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The Strings

  • 2020
  • 1h 34m
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4.4/10
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The Strings (2020)
In the dead of winter, Catherine (Teagan Johnston), a talented musician who, having recently broken up her successful band, travels to her aunt's remote coastal cottage to work on new material in solitude. Once there, she and local photographer Grace (Jenna Schaefer) spark up a budding romance while visiting an abandoned farmhouse with a disturbing past. Soon after, strange and seemingly supernatural occurrences begin to manifest at the cottage, escalating each night and dangerously eroding Catherine's sense of reality.
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In the dead of winter, a musician travels to a remote cottage to work on new material, but soon finds herself under attack from a mysterious dark presence.In the dead of winter, a musician travels to a remote cottage to work on new material, but soon finds herself under attack from a mysterious dark presence.In the dead of winter, a musician travels to a remote cottage to work on new material, but soon finds herself under attack from a mysterious dark presence.

  • Director
    • Ryan Glover
  • Writers
    • Ryan Glover
    • Krista Dzialoszynski
  • Stars
    • Teagan Johnston
    • Jenna Schaefer
    • April Aliermo
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.4/10
    503
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    • Director
      • Ryan Glover
    • Writers
      • Ryan Glover
      • Krista Dzialoszynski
    • Stars
      • Teagan Johnston
      • Jenna Schaefer
      • April Aliermo
    • 26User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Teagan Johnston
    • Catherine
    Jenna Schaefer
    Jenna Schaefer
    • Grace
    April Aliermo
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    Lora Bidner
    • The Pianist
    Toby Hendy
    • The Physicist
    Tara Niewiadomski
    • The Tattoo Artist
    • Director
      • Ryan Glover
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      • Krista Dzialoszynski
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    1NickKnack68

    Painfully lifeless

    No idea who thought having a musician deal with their creative process in an isolated cabin would be a good scenario for a horror film (and perhaps it could've been), but here it's an exercise in patience as NOTHING happens for 99% of the running time.

    Non-existent plot, nothing even slightly scary, THE STRINGS is an epic waste of time. Just ... wow.
    2randolphdrewhunter

    I'll never get that time back!

    Like watching an 89 year old guy with prostate issues take a leak. It's a very long drawn out process, but not too much actually comes out. Anti-climactic and scenes are long and drawn out. The story building is like a bad massage without the happy ending. If you didn't watch this movie, your life will be no different than if you did. The only thing good about it was the acting, it seemed real. For that, 2 stars.... out of 100.
    1soulcrisis28

    The Saying is Like Watching Paint DRY

    Even with that, that is still giving this steaming pile of poo emoji entirely too much credit. The lead is not easy on the eyes, overweight and unattractive as others have already said, they weren't stretching the truth, talentless hack should be added to the list. Whatever this nonsense is she calls "music" is well not any good. What's even a little funny but really just sad is the movie tries to play off like she's some established musician which just makes it all that much worse. Everything in this movie is fake and bad, her fake and bad acting, her fake and bad smoking, her fake and bad drinking, her really fake and bad "music"

    I hesitate to call this a slow burn, cause it never even catches a spark to start to slow burn. Anywho read the other reviews, others have made comical points about the movie that are true and made me laugh a little.

    In fact, I'd almost say the reviews are more entertaining than the movie. Skip this if you value your time at all.
    1jriversquackquack

    Terrible waste of time

    Where to begin? The songs belong at a bad teenage poetry open mic, the characters have no motivation, there's enough plot for about a five-minute short, the acting is amateurish, and the soundtrack intrudes like a dump truck. Sure, there are some nice shots of landscapes and houses, but whatever passes for a story here is so thin that you won't care. Add in the barest whisper of pretentious New Age "guantum curtain" or whatever, and you've got this movie. I watched it on Shudder and it made me want to cancel.
    1cameron115115

    Well....

    I've seen garbage movies and I dare say I recognise one when I see one and guess what... This is one of em. I'm not gonna fat shame the lead, like other reviewers have... pointless, what I will do is say is from the lead the the support cast the acting its just poor the "story" is weak. We don't get any reason or rhyme as to why the spooks there not always needed I know, but, when the script and film in general is this bad some explaining is needed . The only good thing about this movie is that it ends.

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      The role of Catherine's manager is performed by Larry Fessenden. He is uncredited in the film.

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    • Release date
      • November 23, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Loomerünnak
    • Filming locations
      • Prince Edward Island, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Observer Effect Productions
      • Eggplant Picture & Sound
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)
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      • 2.39 : 1

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