I always hear people say that horror nowadays sucks, it's always jump scares or comedy or torture porn or just really bad. Well I can tell you this movie from 2013 is in none of those categories.
Here is usually the place where I give a summery but this time I will just qupte IMDb because the synopsis is perfect.
The Parkers, a reclusive family who follow ancient customs, find their secret existence threatened as a torrential downpour moves into their area, forcing daughters Iris and Rose to assume responsibilities beyond those of a typical family.
This is a remake of the 2010 movie from Mexico with the same name that I haven't seen yet.
This movie looks gorgeous and they used some interesting camera angles.
The acting in this movie is superb. Bill Sage did an awesome job at depicting father Framk Parker. As did Julia Garner and Ambyr Childers as his daughters. Everyone else did a great job too, but I had to mention those in specific because of the characters they play.
As I said before, this isn't a jumpscare movie. This movie is scary because of the ambience, because of the story and because of the acting.
Also this is not torture porn, but there is some gore in places where it fit. Once you find out more about the family you will see this kind of movie needs some gore to work. It is not holding on gory scenes though, they aren't the main point of this movie, they are there to enhance it.
Of course this movie isn't perfect, there are some logic jumps made by Doc Barrow (Michael Parks) that are there just to bring the story to an end, but I can overlook that.
I really really enjoyed this movie. This is the reason for me to not give up on modern horror, thiy is the reason I am looking for low budget horror movies, for new time directors.
Also this is an example why I don't trust IMDb when it comes to ratings, it's standing on a 5.8 out of 10 stars, so between 2.5 and 3 stars on letterboxd. I'm giving it 4.5 stars out of 5 and a big like.
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