It’s refreshing to see a director aware that you don’t necessarily have to have buckets of blood and gore in order to get the point across. Post Victorian era décor of the furniture, draperies and carpeting create a regal if not dark and foreboding atmosphere. I particularly admired the set design of the mortuary’s grieving parlor like room where the actual summoning ritual takes place. The use of light and shadow depict a most eerie mood that clearly demonstrates that often less is more in stylistic shooting such as this. The setting chosen in a quiet, distant morgue works well in conjuring up suspense and sheer terror. Rising tension is effective as Joey pulls out all the stops to try and discredit his girlfriend Eva’s esoteric abilities in channeling spirits from beyond. Naturally there is some cheese factor involved which seems to be as synomonous with low budget horror as comedy and laughter but by the grace of Lucifer it’s not overkill and the plot moves along at a captivating pace. Truth is the actors and actresses can actually perform, delivering memorable dialogue and a myriad of emotion. The cast is half descent and reasonably unknown which always seems to work best with a production such as this. While Eva is kind of a poor man’s Rosario Dawson, Sara reminds me of a hybrid of adult film star Kagney Linn Karter and Naomi Watts. For the post-pubescent/adolescent viewer ultra charged with coursing testosterone both Eva (Contractor) and Sara (Ogden) are extra easy on the eyes. Clear, crisp and vibrant cinematography brings our unusual characters to a plateau of larger than life. The picture is shot in HD glory making the viewing experience esthetically pleasing even throughout the most disturbing of content.
Arguably any film written on the basis of the after-life and forces of evil presents a most thought provoking, hair raising experience for even the most cynical of critics.
Séance works on so many levels the audience is forgiving of the minor short comings presented throughout the film. Starring: Bobby Campo, Nazneen Contractor, Chris Olivero, Devon Ogden Together with Marcus (Chris Olivero) the mortuary’s security guard and Christian friend Sara (Devon Ogden), the teens soon get far more than what they’d bargained for opening a porthole for pure evil to lurk and wreak utter havoc. When wanna-be punk singer Joey (Bobby Campo) and Eva (Nazneen Contractor) have a bet to validate if spirits beyond are a thing of fact or fiction they set out to video document a séance held within the local city morgue.
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