snooze fest. Not remotely scary or anything unique or original. This story could have been told in half the time. Just your standard 'horror' flair today with the non ending. Typical Netflix original enough people try to say is good when it is just routine junk.

I must admit that I was definitely expecting a lot more from "Il Legame" (aka "The Binding") when I sat down to watch it. Especially because the movie's synopsis sold the movie rather well.

First of all, the movie is slow paced, very slow paced. And I must admit that I actually drifted off two or three times along the monotonous paced movie. The storyline was just way too generic to make it an interesting movie. There was nothing here that haven't been seen or done better in previous older movies. Which is kind of astonishing, taking into consideration that the movie had no less than 3 writers working on it.

Visually, "Il Legame" was good, but its atmosphere and special effects could only do so much to lift up the lack of a proper storyline and plot.

The acting in the movie was actually good from just about everyone included on the cast list. And this being an Italian movie, then there wasn't a single familiar face on the cast list for me.

For a horror movie then "Il Legame" just didn't cut it. It was way too bland and monotonous, which made for a less than mediocre movie for sure. My rating of "Il Legame" lands on a mere three out of ten stars.

It took a couple of attempts to watch this, I fell asleep the first time round.

This film goes in hard with the uncanny. The first half is all creepy music and weird relatives talking secretively in hushed tones. Some herbalist witchcraft is going on and a lot of unusual activity seems to be centred on the daughter.

It takes a tortuously long time for it to become clear why everything is happening and when it does the same plodding pace continues.

A family history touched by tragedy and insanity belatedly reveals a possessive land spirit of sorts that's doomed to seek rebirth through vampire like taking of blood.

In principle is a great idea foe a horror film and something we don't see very often these days. The idea of malevolent forces operating just below the surface of modern life is good but the monotone presentation of this movie lets it down.

Not too bad a film but you may need a good strong coffee to get you through it.

A very normal horror without great innovations that is added to the many already existing, despite this however it still manages to create a good atmosphere of terror and tension even if in the end some things remain unnecessarily unexplained and in the film there are some quite evident weft holes.

Don't bother watching this 90 minutes. It is so cliche and boring.

As far as horror movies go, not that bad, the scary lady was creepy as hell and good cinematography. Worked well with a low budget, keeping sets and cast small. The storyline was a bit too boring for the majority of the movie, but pulled through in the end.

The Binding is a new Italian horror that was realesed in this days and i must say that it wasnt a total disaster,film had some good acting performances and some use of visual aspects and creepy imagery was done in a solid way,but that is where a good staff stops to me,and predictable and lame ones begin.Story was seen in a thousends of similiar films and i havent seen nothing new to impress me,scares were also very uneffective and they didnt have a impact on me,ending was little cliched and it felt like all the same.Honestly i wish that Italia gets another horror maestro like Argento was ,so we can again enjoy good horrors again from their side

I'm in doubt if I liked it, it's not bad, but I dispersed a lot, folklore (from southern Italy) is a great theme, the background, the relationship between parents and children, the rustic and poorly maintained location, all of this attracted me , passionate, but the story, I don't know, something more was missing, which didn't know how to identify what it would be, good to regulate...

It is not a bad movie but it is a low budget movie good to see a indian folklore good concept and beautiful acting makes the movie watchable.

This film is dark but only from lack of light, IKEA people please take note!

It's a good premise but it doesn't run with it, it ambles, nothing new here it's pretty much a channel 5/ hallmark 5pm on a Sunday, I wanted to like it the scenery is luscious and the sense of decaying grandeur is palpable, but it doesn't go anywhere.