Jemima West

Christopher Dane

Rebecca Hanssen

Harry McMillan-Hunt

Rachel Lin

Tori Butler-Hart

Guy Warren-Thomas

Beatrice Woolrych

Ben Lee

Barend Kruger

Llewelynn Greeff

Gini Godwin

Pete Wallington

Henk Pretorius

Walter Mair

Lindsey Archer

Jennifer Nicole Stang

Jacques Jay Loots

Sophie Holland

Janette Perme

Gareth Jones

Ana Marina Smith-Suarez

Russell MacLeod

Reinhard Besser

Kristiana Udre

Nick Baldock

Marco Alonso Monedero

Murat Akyildiz

Zac Macaulay

Grant Hewlett

Christopher Piggins

Stefania Fantini

Emma J. Slater

Rory Rea

Patrick Singer

James Matthews

Jack Hawthorn

Matthew Strange

Adrian Furdui

Paul Mark Synnott

Charlotte Curran

Olivia Celeste Barry

Tom Beacham

Joe Lovelock

Thapelo Masedi

Jim Petrak

Daniela Brandano

Diandra Ferreira

Tanmoye Khan

Michael Medhurst

Thomas Holroyd

Andrew Richards

Matthew Butler-Hart

Max MacGechan

Wihan Ellman

Simon Gershon

Jay Coates

Christine Alexander

Agnieszka Kukułka

Murat Ersahin

Marek Forreiter

Ritchie Beacham-Paterson

Alison Stevens

Ben Carr

Ioanna Trikerioti Chatziioannou

Ian Stowe

Tanay Nambiar

Alyssa Ten Doeschate

Israel Holtzhausen

Matat Levin

Ty Hack

Aubrey Pascoe

Ella Askew

Mark Davis

Jonathan Smith

Mandy Bainbridge

Dylan Rees

Rebecca Timlett

Alexander Jeremy

Matthew Hunt

Gary Hutchinson

Nicci Hindson

Kate McMillan

Thriller

Horror

The Unfamiliar

Dark Matter Studios

Trigger Films

Onsight

United Kingdom

Filipe Manuel Neto

**Could have been good, if it weren't so mediocre.**

I've always liked horror movies, but the truth is horror doesn't work in this movie. It's not a scary movie or even original or striking. It starts well, develops pleasantly, there is a sense of paranoia that makes you really doubt whether that woman is sane, or wonder what happened to her in the war. However, halfway through, the film ends up being completely ruined thanks to an absurd anecdote about the exchange of souls, as if human bodies were clothes to wear.

I don't really feel like talking too much about the plot. Suffice it, perhaps, to say that it all begins with the return of a military doctor who has been in the East, and who returns home, where her husband is a university researcher who specializes in Polynesian traditions and folklore. However, she begins to feel bad, as if there is an oppressive force there. None of this is original, we've seen a lot of films that start from these same premises and that developed much more effectively.

Taking into account the weaknesses of the plot and the poor direction of Henk Pretorius, I think it is wrong to ask too much of the actors. They did what they could with what they were given to work with, and there is a very commendable effort on the part of the cast to raise the bar for the film and make something worthwhile. Unfortunately, you can't make omelettes without eggs, and all the effort came up against horrible dialogue and situations. Jemima West deserves praise for her work, as does young Harlym McMillan-Hunt. Christopher Dane and Rebecca Hansen didn't do a bad job either.

Technically, it is a relatively mediocre film, without great reasons of merit. There are some good visual and special effects, and the first part of the film works very well in terms of building and managing the atmosphere and suspense. But that's just it.

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