Right, well a movie about Edgar Allan Poe as a West Point cadet and going up against the supernatural. Does sound interesting enough, now, doesn't it?
When I sat down here in 2022 to watch this thriller from writers Christopher Hatton and Chuck Reeves, I did so without having heard about the movie prior to watching it. I happened to come across the movie by random luck, and given the movie's synopsis, of course it caught my interest, and I had to watch it.
The narrative in "Raven's Hollow" is somewhat slow, as director Christopher Hatton takes his sweet time setting up the stage. And I must admit that I was about to toss the towel in the ring and give up on this movie once or twice along the 98 minutes that the movie ran for. Simply because the narrative was so insanely slow paced. But I opted to stick with the movie.
And I will say that the storyline is actually interesting enough, provided you can endure the monotonous slow pacing of the narrative itself. And there isn't exactly a whole lot of exciting things going on as the movie unfolds, so it is a rather slow burn of a thriller.
The acting performances in "Raven's Hollow" were good. I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble here, but they did put on good performances, and managed to take an otherwise slow paced narrative and make it somewhat bearable to sit through.
Visually then "Raven's Hollow" was good, I mean in terms of building an atmosphere and creating a believable environment. I liked how the small village looked like, how the costumes and wardrobe looked like, and the entire overall atmosphere that permeated the entire movie. At least that was very much in the spirit of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe actually. "Raven's Hollow" is not a movie that makes use of an abundance of special effects and CGI, so don't expect to be in for anything grand here.
"Raven's Hollow" is a movie that is watchable a single time. I personally found the narrative too slow paced to ever want to return to watch director Christopher Hatton's movie a second time. If you have an interest in the fathers of American horror literature, then give "Raven's Hollow" a viewing, but take it for what it is.
My rating of "Raven's Hollow" lands on a five out of ten stars.
When I sat down here in 2022 to watch this thriller from writers Christopher Hatton and Chuck Reeves, I did so without having heard about the movie prior to watching it. I happened to come across the movie by random luck, and given the movie's synopsis, of course it caught my interest, and I had to watch it.
The narrative in "Raven's Hollow" is somewhat slow, as director Christopher Hatton takes his sweet time setting up the stage. And I must admit that I was about to toss the towel in the ring and give up on this movie once or twice along the 98 minutes that the movie ran for. Simply because the narrative was so insanely slow paced. But I opted to stick with the movie.
And I will say that the storyline is actually interesting enough, provided you can endure the monotonous slow pacing of the narrative itself. And there isn't exactly a whole lot of exciting things going on as the movie unfolds, so it is a rather slow burn of a thriller.
The acting performances in "Raven's Hollow" were good. I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble here, but they did put on good performances, and managed to take an otherwise slow paced narrative and make it somewhat bearable to sit through.
Visually then "Raven's Hollow" was good, I mean in terms of building an atmosphere and creating a believable environment. I liked how the small village looked like, how the costumes and wardrobe looked like, and the entire overall atmosphere that permeated the entire movie. At least that was very much in the spirit of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe actually. "Raven's Hollow" is not a movie that makes use of an abundance of special effects and CGI, so don't expect to be in for anything grand here.
"Raven's Hollow" is a movie that is watchable a single time. I personally found the narrative too slow paced to ever want to return to watch director Christopher Hatton's movie a second time. If you have an interest in the fathers of American horror literature, then give "Raven's Hollow" a viewing, but take it for what it is.
My rating of "Raven's Hollow" lands on a five out of ten stars.