The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh

2012 "Faith Is Fragile."
5.1| 1h22m| NR| en
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The story of Leon, an antiques collector who inherits a house from his estranged mother only to discover that she had been living in a shrine devoted to a mysterious cult. Soon, Leon comes to suspect that his mother's oppressive spirit still lingers within her home and is using items in the house to contact him with an urgent message.

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Listonixio Fresh and Exciting
Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Johan Louwet It's hard to write a decent review for this movie as it's so slow and hardly anything interesting happens in there. It is basically about a man named Leon who returns to the house of his deceased mother and is walking around there looking for memories of his past and his mother. We don't get to see any other actor but him in the flesh. There is no other location but the house, he does leave it once I believe to run rapidly inside again when he sees some kind of monster. However that looks to be some kind of hallucination so there is never any real danger. The other actors we only hear the voice or when he watches some kind of tape. Hearing the voice of his mother trying to get in touch with her son, it was interesting but there didn't seem to be a goal, a conclusion and hardly any story. The only thing it had going was its nice visuals and setting with a few interesting special effects. I don't really give low scores often but this one really felt empty to me.
homecoming8 There's nothing wrong with a story that starts out slowly with nothing happening yet. But half an hour into the movie you get the feeling that it isn't getting better at all and you're right: we our stuck with one actor in one specific location for the entire duration of this so called "ghost story". That kind of stretches it because it's slow and boring as hell without any thrills or scares. The credits show Vanessa Redgrave as second name but we only hear her voice. Another female character is only heard during phone conversations and when our main character (unknown actor, not bad but not great either and certainly not worth watching every minute) opens the door for a neighbor, (Yes ! Finally another cast member !!) we do not even get to see him. The special effects are kind of limited: we have a Holy Maria statue that opens her eyes and a very poorly executed CGI black wolf that's not scary or convincing and has no purpose at all. Watching this wretched tale end is even more disappointing, because there's no real ending. No thrills, no surprises, no closure, it just kind of stops. And when the credits finally role, you can't help wondering why cheap crap like this is still made. Who's the target audience ? I'm sure the creators weren't aware either, they were just cashing in on the hype of supernatural ghost/horror movies.
hoytyhoyty When I had just finished watching this film, last night, I needed to punch the writer in the face. For real.Clive Barker called this film 'Unique'? Really? Well I guess it is a completely new way to disappoint an audience.This is a style of writing I classify as 'Eggs In One Basket' - you are completely pivoting the entire plot on one thing impressing your viewers. Fail that, and the entire thing fails. And it did.I can see what the author was trying to do, and this is what I mean by 'redeeming features' - so much implied stuff, forcing your imagination to do the scare. That was rather nice, and very creepy.But they got something wrong, oh so wrong:They gave expectations.Expectations that were never delivered upon. Up comes the final scene and ...I'm writing this the next day now, which I made myself do - I needed to calm down. As I say, I badly wanted to punch somebody, the author being the most logical choice.Now that I've gained some perspective, and got over the bitter, stinging disappointment the film ultimately delivers, I can see some merit in it.But not much.3/10, up from 1/10.Now don't do it again!
Lucabrasisleeps Incredibly creepy movie. For me, as I have mentioned, the creepiest style of horror movie is the supernatural horrors and this one doesn't disappoint. One thing here is that there are not many jump scares at all. It is just mostly build up and it builds up the atmosphere so much that the tension is unbearable after a while. The guy is absolutely alone in the house and there is no chance of any light hearted dialog or anything. It is just this oppressive dread that hangs in the air. And that woman's voice-over. Creepy as hell. It is actually a sad movie as well. The ending is heartbreaking. For that reason, it affected me quite a bit. I still can't say it is a perfect movie but for the feelings it has given me, I have to give it a good rating. 8/10