Witches of Blackwood

Wow. This was 1 hour and 18 minutes of undiluted boredom.

When I sat down to watch the 2020 movie "The Unlit" (aka "Witches of Blackwood"), I hadn't even heard about the movie. But the fact that it was a supernatural thriller and one that I hadn't already seen was enough to make me interested in watching it. And of course the movie's cover was definitely also serving as something to lure me in.

But "The Unlit" from writer Darren Markey and director Kate Whitbread was an insanely slow paced movie with virtually nothing happening throughout the course of the entire movie. I kept watching this ordeal of a movie in the hopes of something actually happening, because the movie seemed interesting from the cover and its synopsis.

However, don't get your hopes up for "The Unlit", because this movie was boredom incarnate. The storyline was so simplistic that it was bordering on being a slap to the face of the viewers. The only thing that kept "The Unlit" somewhat afloat was some fair enough acting performances by the cast.

I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress that performed in "The Unlit". And that is usually something I enjoy in movies, and it was nice enough here as well, despite the movie having virtually almost no storyline.

"The Unlit" was a swing and a miss, and it fell short of providing me with any kind of proper entertainment or enjoyment. And this is not a movie that I would recommend you waste your time, money or effort on.

My rating of "The Unlit" lands on a generous two out of ten stars.

Nothing in the movie to keep you interested. Better spend time elsewhere.

I'm going to write this in bullet point the best that in can. Please for my English and Grammer. Why I gave only 2 stars

1) Incredibly Short all films regardless of genre or country origin should ALWAYS BE MINIMUM of 90mins WITHOUT CREDITS. In this case couldn't squeeze out a extra 18mins of dialogue?

2) Incredibly slow moving with no reward at the end.

3) No scares no suspense no story.

4) In the notion of no story there was no explanation to the viewers of the short film(I used film for lack of a better word).

Me personally thought a stupid cat banging on a piano was more entertaining. I happened to think house cats are The Devil's Spies yet would've except one over this. The only thing I liked was for a few minutes when Claire comes into the town for a minute or 2 the film felt like the original "Children of the corn"

Just cardboard performances all round. Not a single redeeming feature. Why why do we {Australia} so rarely make something original and significant for the screen.

I almost turned it off when she was in the hotel and the lady asked where she was staying and she just left. I know better now that I should have. This movie never got any better! Not a Horror or a Thriller, just felt like an extremely slow paced miss. I can at least find one good thing about any movie. I will say the boyfriend was a good actor but everyone else I could care less for. You know you movie sucks when the characters in it are just background noise and nothing special. I would not recommend this movie if you enjoy a good horror or thriller.