In the Dark Half - After a child dies in her care, a guilt-stricken teenager (Jessica Barden) feels threatened by a mysterious force. In the Dark Half (2012): Director: Alastair Siddons Writer: Lucy Catherine Stars: Jessica Barden, Tony Curran, Alfie Hepper Genre: Drama, Mystery Runtime: 1h 24min Country: UK Language: English Release Date: 10 August 2012 (UK) Also Known As: Jumatatea intunecata Filming Locations: Bristol, England, UK Review: "This is a really impressive piece of filmmaking until the end, when it just sort of splinters into a lot of random bits (including what look like stray cuttings from PRINCESS KA'UILANI?) It's too bad, because otherwise this might have been an eerie masterpiece standing alongside, instead of shadowing, SIXTH SENSE. Jessica Barden is AMAZING as Marie; a weird 15-year-old living in a depressed suburban tract that backs onto "the hill," a large tract of undeveloped land that includes an abandoned bunker where she conducts burials for kills she steals from her poacher neighbor Filthy (Tony Curran.) Filthy entertains both Marie and his young son Sean with myths and folktales, but when Sean dies while Marie is babysitting, Filthy loses control while Marie becomes convinced that she is in communication with the dead. Increasingly estranged from her only friend Michelle (Georgia Henshaw) and erratic mother (Lyndsey Marshal,) Marie becomes convinced that Sean wants her to draw his father into the bunker. Directed by Alastair Siddons, In The Dark Half is wonderfully weird, with terrific performances by everyone, atmospheric music, and effective cinematography. The script is a little all over the place from the beginning but this works at first, keeping the audience guessing as to the film's intentions; I thought this really worked for a while as it allowed the supernatural elements to creep in. Unfortunately it all began to fall apart once they are plainly in place, simultaneously telegraphing "the twist" without really setting up the rest of the finale to make sense. That doesn't necessarily make it a terrible film; it just left me feeling kind of disappointed." Written by andyetris via IMDb.com SPOILER: "Alistair Siddon's film of Lucy Catherine's screenplay presents the despair and unfathomable confusion in the life of grief-stricken teenager Marie (Jessica Barden) as she confronts the sudden, inculpable death of neighbour Filthy's (Tony Curran) child Sean (Alfie Hepper). Ill-equipped and reeling from other problems in her life, she clings to wreckage in a shipwreck that is not of her making. Mother Kathy (Lyndsey Marshall) and father Steve (Simon Armstrong) seem unable to support her through the torment of guilt and grief at the death of a child she is minding. Even her schoolfriend Michelle (Georgina Henshaw) is too wrapped up in her own life to throw a lifebelt to the drowning Marie. Marie, however, tries unsuccessfully and at serious risk to her own life to support the grieving father Filthy whose name belies the strength and magnitude of his character in the face of a loss of the most acute kind. A well-crafted and thought-provoking film, which opens a new chapter on the textbook of human suffering." Written by arthurcrown via IMDb.com ···················································································· FOLLOW US! ✘ Twitter - twitter.com/Bjgtjme MORE MOVIES! ► Action: bit.ly/2BGettS ► Classic Movies: bit.ly/2Rf93Qt ► Horror: bit.ly/2ENC3be ► Western: bit.ly/2LzJWT9 ► All Playlists: bit.ly/2EMLnMC #freemovies #moviesonline #watchfree ···················································································· COPYRIGHT: All of the films published by us are legally licensed. We have acquired the rights (at least for specific territories) from the rightholders by contract. If you have questions please send an email to: info@amogo.de, Amogo Networx - The AVOD Channel Network, www.amogo-networx.com.

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