Im glad I found this movie; unfortunately it had a limited release and there was not much buzz about it. So when I found it, I did not expect much. But I couldn't have been more wrong. Although there is not much originality, it was well done and made me uncomfortable!

The tone of the movie was dreadful and was beautifully supported by the score, the cinematography, and the acting. The pace of the movie was slow, but the payoff was excellent. No cheap jump scares, the right amount of gore, and a clever plot.

Horror fans should definitely give this movie a watch!

I saw "The Blackcoat's Daughter" at a film festival over the weekend and I have no idea when the movie is going into general release. It's a film with good points and bad...but one thing you should understand first is that I am not a huge fan of horror. Nor, am I much of a fan of gore. So read my review with this in mind.

The story is set at a residential Catholic school in New York State. Although there is a break coming up, two girls inexplicably seem to STILL be there at school once the other girls all left for home. Rose is a manipulator and says her parents are coming the wrong day and it's all a mix-up. However, she's really there to see her boyfriend and she sneaks out of the school that night to see him. The other girl, Kat, is a cipher. While she looks young and sweet, she is an entirely different person inside and what she's capable of doing it something you learn through the course of the film.

The film's biggest plus is that it indeed is scary...and unsettling. Horror fans need not worry...it will do the trick if you want to be scared. On the other hand, Kat's character is difficult to understand and the odd way the story is told in a non-linear fashion seemed unnecessary to me. A mixed bag overall, but still, it's worth seeing if you are a die-hard horror fan.

FEBRUARY is yet another roll out for the old demonic possession plot, this time told in the usual cheap and digital fashion. There are two stories that come together, the first involving an escaped psychiatric patient and the second a pair of girls abandoned at boarding school. The overrated Emma Roberts stars. I find this subject matter so hackneyed that it needs a really interesting treatment to work properly (as in the Denzil Washington flick FALLEN) but this goes down the predictable slow burn route, followed by liberal amounts of gory nastiness which fails to impress.