The Awakening is one masterpiece of Horror
Cinema. The film produced in United
Kingdom by David M. Thompson and according
to Cinema critics is a good film (rotten tomatoes average score 5.7 /10, Daily Telegraph
rated the film 4/5).
The story
line of the film is about supernatural phenomena in a boarding school and the
period after World War I. The main character is Florence Cathcart a published and
respected author on supernatural hoaxes. Her reputation is so well established
that Florence
works with Police in many cases to reveal charlatans etc.
Robert
Mallory is a teacher from a boarding school and visits Florence with a request to investigate the
unexplained death of a student and to research the hypothetical relation with
the sighting of a child ghost.
Florence visits the boarding school. Her
first though was that the sighting of a ghost of a child is a prank played by
one of the students. Florence
starts her work by interviewing the teacher who was the last who saw alive the
dead student. After a few days the
school is closed for half – term and the only occupants left are Robert (the
teacher), Maud (the housekeeper), the lonely boy whose parents live in India and Florence.
It was unexplained the attack from a mysterious
hand to Florence
from the pond. The others believe, the attack was a suicide attempt. After the
recovery Florence
recovers and hears another unexplained noise. A mutual attraction is developed
slowly between Florence
and Robert.
Unexplained supernatural events appear and more
revelations. Florence
walks in the woods when the Edward the grounds keeper attacks her in an attempt
to rape her. Florence
fights to defend herself and she is helped by an unexplained supernatural
force. Florence
kills Edward.
At the last 30 minutes of film a series of
revelations appear. Scene by scene, the fiction of the film travel the viewer
to the background, of Florence
childhood.
You can wath the trailer of the film, bellow:
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Sorry, for not writing the previous months! I was
very busy about other unwelcome projects but I’m back with a new masterpiece of
Horror Cinema,
The Conjuring is a supernatural – horror film,
directed by James Wan in North
Carolina. According to film – the fiction location of
the film is Harrisvile in Rhode
Island. The story
line of the film follows the usual fictional structure – group of innocent
people, in Conjuring case , a family with five daughters is trapped in a house
under the unexplained and deadly force of a demon. The film uses supernatural powers
as villain and the main characters are the family and two supernatural investigators.
Vera Farmiga performs the part of Lorraine
Warren (Supernatural Investigator). Patrick Wilson plays the part of Ed Warren
(Supernatural Investigators). Ron
Livingston plays the part of Roger Perron (father of the family), Lilli Taylor
plays the part of Carolyn Perron (mother of the family). Five daughters – five young
actresses - Οι ShanleyCaswell, HayleyMcFarland, JoeyKing, MackewnzieFoy, KylaDeaver.
As I have mentioned above the film “Conjuring”
was directed by James Wan. The script of the film is written by Chad and Carey
Hayes. The horror masterpiece was produced by Tony DeRosa – Grund, Peter Safran
and Rod Cowan.
The music of the film was written by Joseph Bishara
but beyond the main theme, songs of The Zombies “Time of the season”, Betsy
Bryce “Sleep Walk” and Dead Man’s Bones “In the room where you sleep” enrich
the film.
Commercial Success of the Film
The box office of film “The Conjuring” is
beyond 300 million USD, 145 million from United States Market and the other
from International Market (Asia, Europe, Australia
and South America). Obviously “The Conjuring”
is a huge commercial success and soon it will be a horror film franchise, the pre
production of Conjuring II is has already started.
On the following video, you can see the trailer
of film “The Conjuring”.
The plot structure of Paranormal Activity is about a family - the couple Kristie, Dan, Dan’s daughter Ali, their infant son Hunter, Kristie’s sister Katie, the housekeeper Martine and their dog Aby. The story begins at 2006, with a “burglary“ at the couple’s house. Only hunter’s necklace is missing which was a Katie’s present. The couple believes that there is danger for more criminal activity in the future and Dan places security cameras inside and outside of the house. Martine the latin housekeeper believes that they are under a demonic attack and she wants to force “evil spirits” to leave from the house. There is also a background story Katie and Kristi believe that since their childhood they are under the influence and negative power of a demon.
Ali hears strange sounds during the knight and she walks outside of the house and then door of the house closes behind her. Then Ali realizes that there is something supernatural in their house and starts searching and studying for demons. She discovers that people can communicate and make deals with demons for wealth, power and glory. Also, Ali reexamines the family situation according to which had not been a male child in Kristi and Katie’s family since the time of their great - great grandmother, aand Hunter is the only male child in the family.
The dog of the family it attacked and injured by the demon. Dan and Ali take the dog Abby to the veterinarian, during their absence Krist is under a demonic attack. A powerful demonic force drugs her into the basement and she stays there for an hour when she walks out of the basement shedoes not look normal she is possessed.
