Incident in a Ghostland Movie Review
After her aunt dies, a woman and her two daughters move into the aunt's old house. Soon after, they are terrorized by a couple intruders, who are killed after some brutal struggles. Now a successful writer, Beth returns to the house sixteen years later to find her sister, Vera, is practically insane, and her mother is barely holding herself together.
That doll is the least strange thing in this house
This 2018 film is brought to us by French director Pascal Laugier--if this name sounds familiar, you may have seen his 2008 outing, Martyrs, and if you have seen that movie, you know Laugier doesn't exactly shy away from the gore. While Ghostland doesn't quite reach the levels of shock found in Martyrs, it does certainly have its moments, and the violence is rather unrelenting. Though some of the scenes are unsettling (as are the girls' faces), it is the atmosphere that carries this film. You could remove all the blood and guts from this flick and still be left with visuals that leave you feeling uneasy.
So many dolls!
The film does offer up some twists and turns, and if you don't know about them already, they may catch you off guard. The acting is probably a step up from what you would expect, and the villains very much have that 1970's grindhouse horror feel to them. The story is an interesting one to be sure, but it is not entirely original (I don't want to go into the land of spoilers here, but you have likely seen at least one movie with this twist). The ending is massively disappointing, as you feel Beth and Vera never get the justice (or revenge) they deserve. Still, Incident in a Ghostland is far scarier and more entertaining than I expected it to be, and one I will likely watch again someday.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 7
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