The Holding

2011
4.7| 1h28m| en
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A heart-pounding suspense thriller, set on an isolated farm in England's beautiful, rugged Peak District.

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WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
SunnyHello Nice effects though.
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
dawtrina I don't tend to review many films here at IMDb, because I run my own review site, Apocalypse Later. However I felt I should chime in on this one as none of the other reviewers seem to have got the point of this film and I didn't want potential viewers to be put off by their comments.Yes, there are similarities to The Stepfather. Certain scenes are overt homages to it. No, it's not a rip-off or a remake or anything similar.This is a feminist take on that whole genre of horror movies. The strong characters are the women, all of them. The men are only physically strong, but otherwise weak. That the 'stepfather' character gets ludicrous towards the end isn't weak writing. It's making a point. The only man in the picture with any strength is the one who's too old to do much that's physical.There's also a blurring of the roles of 'killer' and 'victim'. Traditionally, Aden would be just the killer, but it's shown that he's a victim too, not to elicit any sympathy from us but to highlight that his failings are because he's not strong enough to be anything else. He can't break the cycle. Traditionally, Cassie would be the victim but she's anything but here. Even when she's playing that role for necessity's sake, she's the strong one in the scene. She just can't match Aden physically so she doesn't try.I'd really like to see what female horror fans have to say about this film, especially those who have been subjected to abuse and found a way out. I'm male, but it seems to me that this would be an empowering film for abused women, far beyond its value as a horror/thriller that doesn't follow convention. I've seen it twice and felt that it played even better the second time through as I picked up on certain details that I'd missed first time round.
FlashCallahan Lonely farmer Nancy raises her daughters Hannah and Amy with financial difficulties on her farm, since her husband has disappeared a long time ago.Her neighbour Karsten and his son intend to buy her farm and are pressing the family in an abusive way.Out of the blue, wanderer Aden appears on the farm and helps Nancy with the delivery of an offspring.Aden explains that he was a friend of her husband on an offshore rig and he offers to work for food and lodging.Nancy accepts the offer and soon she has a love affair with Aden.....Another one of those silly British movies that is all gritty and dirty looking, but trying to be the new 'thriller' or something. This film fails on every level.For a start the film has no plausibility about it, as no one would ever let a stranger stay in their house if they just appeared out of th blue, and the transformation from normal bloke to psychopath is just laughable.When you look at it from another angle, the film ha no real meaning to exist. It just happens, in a very boring and predictable way.Boring stuff, with a few minor distractions.
thekarmicnomad This is a solid little indi film about a family who are terrorised by a nutter out in the countryside. That is pretty much it.The acting, camera work and set is very good considering the tight budget. There isn't much substance to the movie and the plot gets a bit frayed (it seems bodies pile up unnoticed in the countryside quite easily) but it is tense in places and although annoying you do engage with the central characters.The film is not terrifying there is no gratuitous gore or nudity -must admit we were a little disappointed on that point as Kierston Wareing oozes sex appeal.Don't expect too much from this and you won't get let down. I enjoyed it but I wouldn't recommend selling the farm to watch it.
BakuryuuTyranno A family, the father having disappeared, are going through some hard times. The owners of the next "holding" intend to buy their farm, and with their financial troubles, their future seems grim except when a mysterious man appears. This traveller, claiming he knows the disappeared father, helps the family out. However, he might as great as he seems. Soon he confronts those trying to force the family out, killing them horribly. Now this may seem familiar, may even sounding bad, because similar recent films ("The Stepfather" remake, "The Resident & "The Roommate") have been lowly regarded. Despite that, its pretty good. The movie mainly relies on atmosphere and that the family are living with a dangerous man, a man they might themselves be in danger from. The only stupidity, thankfully, came from a character who only gets speaking scene.