I really ... really ... really ... really wanted to like this. I mean it. I even know someone who was involved in the production - though that person themselves said it didn't turn out good. Now that being said, let me state the positive things up front. Because this looks really good - camera and effects are well done. I can't imagine this having a big budget so Kudos to whoever was responsible for the look of the movie.
There is also the basic element of the movie. The Bela Kiss "true origin" this is sort of based on. Actually the movie might have been better if it concentrated on the past and wasn't trying to be modern and mixing the elements from back then to nowadays. Especially considering this is called Prologue ... more like Epilogue/Eulogy - sorry but the joke was too easy to not do.
That being said and which I think justifies me not giving this worse than the 3/10 it got, do not watch this dubbed in German. It is horrendous! And that is putting it mildly. Unfortunately for some reason Netflix Germany considered the German (clearly dubbed) soundtrack to be the "original" audio. Not sure who was responsible for that, but it is way wrong.
Having said that, I already rated it "higher" because I am giving this the benefit of the doubt, that the actors actually are able to communicate their feelings verbally. Unlike their dubbing counterparts - even so the characters are paper thin, the movie is filled with cliches and the characters almost always do the exact opposite of what a sane human being would do. Which is nothing new when it comes to horror movies ... but especially bad, when you have not much else going for yourself.
Which brings us back to my point: I just can't be leniant ... I can't just pretend this is good when it is clearly not - as a movie.
There is also the basic element of the movie. The Bela Kiss "true origin" this is sort of based on. Actually the movie might have been better if it concentrated on the past and wasn't trying to be modern and mixing the elements from back then to nowadays. Especially considering this is called Prologue ... more like Epilogue/Eulogy - sorry but the joke was too easy to not do.
That being said and which I think justifies me not giving this worse than the 3/10 it got, do not watch this dubbed in German. It is horrendous! And that is putting it mildly. Unfortunately for some reason Netflix Germany considered the German (clearly dubbed) soundtrack to be the "original" audio. Not sure who was responsible for that, but it is way wrong.
Having said that, I already rated it "higher" because I am giving this the benefit of the doubt, that the actors actually are able to communicate their feelings verbally. Unlike their dubbing counterparts - even so the characters are paper thin, the movie is filled with cliches and the characters almost always do the exact opposite of what a sane human being would do. Which is nothing new when it comes to horror movies ... but especially bad, when you have not much else going for yourself.
Which brings us back to my point: I just can't be leniant ... I can't just pretend this is good when it is clearly not - as a movie.