Still/Born

I have still to understand the title of this movie. It has nothing to do with the actual plot. That being said, it wasn't too terrible of a movie. I think its good for a one time watch.

I loved Grave Encounters, so when I saw this movie is from the same creators/producers I immediately wanted to watch it. The first act was kind of slow yet intriguing but the actress playing the mother is incredibly annoying and I was rooting for the father who really looks like Christian Bale. There are dumb moments especially with the baby and his cot. After all the drama why was the baby still left alone in his room? Naturally you would put your baby in your room if there's any signs of danger. But nope baby was alone despite all the facts presented. There were other odd moments that didn't make any sense or added no action to the plot. The acting was good though and quite believable. The villian had little screening time which was another negative point to add. Overall, a very forgettable movie that could've been executed much better. Disappointed.

STILL/BORN (2017) **1/2 Christie Burke, Jesse Moss, Rebecca Olson, Jenn Griffin, Sheila McCarthy, Michael Ironside. Domestic chiller about a young couple who deal with the loss of one of their twins face quite a bargain they didn't anticipate in their beautiful new home: a wraith-like demon hellbent on kidnapping their infant son for nefarious reasons aplenty. Well-produced and directed by Brandon Christensen (who co-wrote the clear-eyed and scary screenplay with Colin Minihan) touches on every parent's nightmare in spades with prickpoint accuracy. The only problem is the tropes are predictable in spite of a very convincing turn by Burke as a mother in a downward spiral fighting every urge to protect her innocent baby despite the overwhelming odds of mixing the supernatural with postpartum depression.

I am very pleased with this film. Finally a good horror in a series of bad films. Very good scary scenes, and it's pay attention. I'm just shocked by the end of the movie, the stupidest thing they could do is to make that type of the end. The acting is very good, especially the main actress, a very powerful performance.If we neglect the retarded end, the film is very good. All recommendations.

How many times can a door slam behind you and then you can't open the door? This must have happened at least 3 times in this movie. I just watched another horror movie the next day and the same thing happened. The demon/ghost in the photo that moves to look at you is also getting tired. Also, if you feel your baby is in danger in the other room, like at risk of being stolen by a demon, wouldn't you move the crib into your bedroom? How many nights of running to the room in fear would it take you? While the movie is watchable, a better first half than second, it adds nothing new to the horror genre, by the end you're bored. Average watch at best.

I have no idea why would someone put those two actors together. The entire movie feels like two friends trying to act as a couple. The scary part of the movie is not so scary as I jumped once (the windows breaking, didn't expect that) - hence the 4 star rating. That ghost/demon whatever it is looks really weak and not much background story. The thing is I couldn't care a second for any of the characters. The husband simply doesn't care for his wife - he never believes her, not even try talking to her and looked cold and uninterested. The wife had something in the first 20 mins of the movie but then something happened and she looks insane. I couldn't believe her either lol. The rest of the actors are useless. In the end I am simply sorry to have wasted my time on this. I was like meh...whatever.

I was surprised by all of the negative reviews. Although at times it seemed somewhat predictable, I thought the movie was well-acted and that it had a lot of truly scary moments. It was also a true supernatural horror movie instead of the gory over-the top violent kind. My only real complaint was that the depiction of the demon was too computer-generated and a little cheesy. I think it would have been scarier if it had been depicted by a real person instead of what looks like a haunted house projection prop. I liked the little twist at the very end which seemed to set up a sequel.

Let's put it like this, the beginning of Still/Born was promising but the second part of the movie was just a letdown. In the end it's just an average soft horror movie. They could clearly have done something much creepier and scarier with all those ingredients. The creepy parts were not bad but there were just not enough of them to make this a horror movie to remember. The cast was just about okay I guess. I'm not a big fan of some parts of the acting from Christie Burke. It didn't look real at some points. The story wasn't bad, at least for the beginning, but towards the end I was losing my interest. It's one of those horror movies where you look at the cover and you think it's going to be great but then you end up disappointed.