5/21/2023 0 Comments Wake by rebecca hallBut it's a slow burn, with no loud, ridiculous red herring scares or ill placed grotesque cheap thrills. The moody marshlands and gaunt, gilded halls of the building provide a wealth of haunted house atmosphere for us to feast on. She starts prying around, and digs up some secrets that she wished she hadn't. The boys are muted, frightened waifs, the teachers besides West a morose bunch. She arrives and is subjected to a dank, lonely atmosphere that's chilling enough without being haunted. She reluctantly takes the journey, convinced by one of the teachers (Dominic West) a haunted world war one veteran with demons of his own. Rebecca Hall fares excellently ras as a paranormal investigator from circa early 30's London, brought out to the foggy moors of northern england to a grandiose, austere boys boarding school, where some mysterious phenomena has been reported. It's isn't without its paranormal jump scares though, but they are nicely blended with the story and personal conflicts of the characters, giving them earned purpose. The trailer suggests some scary genre thrills, and while there are a few, most of the trauma that befalls the characters is of interpersonal nature, the demons of their past proving to be far more haunting than any supernatural spooks hiding in the closet. The Awakening is a sly ghost story, and slipped by mostly unnoticed in 2012.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |