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The Secret Village

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 29m
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2.5/10
1.1K
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The Secret Village (2013)
HorrorMysteryThriller

Two strangers research a mysterious outbreak of mass hysteria in a small village.Two strangers research a mysterious outbreak of mass hysteria in a small village.Two strangers research a mysterious outbreak of mass hysteria in a small village.

  • Director
    • Swamy M. Kandan
  • Writers
    • Swamy M. Kandan
    • Jason B. Whittier
  • Stars
    • Jonathan Bennett
    • Ali Faulkner
    • Richard Riehle
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    2.5/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Swamy M. Kandan
    • Writers
      • Swamy M. Kandan
      • Jason B. Whittier
    • Stars
      • Jonathan Bennett
      • Ali Faulkner
      • Richard Riehle
    • 53User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jonathan Bennett
    Jonathan Bennett
    • Greg
    Ali Faulkner
    Ali Faulkner
    • Rachel
    Richard Riehle
    Richard Riehle
    • Paul
    Stelio Savante
    Stelio Savante
    • Joe
    Tobi Gadison
    Tobi Gadison
    • Jim
    Karin Duseva
    • Mary
    Kef Lee
    • Jason
    Gerard Rem
    • Max
    Darleen Zradi
    • Emily
    Patrick Muraca
    • Clark
    Olivia Marchione
    • Young Rachel
    Jason B. Whittier
    • Samuel
    • (as Jason Whittier)
    Miriam Weisbecker
    • Secretary
    Randy Cormier
    • Baker
    Lisa Mears
    • Mom
    Alexa Green
    • Jessica
    Meshell Bordeleau
    • Teacher
    Linda White
    • Old Villager
    • Director
      • Swamy M. Kandan
    • Writers
      • Swamy M. Kandan
      • Jason B. Whittier
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    User reviews53

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    2jaholl

    What A Diastrous Mess....

    This movie is all over the place. The first thing I noticed was the bad background music; sounding as if it were composed and played by a 12 yr. old. The scenes jump back and forth which I contribute to poor, poor editing and direction.

    There are people popping up here and there with no real background story to go on except it's a scary village and they keep to themselves. Oooooooooooh.

    Big deal.

    15 minutes into the movie you're thinking "who cares" and you're ready to exit out of it and move on to something actually good.
    1berry-john22

    Don't believe the good reviews, they are fake

    This is an incoherent mess.

    The music is stupid.

    The feel is low budget, it isn't scary. The parts that should be are just laughably bad.

    It skips like a damaged record, it makes as much sense as a dream does when you are awake.

    The 2.7 rating is probably generous.

    It isn't unwatchable, but is rather unenjoyable even if you have really low standards.

    The movie is inconsistent within it's internal logic, the viewer would have to be psychically linked to the main character and suffering from ergot poisoning for what is shown to make any sense.

    Find another movie to watch.
    1isabellamaifr

    bad bad bad

    I have to agree with the other reviews out there, this movie is awful. Bad acting, there is no real storyline (except some weirdly dressed people from the town running around trying to look like witches or magicians or just ugly faces (lol). Although I think the worst of it is the acting. Really, the acting tops it all, some of the worst that I've seen in quite some time and I saw a lot of horror movies already. Anyway I say don't watch it, it's a waste of time and if you made the mistake of buying the DVD or Bluray like I did, it's also a waste of money.

    I think the idea for it is not that bad but the realization of it, well...that sadly went in the wrong direction ;)
    1amigajoe

    Who edited this mess?!?!

    Segments are clearly out of sequence, random bits of footage pop up for no reason, events are described before they happen, other parts are missing entirely. Obviously this was a salvage job, and not a very good one. Maybe production ran out of money, maybe key people quit(for not getting paid?), but for whatever reason, this was clearly not a complete film and what was there was thrown together with plenty of filler to pad it out to a sell-able run-time. There might have been decent movie in there but it wasn't finished and what was left was an incoherent mess that was thrown onto the market to try to recoup the loss from unsuspecting renters. Shame on the producers.
    3karthikeyang-ganesan

    Why? Dear Lord, Why?

    I have seen some bad movies, but this one is right up there at the top.

    If you could sit through this, there isn't anything in the world that you cannot achieve.

    Fails miserably in every aspect there is to making a movie.

    Horrible plot, horrible acting, horrible direction, horrible background score........

    I mean there isn't anything remotely good about this movie.

    Tie a cam around a cat and it would get you some interesting footage.

    Absolute waste of time.

    Want to punish someone? Recommend this movie to them.

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    Related interests

    Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    Horror
    Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)
    Mystery
    Cho Yeo-jeong in Parasite (2019)
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    • Goofs
      When Joe calls Jason on his iPhone, while at Rachel's house, after he hangs up and looks at the phone, the charger port is on top of the phone. (old style charger)
    • Connections
      Referenced in Best of the Worst: Our DVD and Blu-ray Collection (2019)

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    • Release date
      • April 11, 2017 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Salem Witch Hunters
    • Filming locations
      • Berkshires, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production company
      • Midnight Friends
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    • Budget
      • $1,950,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 29m(89 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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