Following her birthday, Jordyn (Paulie Redding), begins to have bizarre hallucinations and experiences extreme losses in time and memory ultimately leading her to the conclusion that she may be marked by the Devil.
What can I say about this film without being overly negative? It has a number of interesting sequences remnicients of fever dreams, but ultimately it cops out on these moments with poorly written dialogue to move the plot forward. Throw in a number of actors (especially the lead) who were likely chosen more based on their looks than their ability to act and you have a grade A mess on your hands. It's like Bognacki just couldn't decide if he was making an arthouse horror film or a straightforward demonic possession exploitation film. Scenes that are intended to be seductive or erotic are flat and lifeless. To much of the post production feels rushed and unpolished. Sure, the score has some interesting use of classics mixed with tripped out sensory attacking pieces, but that doesn't mean a damn when the whole scene is marred by completely uninteresting dialogue.
I wish I could say this didn't happen so often in horror films, but the truth is it happens all the time. How the scripts get produced is beyond me. The upsetting thing for me about the film is that the beginning had my attention almost immediately and then when it had me craving more it dashed that hope by a drastic and inexplicable tonal shift. These shifts happen all over the finished product of the film and the conclusion is an annoying twist that felt completely unnecessary. Where the film completely fails in dialogue it attempts to make up for with high concept cinematography, but this unfortunately gives it far too much of a disjointed feeling. Give it a look if you've got the time, if anything to see what it's like when a filmmaker can't seem to decide what kind of movie they're making.
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