Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

Veronika Vykoukalova The movie was simply weird, and not weird in any interesting sense. The main character spends most of her screen time by hysterics and running around like headless chicken, by snapping at everyone like it would be going out of style - I understand that she is going through a very difficult time and all that, but still it surprised me quite a bit that someone didn't just slap her to snap her out of it, as I probably wouldn't do much else than to slap her every five minutes, so she would make at least a bit of sense.All in all, if not for the occasional really thrilling moment and interesting music, this movie would very easily get a complete zero from me.

ma-cortes The film starts with the suicide of an old man , he results to be Theodore Logan , the father (Craig Hill, an American resident in Spain who played several Spaghetti Western) of Daniella Logan (Erica Prior) a young woman expert on entomology . Later on , she visits her crazy mummy (Teresa Gimpera, also married in real life to Craig Hill) at a mental hospital to tell the tragedy . Daniella seeking the truth about her origins goes to the graveyard his father and encounters that the dad's tomb had been profaned and his corpse was robbed . She decides to resolve it , and after gets a meeting a strange priest named Father Elias (O'Toole), who discloses her dark secrets about her parents . Later, Daniella meets a scared man , Toby Harris (Craig Stevenson), who claims to be his true father . Meanwhile , an obstinate Police Inspector named Potts (Frank O'Sullivan) is investigating the rare deeds are happening . Daniella gets a tape in which his father explains her the frightening events and uncovers a terrible truth . Based on the novel written by Ramsey Campbell , titled ¨Pact of the fathers¨ and well adapted by Paco Plaza. It contains suspense , plot-twists, tension , thrills with sensationalistic scenes . B-entertainment with a fairly suspenseful and horrifying story about an ancient fanatic religious cult of followers of Abraham ¨The Abrahamitas ¨ that murders the first-child . This tale about a young girl who is involved into a twisted intrigue begins well and grows more and more until a downbeat finale . Good special effects and efficient make-up by DDT that subsequently won Academy Award for ¨Pan's labyrinth¨ . Dark cinematography by Pablo Rosso and atmospheric musical score by Mikel Salas that includes religious chores . The flick is finely produced by the chairman of Filmax and Castelao Productions , Julio Fernandez who along with his brother Carlos Fernandez are two successful producers and experts on Horror genre , producers of hits as ¨The machinist¨ ,¨ Fragiles¨, ¨Darkness¨, and many others. The picture is professionally directed by Paco Plaza (Romasanta, OT) who along with by Jaume Balaguero are the main Spanish filmmakers expert on terror cinema , both of whom have realized the box-office big successes as ¨Rec 1¨ and ¨Rec 2¨ , among others . Rating : 6 , acceptable and passable film though slow moving .

arjenp Because of the other comments on this movie, I thought I'd write my review. First of all, I really liked the acting. It all was very natural to me and every character clearly had something unique to them.The story is intruiging, and deals with (what it looks like to me) the subject of what people are willing to sacrifice and suffer for their faith. Also the scenery and environments in this movie really stand out, a sort of dark and foreboding feeling does it show, a bit like Se7en (but less grainy and more 'stylish').The only thing I didn't like about this movie was the ending. It is very harsh, and offers almost (telling would be a spoiler) nothing positive. 8/10

niz Second Name follows the female mystery-investigation storyline that has been used so successfully in recent horror/suspense films like Ring, The Eye etc. This time round our heroine investigates the suicide of her father in strange circumstances, leading her to uncover the secrets of her own past, and the discovery of an ancient religion dedicated to the ritual killing of their first-born.I have not read the novel but judging by the film Ramsay Campbell has crafted a clever, twisting-turning tale with that elusive what-happens-next factor that will keep anyone guessing. Direction and performances are restrained, which thankfully suits the film (none of the gimmicks that damaged the US remake of Ring). And the bleak ending really packs a punch. Recommended.