The Remains

2016 "Some things are best left alone."
3.7| 1h25m| en
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After a family moves into an old Victorian home, they discover a chest in the attic containing antiques tainted by a malevolent spirit. As the antiques slowly possess each family member, the spirit grows stronger, hellbent on kidnapping the children.

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Also starring Todd Lowe

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Sammy-Jo Cervantes There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
avalonjoyous Let me get the positive out of the way the seance beginning was not bad and the acting regarding the the medium was pretty good I was pretty impressed to be honest.When she spoke her voice was very pleasant to the ear and sounded sophisticated and worldly.Now with the good out of the way this movie sucked so badly it's just indescribable .Suffice it to say the kid actors are dull as dishwater and can't act for crap seriously.The movie was also boring and barely anything happened up until near the end of the movie.Suffice it to say even near the ending it was unbelievably bad and the oldest daughter was by far one of the worst actresses EVER.Just watch her give the worst performance ever near the end of the movie it is truly hilarious.The father was so so his acting was alright but he also overacted horribly in this movie .The ending I won't spoil but I'll just say this it's beyond hilarious and the SCARES in this movie are nonexistent,cheap,bad,and cliché. Highly NOT recommended .
Chen Calina normally i don't write review but i gave ratings, At first it was promising and catchy but after seeing all of it i am VERY DISAPPOINTED to this movie. IF i just known that was the ending, i shouldn't watched it, luckily i watch it before i recommended to my friends. i hope in future there is more into it NOT just the doing whole cycle with no end. I was waiting for them to survive and get more scary, i blinked many times like there is really missing as the other people saying that" the rest " of the characters doing nothing.I get bit mad about the eldest daughter just went out to bang another dude and chill in the house not knowing what's going on and it's pathetic. AWFUL MOVIE....
benlukeryder The Remains - 2016Before I start, I am forewarning you for spoilers. Only minor ones, but I don't want to ruin the film for anyone wishing to watch it. Although it would be a mistake to.The film follows a family of 4 who are moving into a new house after the recent passing of the protagonist's, John's, wife. The film begins with short scene to set the background and foreshadow certain items for later on. Once this is over we see the family on the way to view the property. Two young weird children, an ignorant teen with a secret boyfriend, whose existence adds nothing to the plot, and a paranoid father. They arrive at the house, meet the agent selling it and then move in pretty much instantly. None of the kids are happy about it, the family have no idea of the buildings background and to round it all up, the acting makes you cringe. And we aren't even 20 minutes in. A few more scenes follow containing strange happenings and more bad acting before eventually the two younger kids venture into the attic and find a wooden box full of mysterious items; which you will remember from the first scene of the film if you hadn't thrown the disc away by this point. The girl becomes attached to the doll found in the box and then everything become "freaky". The acting begins to quickly get worse and the camera work is poorly executed. The lines delivered are weak and have terribly awkward silences between them.Skipping all the needless scenes between, the highlight of the film for me was when John dreams about beating his son's skull in with a baseball bat. Not because I was so sick of the kids acting and wanted to do it myself, but because it is the best acted scene in the entire movie. The look John gives whilst he's doing it genuinely makes him look like he's going mad, the fake blood used looked realistic (well done fx crew) and it just wasn't expected which I liked. It gave the film a moment when you though 'maybe the film will pick up after this great and slightly disturbing scene'. Spoiler alert.. I'm afraid not. More bad camera work, more pointless scenes, poor jump scares and the ending scene reminded me of a children's comedy on TV made to amuse 11 year old kids.Whoever wrote and directed the film was desperately trying to live up to the films James Wan has directed and written in the past. After watching the trailer, I was excited and had hope for it. But now I've been left disappointed and feel like my time has been wasted. The only reason this film should be watched is so drama students can learn how not to act so we may hope that no more let down horror and thriller films come out in the near future.The truth hurts. See you in the review section.
begob A family moves house after the death of the mother, only to find themselves trapped by the history of their new home as an evil spirit takes over ...Standard haunted house tale, so it needs a bit of spice and cleverness to impress. The outstanding feature is the photography, with plenty of angles and movement and depth and detail. But they might regret the decision to light almost the entire movie brightly - shadows often obscure a horror tale, but this one needed more.The acting was OK, especially the little girl, although even she struggled with some lifeless dialogue. And I think that's where the problem is - the writing and direction. The origin story didn't play through, and we weren't led to the source of the evil. Some crucial scenes were handled badly and turned out underwhelming. Plus there were some spots where dialogue was repeated to no extra effect, and one of the female characters could have been folded into another without harming the story.The music was pretty good, but laid on too thick.So it's a first time feature for the director/writer. A bit sloppy, and lacking conviction. But it definitely doesn't deserve one star ratings.ps. The cinematographer has a similar movie in production, so that could be interesting.