Evil Remains (2004)
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(Foreign Titles)
Nomination Year: 2009
SYNOPSIS: To quote Roger Ebert, I hated hated hated this movie. The transitions were pretentious, the characters had no motivations apart from "because the script says so," and the whole movie was dark (literally -- it was hard to see anything indoors anywhere) and reddish (?!).
An ancient evil may or may not have happened at a certain Louisiana plantation during the slave-owning era. Twenty years ago, a boy killed his father with shears and burned his mother alive. Although nobody has lived there since, the house still stands (and shows no sign of fire damage). A cocky (and obnoxious) graduate student convinces four of his buddies to accompany him to this place in order to debunk the myth. Instead, the myth debunks them. Four years later, there's a particularly stupid coda involving a psychologist from the beginning of the movie.
I purchased this movie for one cent plus shipping, and I regret not using that penny for something more entertaining -- like dropping it from a tall building.
An ancient evil may or may not have happened at a certain Louisiana plantation during the slave-owning era. Twenty years ago, a boy killed his father with shears and burned his mother alive. Although nobody has lived there since, the house still stands (and shows no sign of fire damage). A cocky (and obnoxious) graduate student convinces four of his buddies to accompany him to this place in order to debunk the myth. Instead, the myth debunks them. Four years later, there's a particularly stupid coda involving a psychologist from the beginning of the movie.
I purchased this movie for one cent plus shipping, and I regret not using that penny for something more entertaining -- like dropping it from a tall building.
Kevin Hogan
James Merendino
