Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Necromentia (2009) Review by: Ted "Ritualistic" Brown

Pearry Reginald Teo's "Necromentia" is an off-world look at the superstitious repercussions of tattooing a Ouija Board on your body. Hagen (Santiago Craig), who has a dead wife believes that he can revive her from the dead. Travis (Chad Grimes), a man who lost his brother and wants to join him in the afterlife. Morbius (Layton Matthews), a bartender who is betrayed by those he loves comes back from the dead to take revenge. And a strange man only known as Mr. Skinny (Nathan Ginn) protects the secrets of the Ouija Board and how the stories weave and affect each other.

"Necromentia" simply put is astonishing, it's a unique and deeply intriguing script that's written with assassin like precession, it features stomach churning audio that will make your spine tighten and your inner self scream for mercy, and for good measure, some remarkably sick and depraved special FX that will leave all you gore hounds talking for months to come.


 

I absolutely loved this film, from the opening credits to the final seconds of its running time, I found myself sucked in and my jaw comfortably hanging out on the floor for the duration of "Necromentia". The story is a very interesting one, that weaves each of the main characters into one ongoing tale of revenge and punishment for one's sin's. Not your typical fire and brimstone "Hell" inspired film, "Necromentia" offer's you a much more sinister and bleak imagining of the infamous location.

 

The Atmosphere in this movie is truly creepy and unsettling, from amazing use of sound to create tension and just all around beautiful set design added to by the gritty and realistic gore "Necromentia" is a assault on your senses that comes from every angle. If you're looking for a great scary movie to test your brand new surround system out on I highly recommend "Necromentia".

 

I don't want to go into too much detail with this one as I hope each and every one of you will give this movie a chance. For fans of Clive Barker's "Hellraiser" series this film is a no brainer, you will walk away from this movie beyond satisfied. A strong story, beautiful gore, and characters you'll remember "Necromentia" is a must see for all genre fans.

 

On behalf of The Liberal Dead I give "Necromentia" a well earned 9 out of 10 and award for most graphic and heartfelt head bash in a film.

9/10

- Ted "Ritualistic" Brown







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