The Curse of Lilith Ratchet

As a fan of horror movies, this movie is by far one of the worst movies I have seen.

If there is something horrifying about this movie, it is the acting. The acting was horrible and not convincing as well as over the top. The plot was nothing note-worthy. No visual effects whatsover. To be honest, I think most of the budget went to renting the houses.

If you want to watch something, please find yourself something else. Don't make the same mistake I did by watching this movie. However, if you want to laugh at how ridiculous this movie is, then go right ahead.

This doesn't start in a promising fashion. A pre-credits sequence that is so mild, it fails to deliver much tension or atmosphere (our villainess looks much better later on in the film). As things progress, we become acquainted with a shrunken head, and the game that comes with it. You wouldn't, would you? Play the game, I mean.

So when the main characters play this game, you know things aren't going to end well. You also know that this bunch aren't the smartest gang you'll ever meet - but you get into it. For an independent film, the budget is very well utilised, the sound and direction (by Eddie Lengyel, who also wrote) are polished. The acting is uneven (some of lack of expression is restricted by the surgically enhanced appearance of some performers) - a good example being a séance that shifts effortlessly from moments that are effective to others that are pretty poorly performed. You win some, you lose some. There is, however, a compelling and troubling inevitability regarding the characters' fates. Lilith herself looks progressively effective, although her kills are fairly mild. There's also a nice twist at the end. My score is 7 out of 10.

I hadn't even heard about the 2018 "The Curse of Lilith Ratchet" horror movie from director and writer Eddie Lengyel prior to stumbling upon it in mid-2019. Seeing the movie's cover and it being a horror movie was more than sufficient enough to make me sit down and watch the movie.

Initially, I must admit that I had expected I was going to be in for a suckfest of unfathomable magnitude. But to my surprise, then "The Curse of Lilith Ratchet" actually turned out to be surprisingly nice, taking into consideration the concept and the production of the movie.

While "The Curse of Lilith Ratchet" wasn't a particularly scary movie. Actually, it was lacking things that were scary to a seasoned horror veteran such as myself, then director and writer Eddie Lengyel actually managed to come up with a movie that was enjoyable and watchable enough, despite being generic and following a strict 'how-to-make-a-horror-movie' blueprint.

The acting in the movie was adequate, although there weren't really any outstanding or memorable performances to be experiences throughout the course of the movie.

The Lilith Ratchet character was interesting enough, albeit it was quite generic for a pseudo-ghost movie such as this. Don't go and expect something that will revolutionize the horror genre.

All in all, if you enjoy horror movies, then "The Curse of Lilith Ratchet" actually makes for an adequate movie, while it is somewhat generic. I was entertained with what I saw on the screen. But this is hardly a movie that you will watch more than once.

It's not quite as terrible as some of the one-star reviews made it out to be. The story isn't all that original but there was still a level of fun to it that could have been saved with better actors and a little more carefully placed attention on the cinematography. I hate to see it given a one star. Four seems adequate.

Not the worst you can do with independent horror but far from the best.

I laughed through the entire movie. It is so bad. The only way to describe it is Hot Potato, the horror movie.