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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 432476" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">You Should Have Left</span></strong> (2020)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BYTMxMTJhNWQtYzQwMC00MThhLTkzNjMtMDljMGE1MmE1NWM2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODkxMzcxOTY%40._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2e71dff4ab898af92db14bbc3d9cf24f213cca616fc600f1ca1fcfd76ed333c9" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 667px" /></p><p></p><p>Expectations were fairly low for this one. Something about the thumbnail and description looked a little sub-par (as I found out afterwards, it did go straight to Video On Demand) and it also looked somewhat supernatural, which isn't always my thing.</p><p></p><p>As it turned out, I thoroughly enjoyed this. It was just atmospheric and creepy enough without going overboard. Kevin Bacon turns in a really nice performance. I'm no fan of Amanda Seyfried, but she was perfectly tolerable here. The little girl was also decent enough. She's what I think we might have got if Drew Barrymore had played Carol Anne in <em>Poltergeist</em>.</p><p></p><p>And yes, the film does have a little Poltergeist energy. Or perhaps<em> The Amityville Horror.</em> It throws in a little <em>What Lies Beneath,</em> and probably a dash of Kevin's own <em>Stir Of Echoes</em>. There is a decent twist, which reminded me greatly of another film (I think it was [ISPOILER]<em>Interstellar</em>[/ISPOILER], but I only watched that once back in the cinema so I might be misremembering). Perhaps, then, it is a little derivative. But it's a good story, nicely and efficiently done, so I didn't mind at all. If anything, the familiarity helped.</p><p></p><p>Even though the end credits brag about being filmed in New Jersey (or wherever) most of it was actually filmed in Powys, Wales, where it's set. I've actually found the house online as a holiday let, but would I have the courage after watching the film?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 432476, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]You Should Have Left[/SIZE][/B] (2020) [IMG width="667px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BYTMxMTJhNWQtYzQwMC00MThhLTkzNjMtMDljMGE1MmE1NWM2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODkxMzcxOTY%40._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2e71dff4ab898af92db14bbc3d9cf24f213cca616fc600f1ca1fcfd76ed333c9[/IMG][/CENTER] Expectations were fairly low for this one. Something about the thumbnail and description looked a little sub-par (as I found out afterwards, it did go straight to Video On Demand) and it also looked somewhat supernatural, which isn't always my thing. As it turned out, I thoroughly enjoyed this. It was just atmospheric and creepy enough without going overboard. Kevin Bacon turns in a really nice performance. I'm no fan of Amanda Seyfried, but she was perfectly tolerable here. The little girl was also decent enough. She's what I think we might have got if Drew Barrymore had played Carol Anne in [I]Poltergeist[/I]. And yes, the film does have a little Poltergeist energy. Or perhaps[I] The Amityville Horror.[/I] It throws in a little [I]What Lies Beneath,[/I] and probably a dash of Kevin's own [I]Stir Of Echoes[/I]. There is a decent twist, which reminded me greatly of another film (I think it was [ISPOILER][I]Interstellar[/I][/ISPOILER], but I only watched that once back in the cinema so I might be misremembering). Perhaps, then, it is a little derivative. But it's a good story, nicely and efficiently done, so I didn't mind at all. If anything, the familiarity helped. Even though the end credits brag about being filmed in New Jersey (or wherever) most of it was actually filmed in Powys, Wales, where it's set. I've actually found the house online as a holiday let, but would I have the courage after watching the film? [/QUOTE]
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