A young man returns to his recently deceased mother's charming gothic revival home, only to discover a sinister presence lying within that may be linked to a peculiar cult run by two strange... Read allA young man returns to his recently deceased mother's charming gothic revival home, only to discover a sinister presence lying within that may be linked to a peculiar cult run by two strange brothers.A young man returns to his recently deceased mother's charming gothic revival home, only to discover a sinister presence lying within that may be linked to a peculiar cult run by two strange brothers.
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If you like both a film that asks you questions and is deeply metaphorically and religiously compelling, watch this movie.
Despite both having characters named Rosalind Leigh, this film has nothing to do with "The Sculptress", the 1993 crime novel by English writer Minette Walters. So if you are looking for an adaptation, you are looking in the wrong place.
This actually a pretty good film. While simple on plot, the atmosphere is excellent, the voiceovers are chilling and the overall color and lighting in the cinematographer is spectacular. This is an above average film simply for the way it was shot.
This movie is very subtle, slowly developing and intelligent. What this absolutely is not is a cliché ghost movie.
I have no clue why this film has so poor review on IMDb as of 2013, 5.7. Everyone with a mature mind and refined tastes should absolutely appreciate this film. I was actually scared for once. I guess I have seen about 50+ horror movies in my lifetime and most of the time they fail to frighten me.
Good viewing for mature, quiet audiences. Like somebody else already wrote in their review, keep an eye on this director/writer Rodrigo Gudiño. We got a fresh out of school master film maker making his mark on the world here. Keep doing what you're doing Mr. director and next time get a decent soundtrack for your film.
I put this movie in the same category as The Exocism of Emily Rose. They're horror movies that actually have a good storyline , that make put all that you have just seen into complete and coherent thoughts instead of just throwing all the information right in your face like most do.
The movie has a slow pace and an amazing eerie vibe making you feel uneasy throughout the whole thing, completed with the help of Vanessa Redgrave's voice-over done with perfection. It was packed with small hints everywhere leaving you collecting crumbs until you had more and more information. The cinematography and camera work was spot on but I didn't quite like the set design, i think it could have been done with more taste and better positioning.
Overall i think it was a great watch and would surely recommend it, shame it has such a low rating on IMDb.
Gudiño's first shot at not shorts. He quite nailed it! Gudiño takes us into the very self of his characters; we get to know them, to feel what they felt.
Guy enters mother's home in hopes of selling, because she has passed away; guy starts to feel, hear, see things...It looks like the very same formula, but, Gudiño takes it one step up, if not a couple more.
Innovation finally arrives in this genre. A great start to build a pretty good future for Gudiño.
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- TriviaThe writer and director inspired by Stanley Kubrick's style of shooting movies within only a few miles of his home drove around Toronto looking at houses until he found a house owned by a mother and two children who were eccentric Collectors.
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Rosalind Leigh: Sometimes, late at night, you can still feel the loneliness, like an animal, in the dark, ready to pounce. It can make a warm memory seem empty and unfamiliar. Past things seem insignificant, and even faith, seem trivial and worthless.
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- Última voluntad y testamento de Rosalind Leigh
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- CA$1,800,000 (estimated)
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- 1h 22m(82 min)
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- 1.85 : 1