BEHIND YOU

Behind You Movie Review

After their mother dies, sisters Olivia (Addy Miller) and Claire (Elizabeth Birkner) go to live with their Aunt Beth (Jan Broberg). Once there, they find the house holds a demon, safely contained within the mirrors of the basement. Beth tells the kids to stay out of the basement, which, naturally, is an invitation to go on down there and unleash evil upon everybody--this is done by repeating certain words three times (no, it's not Beetlejuice, Bloody Mary, or Candyman). That's the premise of this 2020 film, and if you have watched even a little bit of horror in your life, you know this isn't exactly an original story, so you won't be watching it for that. I guess what you hope is they bring at least something new to the table--this movie really doesn't, outside of maybe using one of the 21st Century's great killers to stop the demon.

NOOOOOO!!!!!!

You'll get just about everything you expect from this film--the brief glimpses of the demon, the jump scares, the creepy girl (Claire), the obvious questions (why not just destroy all the mirrors?). Something else you get is something you may not expect--decent acting. Birkner, who looks like a young version of Ghost from Ginger Snaps 2, does a good job as both the silent, grieving girl and the possessed, scary girl. Broberg, Philip Brodie, and Aimee-Lynn Chadwick of Return of the Living Dead 4 fame all turn in impressive performances as well. Miller is a step down from everybody around her, but she's not terrible by any means. Oh yeah, you may not recognize her while watching this, but if you're a fan of The Walking Dead, you've seen her before.

Claire takes over bunny duty in this movie

Casting has to be given a little credit for something else here--how many times do we see a movie that has siblings, but the actors chosen to play the roles look nothing alike? Yes, this can happen in real life (nobody ever believes my brother and I are, in fact, brothers), but more often, you can see at least some resemblance--Birkner and Miller actually do look like they could be sisters.

I'm convinced

There is nothing much in the way of horror happening for most of the movie, but the story still manages to move along nicely. Once we get to the scares--well, there's nothing really scary, but there is a slight bit of unexpected bloodshed. The ending is unremarkable--much like with the rest of the movie, it's nothing we haven't seen before, and is something you will see coming. Behind You isn't a bad film--it's just one that is destined to be lost in a sea of a million other movies just like it.

On A Scale Of One To Ten: 5

Behind You Movie Trailer