Saturday, July 20, 2024

Respati (2024) NYAFF 2024


Young man, who recently lost his parents in a car accident finds that the dream and spirit worlds are crashing in around him. He will have to look to some friends to help him put a stop to the evil that is growing and trying to cross over.

This is a great looking horror film with images that are going to stick in your head. You will be haunted by some of the things you will see. It is also a film with a great story that  might hold you in the grip of suspense...

... or maybe not  because there is a lack of urgency in this film that kills any scares. Cut together as if it was just a drama there is no real effort to build tension. The pace of every sequence is a step or two too slow. People flee from the ghosts with less urgency then people jogging to the fridge during a commercial break. No one really seems scared.

Scary? Only if you are under five.

While I bitch about the pacing, the ghostly stuff looks really cool and f you like that sort of thing, as I do, it's worth a look.

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