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After receiving a mysterious gift from her dying grandmother, Claire takes her new boyfriend home to meet her family who live on an isolated property in the country. The family reunion begins well but Claire soon becomes increasingly uneasy with her grandmother's medicated mumblings about a screaming banshee intent on coming for her during the night. It's not long before the family's worst fears become their reality as the banshee and her army of undead arrive to unleash blood soaked fury on them all.
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I'd seen the review that gave it one star, but the trailer didn't look TOO bad so i brought it cheap and gave it a go.
Ok it a low budget Australian horror, the effects are dated, the movie REALLY should of been set in Ireland BUT...It's not actually THAT bad. Certainly no worse than a lot of the trash that comes out of Hollywood.
There are not many movies that have used a Banshee as it's antagonist, and there's also other undead featured. Zombies, skeletons, spectres. The setting is remote and eiree, but the fog machine is on overdrive in places. Not much in the way of gore, or major shocks but it is creepy, and does at least retain an atmoshpere of tension. Overall a bit 'home and away' in the acting department but entertaining enough for a few quid.
Ok it a low budget Australian horror, the effects are dated, the movie REALLY should of been set in Ireland BUT...It's not actually THAT bad. Certainly no worse than a lot of the trash that comes out of Hollywood.
There are not many movies that have used a Banshee as it's antagonist, and there's also other undead featured. Zombies, skeletons, spectres. The setting is remote and eiree, but the fog machine is on overdrive in places. Not much in the way of gore, or major shocks but it is creepy, and does at least retain an atmoshpere of tension. Overall a bit 'home and away' in the acting department but entertaining enough for a few quid.
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One factor for any good horror movie is that is must be atmospheric. However, the makers of Damned by Dawn take the word `atmospheric' to mean `foggy.'
The film is about a young couple who return to their family home in the foggiest part of Australia to see a dying relative. However, a banshee pops out of the fog and causes brutal havoc.
Now, I read some of the other reviews before I watched this and, I have to say, they kind of lower your expectations. But, for the first third of the movie, I had to wonder whether they were talking about the same film. I thought it was actually quite good. It had a nice (foggy) set-up and some potential.
Then came the CGI. Not only are CGI baddies imposed on us, but also, if the cast happen to be running through a non-foggy area, CGI fog is added (and it's really bad CGI fog too!).
The one dimensional characters just about manage to act their parts and the banshee's screaming is pretty creepy, plus there's some good gore (when you can see it through the fog), but, overall, I found myself eventually agreeing with the other reviews.
It may not be the worst film ever made (not while Michael Bay's Transformers franchise is still on a roll), but it's definitely not the best. Unless it happens to be on and you feel like a so-so horror flick, don't bother paying to watch this.
The film is about a young couple who return to their family home in the foggiest part of Australia to see a dying relative. However, a banshee pops out of the fog and causes brutal havoc.
Now, I read some of the other reviews before I watched this and, I have to say, they kind of lower your expectations. But, for the first third of the movie, I had to wonder whether they were talking about the same film. I thought it was actually quite good. It had a nice (foggy) set-up and some potential.
Then came the CGI. Not only are CGI baddies imposed on us, but also, if the cast happen to be running through a non-foggy area, CGI fog is added (and it's really bad CGI fog too!).
The one dimensional characters just about manage to act their parts and the banshee's screaming is pretty creepy, plus there's some good gore (when you can see it through the fog), but, overall, I found myself eventually agreeing with the other reviews.
It may not be the worst film ever made (not while Michael Bay's Transformers franchise is still on a roll), but it's definitely not the best. Unless it happens to be on and you feel like a so-so horror flick, don't bother paying to watch this.
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I thought that this was quite a good film. I liked the subject matter ( not many Banshee films about.) I did, however think that it lost its way a bit, towards the end. What I really liked was the "making of -" in the bonus material. The makers and actors looked as if they were having a great time making this film with very little money. It was full marks for this Ausie team for getting the finished film to the quality that was presented. If I'd made a film like this, with the resorces that they had, I would have been pleased with the result.
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"..GOOD FUN HORROR.."
This is a low budget straight to DVD Aussie horror movie!! And its really very well made and has some very cool scary stuff going on, its a bit like evil dead in a way with some... Read more
Published 29 days ago by S. Drury
good in theory...terrible in practice!
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