Bad acting, plot holes and outdated jump scares - all these have been covered in earlier reviews and rightly so. The actors are struggling to play whatever part they were assigned to, they wear costumes and clothes that are simply too clean and tidy for peasants, especially after WWI, amidst the Spanish Flu pandemic. The protagonist's hairdo is way too from the 21st century.... all these take this horror into laughter-territory, bogus land, you name it. And there's the super artificial setting, the Szentendre Skanzen, a museum-site with some old village houses transported to the Skanzen from all corners of the country, representing different architectural styles and periods... while watching Post Mortem
I couldn't but remember the times when I took my kids to the Skanzen and we had so much fun, etc. Well, this is the only such place in Hungary so what could the filmmakers possibly do when they need d a 100+ year old village? The problem with making period-piece movies is that the period setting, costumes, hairdos, etc. Must be period-correct. Had it been up to me, I'd have taken the production to Transylvania, Romania,full of very old, authentic and intact villages. That alone would have made the film somewhat better.
And this Hungary's nomination for this year's Oscar. That's a joke, like the entire movie. We can so much better but this time we failed. In the name of cast and crew, I apologize to you all.
And this Hungary's nomination for this year's Oscar. That's a joke, like the entire movie. We can so much better but this time we failed. In the name of cast and crew, I apologize to you all.