Like many other devout Horror fans out there (yet unlike just as many) I personally hate seeing the annoying words "based on a true story", "inspired by true events" and the likes in the beginning of Horror films. To me, it means that as long as 0.01% of the film's plot is based on something that is (or used to be) real - the creators can use this cheap trick and make the less intelligent viewer just a little bit (or even more) extra afraid. Don't get me wrong, I happen to be a fan of cheap tricks, jump scares and the likes make for a much better viewing experience for me. I still recognize these tricks for what they are: cheap.
Seeing as how The Quiet Ones boasts having factual origins, I did a little digging (honestly just a little, the second Google result proved to be sufficiently informative) and found out that on one hand this film's plot is actually based on quite a bit of true occurrences (at least more than other films claim to be). On the other hand, these "true" occurrences themselves (better known as The Philip Experiments) turned out to be no more than a hoax.
Having said that, let us focus on The Quiet Ones as a Horror film, and say that in my opinion it is quite alright. Characters and acting are pretty good (with the exception of Olivia Cooke and Jarred Harris who were excellent), and the story is quite interesting and kept me personally curious and guessing until the very end. The twist towards the ending and the ending itself were great, and I myself can't think of a better way the film could have ended.
I've mentioned cheap tricks, and The Quiet Ones definitely uses quite a few jump-scares (which as I've said I quite enjoy). What I don't enjoy are "mockumentaries" and scenes that are presented through the eye of a camera. It's a matter of personal taste and the only film using this method which I liked was the one who made it famous - The Blair Witch Project. One reason I do respect this film is that it doesn't show the "evil spirit' for more than a split second, knowing that lack of creativity, or budget, or both prevented the creators from making a "supernatural evil" worthy of camera time.
All in all, I enjoyed watching this film. I didn't find it to be innovative or original, but it wasn't at all bad. I could think of 10 Horror films off the top of my head to recommend before I'd recommend this one, but I wouldn't say it isn't worthy of watching.
Seeing as how The Quiet Ones boasts having factual origins, I did a little digging (honestly just a little, the second Google result proved to be sufficiently informative) and found out that on one hand this film's plot is actually based on quite a bit of true occurrences (at least more than other films claim to be). On the other hand, these "true" occurrences themselves (better known as The Philip Experiments) turned out to be no more than a hoax.
Having said that, let us focus on The Quiet Ones as a Horror film, and say that in my opinion it is quite alright. Characters and acting are pretty good (with the exception of Olivia Cooke and Jarred Harris who were excellent), and the story is quite interesting and kept me personally curious and guessing until the very end. The twist towards the ending and the ending itself were great, and I myself can't think of a better way the film could have ended.
I've mentioned cheap tricks, and The Quiet Ones definitely uses quite a few jump-scares (which as I've said I quite enjoy). What I don't enjoy are "mockumentaries" and scenes that are presented through the eye of a camera. It's a matter of personal taste and the only film using this method which I liked was the one who made it famous - The Blair Witch Project. One reason I do respect this film is that it doesn't show the "evil spirit' for more than a split second, knowing that lack of creativity, or budget, or both prevented the creators from making a "supernatural evil" worthy of camera time.
All in all, I enjoyed watching this film. I didn't find it to be innovative or original, but it wasn't at all bad. I could think of 10 Horror films off the top of my head to recommend before I'd recommend this one, but I wouldn't say it isn't worthy of watching.