Directed by Sam Raimi
Cast: Alison Johan, Lorna Raver, Adriana Barraza, Dileep Rao, etc.
Horror movies are not my type. They are either simply ridiculous or scare the living daylights out of me. But this time I let myself be dragged to this movie, mostly because it’s been selected at the Cannes film festival this year. And I wasn’t disappointed!
Christine Brown is a loan officer at a bank known for being a little too soft on her clients. When an old gypsy woman begs and pleads with her for an extension on her housing mortgage for the third time, she takes the tough decision and refuses. The gypsy woman, feeling humiliated, curses Christine; a curse so terrible that she has only three days until an evil spirit comes to take her soul away to hell. Petrified, she turns to a seer for help and thus begins the race against time to save her soul from eternal damnation.
The film has all the ingredients to cook up the perfect horror film: a scary villain (played by the excellent Lorna Raver), several moments that make you jump in the seat and spooky sound effects. Then there are a few funny moments - a sort of clin d’oeil for the amateurs of the genre, but which spoiled the pleasure (or should I say fear) for me to some extent.
But all in all, a good watch though I’m still not a fan of the horror genre…
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