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A Familiar Spirit
USA 2017
produced by Rickey Bird jr, Rachel Bird, Jonathan Boda (executive), John R. Blythe (executive), Muir Boda (executive), Jessica Boda (executive) for Hectic Films
directed by Rickey Bird jr
starring Chris Kovacs, Chelsea Newman, Erica Rey, Rickey Bird jr, Jason Sanders, Michael Kubik, April Ferdinand, Lionel Washington III, D.T. Carney, Danny Spanks, Ivan Torres, Bryce Bird
written by Rickey Bird jr, music by Tony Longworth, Landen Belardes, Mento Buru, The Bird Channel, visual effects by Jason Sanders, Charlie Jacquez
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review by Mike Haberfelner
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Jim (Chris Kovacs), his fiancee Cynthia (Chelsea Newman) and their
friend Samantha (Erica Rey) live in a nice little house in suburbia that
they've gotten that cheap because it was a murder scene. And while that
creeps out Cynthia a bit, Jim has no bigger worries than a guy constantly
trying to break into his car and smashing the bedroom window, and that he
feels more than a little attracted to Samantha - who's a very seductive
woman to be honest. Thing is, Cynthia soon starts to see demons, and
while Jim does feel a presence in the house and has nightmares that
correspond with Cynthia's visions, he at first tries to convince her
there's nothing there ... until he gets too freaked out as well and
invites paranormal investigators, a priest, a medium and other people to
their place to tell them what's going on ... and it seems everyone's in
agreement that the house is a portal to the netherworld. Eventually, Jim
wills in to Cynthia's wish to leave the place - but it might already be
too late ... Now what A Familiar Spirit is really good
at is delivering jump scares, and whenever there's something lurking in
the shadows, it's really well executed for maximum effect - also helped by
a creepy soundtrack. Apart from that, the cast is really good. But the
film itself ... less so. The basic problem of the movie's a structural
one, there's too little build-up in the story to create tension, and the
demons jumping out of wherever-routine gets a bit repetitive after a
while, with the demons looking rather pedestrian, actually. Plus the
ending is a bit of a let-down. That all said, the film's by no mean a
trainwreck, just it doesn't live up to its promise.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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