mysterymoviemadam

For me, although this film isn't a mystery, it is surely one of the best films of the 90s. You have some absolute superstars in this with Christian Slater but especially Kevin Bacon and Gary Oldman boy do I hate him in this (not the performance , the character) . What an uncompromising and gripping true story court drama that seems to have been forgotten in time . Its definitely sorrowful so be warned but there is some redemption. Apparently Kevin Bacon didn't get a Oscar nomination for this? Surely a conspiracy this was a film that has truly been missed out and people need to be made aware of it.

This was a great film, the build up and tension of how it all unravels in the house is amazing. To be honest anything to do with Enfield is crazy scary. I'm not sure how much influence these two journalists, the Warrens, had in real life with the Enfield case as it went on for a while and I'm not sure if that demon nun was involved but all I will say is , I can't watch this again so it had its effect. The first conjuring was also v good and I could probably watch that again but there is something about the Enfield that creeps me out. Maybe some of the scary bits were a bit odd in the second installment and didn't happen but I was in a constant state of tension throughout.

So, the premise is a couple of journalists that go investigating murders in a town in Iowa. It's definitely a found footage deal and its set in the 90s. The concept isn't anything majorly new but I like the premise of the interviews. I think some die hard horror people have criticised this and thought that it was just filler and maybe there should be a few more jumps, but to be fair, all the interviews unravel something so they are integral. I think this is definitely not one for people who want to see shocking, crazy horror, but for mystery people like me I found it simple , slick and love the 90s vibe. Nobody seems to mentioning the acting which I think is really great all round , in fact I have seldom seen a horror film this low budget with good acting. Georgie Mcguigan really carries what must be a difficult role well and the smaller characters are good. They probably went a little too far on the raw camera work to be honest which can be a bit of a nuisance but there are some what seems to be HD scenes mixed in and you feel that you are watching something really cool.