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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Craig's Shocktober Horror Marathon 2013 - Day 2: The Awakening (2011)

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Florence Cathart, a professional skeptic who makes a career of debunking claims of the supernatural, is invited to a boarding school by a mysterious man named Robert (Dominic West from The Wire) to investigate rumors of a ghostly boy that is said to roam its halls.  While there, not only is her disbelief in ghosts challenged, but the foggy memory of her traumatic past. 

This movie started out with promise - I really dug the bait-and-switch in the opening scene with the seance, and was intrigued with the prospect of the ghost boy at the school.  However, the plot began to slow to a crawl, the characters showed no sign of becoming more interesting (or having a pulse), and the film descended into a schlocky, dull ghost movie.  The reveal about Florence's connection with the school was weak and there just weren't very many good scares, beyond the occasional appearance of the ghost.  All of those things, combined with the drab colors, made for a very boring film.

So 2 out of 4 ghost children!










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