Rendező:
Jenn WexlerForgatókönyvíró:
Jenn WexlerOperatőr:
Alexandre BussièreZeneszerző:
Mario SévignySzereplők:
Mena Massoud, Olivia Scott Welch, Chloe Levine, Gus Kenworthy, Madison Baines, Bailey Thain, Isabelle Boulton, Georgia Acken, Derek JohnsTartalmak(1)
Christmas, 1971. Two teenage students from an elite boarding school who have had to remain at the school, unable to return home for the holidays, have to face a sect of murderous killers who pursue them with homicidal intentions. (Sitges Film Festival)
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An hour and a half of lethargic acting performances in a film where none of the characters really knows what they are doing and even less is known by the director, who takes a dull and unimaginative approach to the potentially interesting story of satanic murderers who break into a girls’ boarding school. There is zero atmosphere, suspense or period stylisation and the sporadic attempts at humour are cringe-worthy. I don’t understand the positive responses from overseas critics.
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The Sacrifice Game is a very artificial attempt at wannabe cool horror set in 1971. The whole thing feels so studio clean and slick that you don't believe for a moment that you're watching real settings, real characters and real terror. Add to that the tragic overacting of most of the actors involved and it feels like an amateur performance converted into film form. It's a film that's only fit to be stuffed into the video library of some second-rate streaming service, which is where it will end up. Seeing this in a genre film festival alongside works that can do wonders with a comparable or much lower budget and can look realistic with their retro setting is a death sentence for this mechanical and annoying crap.
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The Sacrifice Game fails miserably in recreating the convincing 70s aesthetic, with every shot marred by an obnoxious, sterile digital look. The demonic storyline is laughable, populated by annoying and weak characters, and nothing about it works. I rank this movie among the worst I've seen in recent years, just a notch above Black Christmas, which it unfortunately reminded me of more than once (ugh!).
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