
An antiques collector inherits a house from his estranged mother only to discover that she had been living in a shrine devoted to a mysterious cult. Soon, he comes to suspect that his mother's oppressive spirit still lingers within her home and is using items in the house to contact him with an urgent message.... (Full plot summary below)
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An antiques collector inherits a house from his estranged mother only to discover that she had been living in a shrine devoted to a mysterious cult. Soon, he comes to suspect that his mother's oppressive spirit still lingers within her home and is using items in the house to contact him with an urgent message.
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| User ReviewTina RLike a very slow drip of ice water on skin this masterpiece will provide the most taut and relentless sense of foreboding. From the unsettling voice over of Vanessa Redgrave to the unhuman and unidentifiable background sounds..you will be hooked and hypnotized. There are touches of M Night Shymalan as well as Guillermo Del Toro here but again..it stands on its own. The plot poses more questions than it answers and you will find yourself compelled to see it again. Extremely subtle and creepy...stayed with me all night. Two thumbs up!!! |
| User ReviewJohn PThis is a film for thinkers...no teenage bimbos chased by chainsawn killers-just the beautiful and emotional pleas of Vanessa Redgrave, gorgeous scenes and the slow burn of unknown fears-this movie is up there with Rosemarys Baby, and the Others. I really need to watch it again. |
| User ReviewDonnie MOld school thriller depending more on atmosphere and mood than special effects and cheap scares. Creepy and effective. |
| User ReviewGuillaume HGive it time. Its not mindblowing. Its not that type. But its worth your patient time. Its very internal, drawn out, dreadful, and tense. Im not sure its a horror movie but if it is, its a good one. |
| User ReviewQuade CVery interesting flick here. Quite underrated. Mostly just one character on screen and that's about it. Very minimal dialogue but it's very atmospheric and creepy. Definitely quite the experience! |
| User ReviewDavid TA surprisingly good chiller. Eerie, suspenseful, subtle and deep. Well written, decently acted, slow paced, and beautifully designed and shot. No cheap jump scares or blood and guts to be found here, although there is the perfect amount of camp sprinkled lightly here and there throughout. This is a highly entertaining movie which I am glad I decided to give a chance. |
| User ReviewAl M89% The staircase spirals down, not up. |
| User ReviewRobert BThe Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (Rodrigo Gudiño, 2012) One of the Facebook groups to which I subscribe is a fan club for Welsh author Wayne Simmons. Every once in a while one of the moderators will pop out one of those 'what are you listening to right now?" questions. A month or so ago, it was "what horror film are you most looking forward to seeing?" From those across the pond, the answer was close to unanimous (and close to instantaneous)-The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh. I'd heard of the film before, but the only thing that had stuck in my mind was that Vanessa Redgrave starred. Last week, it showed up on Netflix Instant, and I remembered that thread, so I fired it up and sat down to give it a go. They were right, every one of them; this movie lived up to the hype and then some. That said, while it treads the line between supernatural drama and horror-Gudiño is certainly exploring the former in this film, though he throws in enough jumps to keep fans of the latter interested-it is that rare beast that, I think, will satisfy fans of both genres. Plot: Rosalind Leigh (Vanessa Redgrave, whose last foray into big-screen horror was the infamous 1971 film The Devils) has died recently; we never actually see her, except in video footage, but she narrates the film. Its actual main character is Leon (The Conspiracy's Aaron Poole), her son, who has returned to the family pile in order to put Rosalind's affairs in order, get her things sold, etc. He knew, we discover early on, that she was involved in a weird new age cult; on his first night staying in the house, however, he discovers she was much more involved than he knew, and that the cult may be more dangerous than he suspected. There are obvious echoes of a number of other movies here, ranging from any selection of Hammer classics you can name to the more recent Lovely Molly and Kill List, but Gudiño, who also wrote, has his own vision and his own voice, and there is no question of The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh is its own film. As with many of the more recent horror films I have found myself loving, this is slow, introspective, much more on the atmosphere side of things than the jump side of things. If you were that guy (the only person in the room, or on the planet maybe, who actually liked, say, An American Haunting), then The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh is not the movie for you. If you like character-driven films that aim to disturb rather than scare, where the queasiness in your belly comes from what you see out of the corner of your eye rather than the buckets of fake blood the special effects guy used, this movie is going to be right up your alley. One of the best horror films so far this decade, as far as I'm concerned. **** |
| User ReviewDawn PDidn't scare me but the ending left me thinking about its true meaning and depth. |
| User ReviewJim DIncredibly moody and well shot film. The themes of loneliness and love run rampant throughout with beautiful filming, and a creepy narration/score. While the ending was not very climactic, it was definitely not something I saw coming, and was a perfect way to punctuate the whole thing. |