CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

sfairgrieve-908-872509 This movie has many of the elements that I love most in horror movies - slow burn, beautiful rural setting, atmospheric as hell, vengeful ghosts, and a theme based on ancient folklore. All those boxes are checked in Lawrie Brewster's debut film. So this movie drew me in from the start and I was really pulling for it to blow me away. Yet Brewster stumbles a bit in execution, reminding the viewer at times that we're seeing his first feature. Plot developments are ham-fisted at times, the dialog is often unnatural and awkwardly expository, and the editing is occasionally dodgy. Yet those minor negatives did not detract much from the fact that he has given us an engaging and creepy ghost story that evokes the classics of the 1940s to the 1960s.

Rainey Dawn I would have given this film 8.5 to 9 stars if it had not been for the ghost girl scenes - that I wasn't crazy over - but the rest of the film was really good. Oodles of beautiful Gothic imagery - eye candy for Gothic lovers. And the story is good, it's about the Pagan Owl god Moloch and one man's path to find out his own history.I do recommend this one for those that like the older/classic horror styled films because Owlman is in the "spirit" of the classics tales.I did enjoy this movie - just wished the ghost girl scenes were more in the classic style instead of the modern style.. the rest of the film definitely has the look and feel of the older films and as with the storyline.7.5/10

Ellen Ripley Wow. Just. Holy cow, what a cringefest. I mean, I am pretty tolerant of cheese you guys, but this stinks. It stinks. What a tremendously awful film. Almost everything about it just assaulted my senses. To be fair, the scenery was beautiful and the setting deserved a better movie. But they don't get credit for Scotland being cool. The writing was awful, the plot boring, the acting - dear god. Who are these people? Why are they in a movie? Who let this happen? These characters are zero-dimensional, and these actors should stop. Just stop now and pursue other career choices. You know when you are watching a movie and it's so bad you are embarrassed when other people walk in the room? Like you have to have an excuse for why it's so awful? This is that. They are lucky Scotland is eerie, or this 2 would have been a 1.

David L. I'm all about Horror (and I mean Horror, with capital "H"), Thrillers, Film-Noir, Suspense and some (very few) Indie films (or "Artsy") When I took a look at the trailer it seemed to have a healthy mix of those things I always enjoyed watching (as an example, my favorite movies in the above mentioned genres are "The Exorcist" I and III, Jacob's Ladder, Alien and Angel Heart, just to mention a few).Alas, (almost) none of these elements are to be found in "Lord of Tears", though the effort seems genuine.What really transpires through out the entire movie is confusion and insecurity; at best. And I assure you, you will feel it as well.There is a lot of needless repetition in imagery (that - it self - is under-achieved, though one can imagine what the intention was for it), a lot of rushed shots and out of sync/time with the general emotion it was trying to convey (either too soon for said shots or too late... or too much of it, to be honest). I had this constant feeling the director/writer (maybe both) had several ideas and were trying them all out and were unable to choose the most effective ones and ended up using them all. Well, that was not a good idea.A movie is also about pace/timing. And pace/timing is nowhere to be seen nor felt. Also, there are ideas there that are used ad nauseam: too many "flash shots", too much of the female character later "pole dancing" (seriously, that particular part of the movie made me facepalm, smirk and yawn all at once). Too much pseudo-romance. Too much of many things I can't tell or I'll end up ruining the perfect opportunity for you to also facepalm, smirk and yawn as I did (if you indeed want to watch this movie).The intention is good, that is all about the good things I have to say about it, and I honestly wish the best of luck to the people involved in making this movie, and may they take the experience and learn with it.