(re)Search my Trash

<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="592" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="592"> <tr> <td width="100%">  </td> </tr> </table>    <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="255" align="right"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="right"><img border="0" src="../stills/evilfairyqueen-poster.jpg" width="250" height="324"></td> </tr> </table> <p>Still traumatized by a recent loss, a family of four - mum Kate (Julia Czartoryski), dad Tom (Martyn Spendlove), teen Addie (Aniela Leyland) and young Violet (Kiddy Sudbery) - receeives a call from a distant and estranged familymember, Elspeth (Judy Tcherniak), who at her old age considers it high time for the family to reconcile, and as a peace offer she offers them the farm Kate spent her first few years at. And since our family could do with a fresh start, they gladly accept. Now each family member reacts differently to moving to the country, but Violet is positively ecstatic, especially when one day in the woods she meets Melisandria (Hannah Harris), a magic woman who introduces her to a pint-sized fairy, Radella (Megan Mcelduff), and Violet just loves fairies. However, Melisandria makes her promise to not tell anyone about the fairies, and in exchange she can play with Radella as often as she wants. Violet keeps that promise, and soon Melisandria befriends Kate as well, who kind of remembers her from her own childhood - without remembering any details though. Turns out Melisandria wanted to introduce Kate to fairies as well when she was little (and Melisandria of the exact same age as now), but apparently Kate's family moved before she could. Thing is, Melisandria is by no means the benign magic woman she appears to be but the queen of the fairies' realm, a sort of parallel world, and that world at the moment's dying, and only the blood sacrifice of both Violet and Kate can save it. And suddenly, Violet's gone, sucked to the fairies' world, and the only one who can help our heroes now is Dillon (Luke Hunter), who has been branded the village idiot as he can't stop talking about fairies, but he's apparently the only one with enough expertise to get Violet back ...<p> <p>So ok, this film was made on a budget, so don't expect any fireworks, but the writer and director compensate this rather well by keeping the film at a scale that the budget still allows and concentrating more on characters than effects - making the story all the more intimate and engaging in the process. And even though <b>The Evil Fairy Queen</b> plays mostly like a family movie, it features some dark strains and even horror elements that might be too much for very young children but make it all the more intriguing for young adult to adult audiences. And add to this a very competent cast giving relatable performances and you end up with rather worthwhile genre entertainment. <p>  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2024"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>