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Paranormal Activity is a supernatural horror film shot in found footage style. The film was written and directed by Oren Peli. The plot of the film is about a young caple Katie and Micah who face the supernatural presence in their home. The storyline of the film is presented to audience through the lenses of hidden camera and regular cameras left on during the night to record the supernatural and paranormal activity.
The film initially produced as an Independent Feature and it was shown to Horror Film Festivals and then it was acquired by Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures modified the film and especially the film ending. The marketing and release strategy of the film was to release the film firstly in a limited number of theaters , the first was on 25 September 2007 (five years ago - so today is the Paranormal Activity franchise birthday) and then to started the nation wide release of the film on October 2009. Paramount Activity was a huge box office success with worldwide box revenue at $ 194 million. The financial ratio of return on Investment is one of the best ever in history of cinema.
The success of Paranormal Activity was a strong factor to motivate Paramount Pictures for the creation of sequel and prequel films related to the initial “Paranormal Activity” film. The prequel film Paranormal Activity 2 was released in October 2010 and the second prequel “Paranormal Activity 3” was releases in October 2011.
The plot structure of “Paranormal Activity”
A couple of young people Katie and Micah recently moved into a two - story track in San Diego. Katie believes that an evil spirit is after her and is responsible for her bad misfortune. Katie believes also that this evil power is after her also in their new house. She wants to record the supernatural activity that occurs at night during their sleep. Micah mounts a digital camcorder on a tripod in their bedroom to cover the supernatural presence.
The 1st Night
Only sound of footsteps and dropped keys is recorded.
Katie ask for help Dr. Fredichd (phychic) who believes that Katie is not haunted by a ghost buit she was haunted by a demon. Demon creates negative energy around her and Kate is doomed into failure, misery and fear. According to him Katie and Micah must not try to taunt and communicate with demon and then reccomend them to communicate with an experts about demons Dr. Johann Averie . Katie believes the situation is dangerous but from the other hand Micah does not take it seriously.
The 2nd Night
Camera captures a number of supernatural phenomena such a light turning on and then off.
The 3nd Night
Camera captures the movement of the bedroom door.
The 5th Night
Katie wakes up from a nightmare as it seems from the camera footage something or someone was whispering to her during her sleep.
Then Micah starts to taunt the demon.
The 10th Night
Camera captures the demon crawling through the covers and when Katie is wakes up she hears a strange growling in the hallway.
The 13th Night
The couple wakes up because of a strange screech and a loud thud. The sound is coming from downstairs they are heading downstairs and they see the chandelier moving my itself.
The 15th Night
Camera captures the following sequence of activity. Kate is wakes up and she looks Micah speechless for many hours and then she goes outside. Micah wakes up because of the noise in the halfway. Micah tries to convince Kate to return but there is no hope. Micah goes inside to get a blanket he finds the TV on and both the taps in kitchen and bedroom on.
Katie remembers anything next morning.
Micah brings a Quija board to their house despite the warnings of Dr. Fredich. The couple leaves the Quija board at their living room while they are moving for a visit to another house. During their absence curtains and plants start to blow around and the Quija box starts to move by itself and finally a small fire erupts on the board but it extinguishes itself before they get home.
The 16th night
Camera captures the bed tipping over
The 17th night
Micah sprinkles talcum powder in the hallway and when the the couple is awaken by noises they are no human footprints from attic to bedroom. Micah searches into the attic where he finds a burnt photograph of Kate when she was younger. Katie believed that this photograph was previously destroyed in an unexplained house fire.
The 18th night
Camera captures a light turning on and then off and the bedroom door slams shut. There is also strange sound as something was trying to break in. Also, couple discovers the glass of their photo smashed and Micah’s image scratched. Micah agrees to invite Dr. Averie, instead of Dr. Averie Dr.Fredichs arrives but he can not help he believes that his own presence makes the demon more angry and dangerous.
The 19th night
Camera captures a a shadow while its moving across the bedroom door.
The 20th Night
Then Katie is pulled out of the bedroom by am unknown force. The couple is afraid and leaves the house and decides to go a hotel to pass the night. Katie fears and pushes a cross with her hands so strongly that bloodies her palm. Micah burns the cross and the photo with Kate in the attic.
The 21th Night
Katie wakes and stands beside Micah and is looking at him for about two hours and then Katie starts screaming and calls Micah for hekp, camera captures Katie screaming like crazy, then screaming stops and a short silence appears, then footsteps coming up the stairs. Then Micah body is violently hurled at the camera and it’s knocked over. Katie slowly walks into the room and then blood appears on her clothing. Kate sniffs Micah and then slowly looks at the camera, her face takes the look of demonic appearance and then scene cuts.
The Paranormal Activity film ends with an epilogue text, according to which Micah found dead by police on October 11, 2006 and Katie is missing.
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The drak side is a supernatural – found footage (documentary style) “cinema verite” film produced in USA. The film was directed by William Brent Bell and the screenplay of the film was written by Bell and Mathew Peterman. The storyline of the film “The Devil Inside” is about searching an answer, looking for the truth in the unknown dark side.
