The Offering

I dont understand the low score , i throughly enjoyed this and so did my wife, it is a bit old school in its vibe which i liked and the effects were ok for what it is, plenty or folke lore, Demon stuff, pentagrams and creepy children.

Every thing is a bit dark and moody so that might put a few off, some reviews i've read say it cliched and has telegraphed jumped scares but there are only so many times you can do a Demon/posession movie without comparing to hundreds of others that came before , saying that i thought it was fresh and the mortuary back drop added to the discomfort and creepyness.

This isn't terrible but it's a bit like a columbo movie. The opening scene shows you what's going on and takes away all the mystery and intrigue.

I thought that was interesting and I wondered where they were going to go with it. I didn't wonder very long.

Predictable jump scares, very little suspense and an all too tropey characters including a personal bug-bear of mine; that one guy who just knows exactly what's going on and can expertly explain it all, in detail to our protagonist.

I like two things about this movie. Almost the whole movie is inside the house which gives the movie what little atmosphere there is, and I like the ending. Not the climax, not the third act, just the very end. That's about all though.

I have to admit that I wasn't really harboring much of any expectations or hopes for this 2022 horror movie titled "The Offering", simply because the movie somewhat was reeking of being a generic horror movie. Yet, as I hadn't already seen this horror movie, of course I opted to give the movie the benefit of the doubt.

And color me impressed. Writers Hank Hoffman and Jonathan Yunger really put together an enjoyable and entertaining storyline and script for director Oliver Park to bring to life on the screen. Sure, there were generic elements to the storyline, of course there were, but as a whole then I have to say that "The Offering" was a surprisingly good horror movie.

The story revolves around Hebrew folklore, and that is something I am unfamiliar with. So how true "The Offering" was to the actual myth and folklore, I do not know. But the movie made for a good old fashioned enjoyable horror movie experience.

The acting performances in "The Offering" were good. I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble, but there were a familiar face or two making an appearance on the screen. The actors and actresses in the movie put on good and convincing performances and carried the movie quite well.

Visually then "The Offering" was good. There was a good use of brooding, dark atmosphere throughout the movie, which was something that really paid off. And the CGI in the movie was good. I really liked the design of the demonic entity. So thumbs up to the CGI department working on "The Offering".

If you enjoy a good old fashioned horror movie with a demonic entity theme, then you should sit down and watch "The Offering". I was genuinely entertained by the movie, and it is a movie that I warmly recommend.

My rating of "The Offering" lands on a seven out of ten stars.

"The Offering" offers a not-so-original but effective script told from a Jewish perspective. The cast gives well accomplished performances and the director's job is well done. One of the great merits of this production is its cinematography that generates a gloomy atmosphere by making the most of the filming locations. One notorious flaw is the CGI special effects that turn out to be fake in several scenes. The demon's design is very good, although in some scenes it ends up being distorted with digital touch-ups. "The Offering" is not a masterpiece, nor is it a lousy production, it is a decent film that achieves its purpose of entertaining.

The plot was not properly explained, the backstory was not clear either. It's like watching a snippet of the end of a different movie, it just started and then it ended. I don't know what happened or why it happened. But that doesn't mean I didn't watch it til end. The horror was good it had the potential to be scary. Not a fan of jump-scares though, and this one had far too many. The concept itself I think was unique, but showing the demon as a scary monster in a well lit room did not make it as scary as it could've been. Regardless, it was a nice watch 5.2 is a little lower, it was not that bad.