Heretic

Heretic

Heretic

Moviecut—Heretic

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Normally, I try to find something positive to say about a film. Plus, I like to give 'home-grown' (British) films a chance. They don't often have the budgets or stars that their Hollywood counterparts often do. But, if the quality of a film was based on its budget, then Michael Bay would have won every Oscar ever. Unfortunately, 'Heretic' is basically only slightly better than your average student film. It was made for a mere (in film terms) £30,000 and it shows. I watch a lot of horror films and I don't expect Oscar-worthy performances, but the acting here is terrible. No, it's worse than terrible. It really is some of the worst performances ever committed to film. It's like no one here is an actor and everyone is just a friend who offered to 'help out' by 'starring' in this low budget flick. Basically, if it was simply not scary that would be one thing. However, seeing as it's not scary AND pathetically acted then you really want to steer well clear of this abomination. There really isn't anything good to say about it. If you read any 'Five star' reviews then I'll put money on them being written by friends of the film-makers. http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/

Horror or supernatural films are mostly churned out from the shock stock of Hollywood and are wall to wall splatter and screaming. Not this, this is a solid effort that develops tension with a soundtrack and effects to match. No hysterical 19 year old college girls and no soon to be dismembered 21 year old college jocks! Just a story that is most likely something the Catholic priesthood deals with all too often and it is ably presented with believable characterizations and solid efforts from all cast members, you don't need 30 million to make a good movie, this proves that! I found it easy to sustain once the DVD started and there was no need to pause or rewind, all parts were distinctly putting their roles to the viewer and allows you to absorb the story as it moves along, no need for juicy gore filled splatter to keep you interested and the sound effects and background music did lend a lot of scenes that extra dose of trepidation and anticipation. I would watch this again some years down the track if the church is still showing the world it hasn't evolved and I need reminding of what peoples faiths can consist of!

I don't know why people have said in there reviews that "this is the directors first attempt" because when I'm watching the film I don't care about that. I care about the story and characters, and whether it is good or not. Sorry to say this film had a weak story that was long and painful at times. The film is about a priest locked in a house and his own head who kills everyone and blocks it out his head. He does all of this after a break down and terrible guilt. It's just not believable and it was boring. To get near the end of a film and it's all been in the persons head is always a let down. Lack luster to say the least. Save yourself the time and money. Don't watch this movie

Okay, so maybe the acting leaves something to be desired, and everything taking place more-or-less in a small house tells you there may have been slight budgetary issues, but for the most part this is a perfectly acceptable slab of horror, as long as you don't go in expecting the next Exorcist. The way the story unfolds through flashbacks and present day events until the final twist is reasonably successful, and stopped me from looking at the time even ONCE... which is more than can be said for others of it's ilk of late. It gets pretty gruesome too later on... as long as you're patient enough to hang on that long (pun intended). It's FAR from perfect, but it'll do. For now... 5/10

As a low budget horror film I thought this was well shot and had a good plot. The suspense kept me interested and I thought some of the effects were good. I'm not sure why people are saying this is the worst horror film ever seen because Jeepers Creepers is the worst horror I've seen, and that had a Hollywood budget. Some of the acting was a little suspect but the script was well put together and it was well directed. This film reminded me of The Shining and I will be recommending it to my friends who are also horror fans. I look forward to the next one from Mod Scientist.

Whining horror fans – woo woo! So its got less blood? So its a little slower? Who cares?! Cost me £3.50 and past two hours while I had beers so I'm not going to complain. I do agree with the bloke below about all the reviews though. It's a 30grand film and it didn't even go to the cinema and there's a lot of reviews on here for it. On a side note this whole ten lines of text for a review thing is stupid and does my nut in so i am hoping that breaks count because otherwise i am going to struggle... Turns out that breaks don't count so i am going to have to keep writing. i don't get it? shortly a short pithy review is better than rambling?