The Manor

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Neat little horror film with an ending decision i didn't see coming. A stellar performance from Barbara Hershey (looking great for her age), this is the best of the Blumhouse series of 2021 so far.

I thought it would be at least a 5. If not for Barbara Hershey I would have rated it 2 or 3. The first 3 minutes were fine. Soon on I was annoyed and losing interest. A bit more time I had the thought that I was inflicting punishment on myself by continuing. Watched till the end. Either Barbara Hershey is out of money or a Producer or a director is a very close relative or someone called in a favor. Acting was mediocre. The screenplay, directorial influence, cinematography, CGI, and editing destroyed any possibility of the film from getting any good ratings or reviews.

I recognize many of the actors in this movie. But this was extremely boring and dry. Their acting was subpar at best. Montone. Lifetime biopic have better acting. Please don't waste your time. This movie is trash!!!!

Something you see on Channel 5 on a weekday afternoon, before picking the kids up from school (bar the swearing). Slow, boring, dull, tedious, repetitive, awful acting...and 'young things' thrown in to spice it up - like skateboarders and old people doing fist bumps! I turned it off after 35 minutes through pure boredom. Blumhouse dropped the ball on this one!

Some genuinely talented actors took advantage of quick work by appearing in this hideously bad TV movie that is similar to the many Satanistic themed TV movies of the 1970's that were ten times better because of clever scripts and a delightful camp factor. This direct to streaming movie teachers Barbara Hershey as a woman suffering from Parkinson's who goes into a rest home only to find out that there is a very deep, dark secret. She befriended several people including Fran Bennett, Jill Larson and Bruce Davison, yet quickly finds out that there's something amiss of her new friends. She can't convince daughter Katie A. Keane and grandson Nicholas Alexander of what it is, and soon she's hunting through secret rooms and roaming through the woods, only to come upon the truth by complete accident. Disturbing and agenda driven by Amazon, this film has some very dark messages and is not entertaining at all. The constant banging of severe music every time something intense is about to happen becomes cumbersome after a while, and the performances end up being cliched and ridiculous as the plot develops. Hershey does try to add some sensitivity to the script but she is saddled with a ridiculous looking hairstyle that is not flattering on a 50 year old woman let alone a seventy-year-old one. Nicholas Alexander as the grandson probably gives the best performance. While it's nice to see Jill Larson of "All My Children" outside of daytime, it appears that she's readapted her old character of Ursula Blackwell of "One Life to Live". Poor Fran Bennett is filmed to look like she's about a hundred here, and this ended up being her last work. Davison plays a truly underdeveloped character, and he gets a very undignified ending involving a demonic presence that is just disgusting to the eye. This would have been more preferable had it starred Morgan Fairchild since she starred in several of those TV classics which would have tied her in from one generation of the genre to another. Hershey just seems out of her element.

The concept of the movie is not bad, but the dialogue is cringe from start to finish. The jump scares have no impact. I used fast foward a lot because it was a boring movie.

Firstly the acting is somewhat OK which is why this is a 3 and not a 2...but thats about it. The directing at points looks like its a romantic film instead of horror/thriller. The constant expected attempts at jump scares are poor and at the end even funny. Do yourself a favor and skip this.

A spooky look at life in a senior care facility! The "cat scenario" was especially eerie because it's been documented several times based on actual events at nursing homes. At times the darkness made viewing difficult, despite adjusting lighting on my screen. Wait for the surprise conclusion! Barbara Hershey hasn't lost her luster after all this time. Great entertainment for me,despite being a senior!

I don't think they had the budget to pull this off. The poor writing, CGI, soundtracks, cinematography and acting makes it feel like a movie made on 3 bucks. Laughable plot twist in the end. They could have atleast read the script and realized it sucked. If you watch this movie you will walk away with nothing of value.