A documentary film crew is looking to find the truth, and in “The Devil Inside” film the main character of the film is connected in a special relationship (mother – daughter) with the main character in the back story.
The Devil Inside topped the box office in United States at the first opening weekend and then it declined, before disappearing completely from the box – office tope ten. Beyond the above mentioned fact “The Devil Inside” was a huge commercial success with revenue over $ 100 million in box office. There were also negative comments and critiques about the film, but despite this “The Devil Inside” was a great box office success with one of the best cost per income ratios in industry.
The film is based on the already known and successful business model of found footage genre – cinema verite, documentary style, low budget approach, one or two shooting locations, no big stars to cast. Film was shot in Bucharest (Romania), Rome (Italy) and Vatican City. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Steven Schneider presented the film to Paramount Pictures. The Paramount Pictures after the great success if Paranormal Activity was looking for another horror film that can capture the audience interest. Executives in Paramount hoped that “Devil Inside” can be a big box office success as Paranormal Activity was. They decided to finance the “Devil Inside” film project through their low budget company Insurge Pictures.
Fernanda Andrade plays the part of Isabella Rossi (is the main character of the film), Simon Quarterman plays the part of Ben, Evan Helmuth plays the part of David, Ionut Grama plays the part of Mike, Suzan Crowley plays the part of Maria Possi, Bommie Morgan plays the part of Rosallita, Brian Johnson plays the part of Lieutenant Dreyfus, Preston James Hiller plays the part of Male Reporter and finally D.T. Carney plays the part of a Detective.
On 30 October of 1989 Maria Rossi commits a triple murder during an exorcism, according to reports she was possessed and the exorcism performed on her. Since then Maria Rossi is institutionalized in a mental hospital in Italy (Rome). Her daughter Isabella Rossi, is a filmmaker and learns about the three murders from her father who died three days after telling her.
Twenty years later Isabella is looking for an answer – she wants to learn about the dark side, she is filming a documentary film about exorcisms and she planning to visit her mother in Italy. She visits Rome, she meets two catholic Priests Ben and David and Ben invites Isabella to watch an exorcism performed on an Italian girl named Rosalita. The documentary crew and the catholic priest bring medical equipment with them to check data and to determine if Rosallita is possessed or mental ill. During the exorcism Rosalita, attacks the crew, speaks in different languages and she calls Isabella with her real name, despite she did not know her, there are enough evidence, Rosalita is possessed under the control of unknown dark forces. Eventually, the catholic Priest David forces demons far away from her.
Then Isabella goes to visit her mother in mental institution. Her mother Maria who has killed three people during an exorcism speaks in different languages and different accents and also the walls of her room are decorated with occult signs. Maria tells to her daughter, the documentary filmmaker that killing achild is against the God’s will. Later, Isabella will inform David and Ben that she had an abortion many years ago but it was impossible for her mother to know this. This was a very strong evidence about Maria’s possession by dark forces, there was a need for an exorcism.
Davis is preparing for the exorcism, but she worries loosing his job because Catholic Church does not authorize exorcism. Finally, exorcism begins, Isabella and the documentary crew filming the ritual and finally Maria mentions in front of priests and the crew the past of priest Ben, and Isabella’s abortion. Then Maria or the dark forces who control Maria send Ben flying into the door and knocked David to the ground.
After the unsuccessful exorcism David and Ben analyze the video recording and they present the evidence to Catholic Church. The played Maria’s part on video many times, and especially the part when she says “I know what you did” and by the analysis of the audio they have realized that there are four different demons.
David in a church, ready to start a baptism, everything is OK as usual. Suddenly David submerges the baby in the holly water,he wants wants to kill the baby. A crowd of people rush up to save the baby.
David is found by Ben at home with blood all over his forearms, eyes rolled back into his head a situation as Maria was during the exorcism. Then police arrive and Dvid somehow acquires an officer’s handgun and holds it in his mouth. Ben tries to stop him but it’s impossible. David starts to weep reciting “The Lord’s prayer” and then he suicides.
Ben believes that Isabella is possessed they are waiting in the hospital, suddenly, nurses rush into the emergency room- there is a nurse injured on her neck and the other nurses fight to restrain Isabella. Ben drag’s Isabella into the hallway to restrain her, they have Isabella with them (Ben and Michael) and they are thinking to try another one exorcism. Isabella speaks about Davids baby killing. Isabella trys to struggle Michael who is driving the car. Michael is loosing car’s control and Isabella breaths at Michael’s mouth. Michael shows signs of possession and the Michael increases the speed of the car and the car headlong into another car. At camera’s frame we can see chaos, the passengers of the car (Isabella, Ben and another driver) flying through their windshield.
Film ends and credits start rolling informing the audience that the case of Rossi Family is unresolved and then presenting to audience an address of a web site where they can search information about the ongoing research.
You can see the official trailer of the film "The devil inside" on youtube
