From Black (2023)
4/10
What lies beneath
30 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Buried in the overly loud (and overly chaotic) soundtrack, stilted dialogue and budget SFX, is a solid idea for a film. It's let down by some miscast people (the main actress was far too healthy to portray a drug addict, even a recovering one, though her ex-boyfriend was quite believable as a drug addict) and the soundtrack that really takes away from the tension the plot was trying to build.

The central idea was interesting, that in order to get back the thing the main character wanted most of all, it took multiple days to "set the stage" so to speak, and summon things. I have not seen that before in horror films, so a point in the film's favour.

Sadly, lots of lead up to no payoff. I get what the director was trying to accomplish, and with a little (okay, a LOT) more work, it could have been a slick ending, but either lack of budget or writing talent did the film in.
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