Dark Touch

2013 "What does evil look like?"
4.8| 1h30m| en
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Niamh is the lone survivor of a mysterious massacre in which the furniture and objects in her family’s isolated house took on a monstrous life of their own. The police ignore her wild stories, and the neighbours and social worker who take her into their care try to introduce her to a new life. But Niamh is unable to leave her violent past behind her, endangering everyone who crosses her path.

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Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?
Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
Michael Ledo This is a slightly different kind of horror film. The film opens with Niamh (Missy Keating) a withdrawn bruised child, clearly the victim of abuse. In her nightmarish world, Niamh has the ability to not only detect abuse in others, but has developed some kind of telekinetic protection which goes from what appears to be haphazard to controlled.It isn't long before Niamh is an orphan living with her loving neighbors being questioned by the police.I liked "The Village of the Damned" feel that the film projected. However most of the time I kept waiting for something to happen, even while things were going on. The movie was careful to not show actual child abuse, but would show you bruises. The first few times left me wondering because of the camera cut away. Was she being abused? Was it her imagination?This is a psychological horror with a limited audience.Parental Guide: No F-bombs or sex. Brief nudity (Clare Barrett)
jabandrade The story revolves around a girl who loses her parents in a very strange incident in his home under absolutely inexplicable circumstances. In principle . In the event the girl is saved, along with the baby brother. An orphan, she will live with friends of her parents and is separated from brother. Inexplicably, her brother is crossed out of history. Does anyone understand that? Starting a new life, the sad girl remains haunted by strange phenomena that occurred in her house earlier. Movie very weak. Interpretations fragile, meaningless script. From beginning to end of the movie you are trying to understand why the girl's behavior, considering that everyone treats her well. Incidentally, there is no because for nothing. Nothing makes sense .The holes in the script will fatiguing our head as the film progresses. The story is tiring and creeps. In the end, the impression is that the writer was a young rebel, who had serious problems with parental authority and with the French educational system. And he never healed it. Now he has found a way to get revenge. Don't waste your time.
quincytheodore Dark Touch takes the audience into an uncomfortable place, one with psychologically disturbing ground. It dabbles in the matter of child abuse with stylish yet subtle approach, but the slow pacing and lack of resolve might deter some viewers. The film isn't a harrowing encounter, at least not in usual adrenaline rush inducing way of horror or mystery genre, it's more of a thoughtful process to instill doubt and sympathy. However, this endeavor is probably not one audience would like to take part of.Neve (Missy Keating) is a little girl who may or may not be abused. There's a stifling air about her, but her fragile self also instinctively draws sympathy. After a while there's a series of incident around her, which may harm her parents and anyone who tries to help her. What great about this premise is the acting of the lead child actor, Missy Keating. Not many young actors could perform as well as she does.She embodies an interestingly frail persona, but it's still unclear whether she's the origin of misfortune or the victim, or even disturbed in an entirely supernatural way. Keating looks like a genuine troubled child, yet occasionally possessing daunting confidence. With her convincing performance, the movie at least accomplishes half of its goal.The child abuse aspect needs to be addressed delicately, and the movie has done so with a good restraint. Unfortunately, the pacing is troublesome. There's really little suspense at the buildup, furthermore it only gets momentum after about halfway. At this point there are some random events that haven't been cleared, and ironically despite its more engaging approach the film sometimes resorts into cliché tactics.Dark Touch is a display to bring emotions, parts of it are open to interpretation, although this might not deliver as strong message as it would like. It still has an unsettling aura with a good lead performance and relatable theme, even though the foray there is exhausting.
Adu Asz First of all, if someone is about to make a decent movie, there's a need to have a meaning or something to tell. Acting is absolutely utter bullsh*t, maybe because there's no tangible dialogues in this entire movie. What the hell is with the "tongue exercise?" First Niamh can barely speak and all of a sudden her tongue regenerates. How? The officer is not even sure where to begin with the investigation... who the f*ck is capable of this job? The lawnmower man, I surmise. Why does every kid have such a sinister and dark face and behaviour? What's the explanation? Seriously, whoever thinks it's a good movie, lies. Storytelling is below zero: nothing makes here any sense at all. Human emotions, reactions are far away from reality. No one is an interesting character, they are just manequins. Originality: wow, Stephen King's Carrie arrived!Summa summorum: sh*t wrapped up with more sh*t.