February is a supposedly suspenseful horror, that's not long on suspense and well, um, that's about it.
There's lots of spooky, grating music, that's so overdone you quickly become numb to its effect. The consistently overly austere setting and what can only be described as "gray" characterizations only exacerbates and further fosters a sense of emotional dislocation on the part of the viewer.
Or put another, the tone and atmosphere established in this film is so overly creepy it actually stops being creepy and gradually becomes farcical. Any sense of suspense evaporates as the whole thing simply ceases to be all that believable. A fact that's not helped at all by an evil spirit that looks a lot like the shadow of a guy in a rabbit suit with big comical "rabbity" ears.
Worse still, this film never really goes anywhere terribly interesting or all that frightening. There's nothing clever on offer either, that might have redeemed this flick.
The acting is sound and at times, even quite good. The camera work and cinematography is refined too. Sadly there's little anyone can do, to lift a film that, in my opinion, has so little to say.
Four out of ten from me.
There's lots of spooky, grating music, that's so overdone you quickly become numb to its effect. The consistently overly austere setting and what can only be described as "gray" characterizations only exacerbates and further fosters a sense of emotional dislocation on the part of the viewer.
Or put another, the tone and atmosphere established in this film is so overly creepy it actually stops being creepy and gradually becomes farcical. Any sense of suspense evaporates as the whole thing simply ceases to be all that believable. A fact that's not helped at all by an evil spirit that looks a lot like the shadow of a guy in a rabbit suit with big comical "rabbity" ears.
Worse still, this film never really goes anywhere terribly interesting or all that frightening. There's nothing clever on offer either, that might have redeemed this flick.
The acting is sound and at times, even quite good. The camera work and cinematography is refined too. Sadly there's little anyone can do, to lift a film that, in my opinion, has so little to say.
Four out of ten from me.