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Jordanka Angelova, Kalin Arsov, Paraskeva Djukelova

An American film producer named Marie returns to her homeland, Russia, where her Mother's dead body has been found under bizarre circumstances. She never knew her, having been adopted and brought to A...( read more  read more... )merica as a baby. The only clue to what might have happened is an isolated, abandoned farm in the mountains that supposedly belonged to her natural parents. Being the only next of kin, she inherits the place, but no one will take her there as local superstitions state that the area is... damned. Only one man will embark on such a dangerous and long journey... A stranger that oddly seems to know quite a bit about her history... But once arrived, the guide mysteriously disappears, forcing Marie to explore the derelict location alone. She discovers someone else on the property... A man named Nikolai, who claims to have been lured there exactly in the same manner, so he could discover the truth behind his unknown past as well. They become stranded in the immense compound, plagued by terrifying, ghostly visions. The problem is that the ghosts that wander around are their own. Dead versions of themselves marauder between the buildings in the night Time begins to move in reverse as history re-lives itself in front of their very eyes. A cycle of horror comes to fruition, as they are revealed the reason they have been summoned for this perverse reunion and the brutal secret behind their family.

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R, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Nacho Cerda

Release Date: February 23, 2007

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DVD Release Date: June 19, 2007

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  • 76Majikat
    April 17, 2009
    76Majikat
    What started out as a fairly naturally acted Horror movie evolved into a monotonous storyline, without an offering of anything particularly original.
  • Showrogan
    October 10, 2008
    Showrogan
    Not half bad...
    It had suspense...some surprises & jump in your seat moments...
    It's not a horror movie in the sense that it's about the potential violence, the gore & the bodies racking up...but more along the lines of...seeing your own death in this creepy...alternate reality...( read more) kinda way...

    It's like this...
    A Russian peasant family is sitting down to dinner when a run-down, overheating truck comes to a halt in the front yard. The father opens the door to find a now dead woman, obviously murdered, and two crying infants in the seat next to her.

    Fast forward 40 years. We meet Marie Jones who has been summoned back to Russia by a notary who claims to have found her long dead parents and the home they once owned: the Kardinovsky Farm. As she mounts the steps to his office, she runs into someone, but brushes it off.

    After meeting with the notary, who explains he found no other living heirs, she sets out to visit and claim her parent's home. She arrives at the house where her mother died and is "attacked" by a now very old mother who, in Russian, insists that she not go to the Kardinovsky Farm. They're interrupted by Anitoly, her guide, the only person willing to venture to the farm at night.

    The farm sits on the "island", a small parcel of land surrounded by the river and only accessible by a bridge. After hours of driving they cross the bridge and stop just a few yards from the house. Anitoly tells Marie to stay put while he makes sure there are no animals between them and the house.

    Marie waits, and then sees what appears to be Anitoly ahead of her, but when she leaves the truck, she finds herself alone. Within minutes the truck dies, leaving the forest quiet.

    With no one around, and no where else to go, she enters the old house armed only with a flashlight and begins to investigate. While exploring the ground floor she hears a bang and a child wailing from upstairs and rushes up as quickly as possible to see... nothing. She enters the nearest room, a nursery, and sees, out of the corner of her eye, a woman walking past the door.

    When she runs into the hallway she sees the same blond woman turn into another room and she follows only to scream as she comes face to face with her dead self who appears to be very real and soaked to the bone. She runs out the door in time to see the truck (and presumably Anitoly) leave. In a panic she chases him and falls down a hill and into the river where, sice she can't swim, she begins to drown.

    She wakes up in a much warmer and brighter lit room in the house. There is a man (Nikolai) rifling through her wallet. Marie smacks him across the face with a log, then flees the room.

    He chases her and explains that he is her brother and that he too was summoned by the notary. She is of course skeptical, as the notary had told her she had no brothers or sisters, but when he takes her upstairs and shows her their cribs she realizes he is telling the truth.

    She tells him what she saw and he explains, that seeing your double shows you the way in which you will die...

    Now the race is on to try and escape their own death's...
  • sapphirechaos05
    January 2, 2008
    sapphirechaos05
    this was a horrible excuse for a movie...just dreadful....amazingly awful....mind boggling to try and get into the producers mind and think about how he came up with such crap...CRAP! If I could give this 0 stars but let you know that I DID see it...I would...
  • ceWEBrity
    January 1, 2008
    ceWEBrity
    I'm two for eight on the After Dark horror movies, and The Abandoned is strained just like Rinne was - a lot of potential that simply wasn't realized. In this situation, it's that the movie is all buildup. There's really not much fear (or plot) to be had.

    Nacho Cerda is a direct...( read more)or to watch, though. He has a really great eye for music, camera work and cinematography. With a better screenplay, I'm sure that he could make a decent product, but how rare are those in the horror world? There were some things about The Abandoned's writing that I did like, such as the fact that the two primary characters were in their forties, instead of being dumb teenagers in wet t-shirts. Not that it really did much, because ol' Marie is kind of...dumb. Yeah. She's salty, but not the sharpest knife in the drawer, with a propensity for wandering into sewers and poorly lit areas.

    I'm fond of the wistful, terminally depressing ending, and a few of the passages are almost grade-A horror. The Abandoned was a very promising foundation for a film that just didn't crystallize. I'm sure that there won't be much better from the other 6 After Dark horrors...
  • SilentWarProductions2009
    September 27, 2007
    SilentWarProductions2009
    Directed by: Nacho Cerda.
    Starring: Anastasia Hille, Karel Roden, Valentin Ganev.

    Critics bashed it, but I had heard great things about it from a trusted horror website I visit so I kept my eye out for this film and hoped for the best....I am struggli...( read more)ng to rate this film any higher, some things about the film deserve it, but something also lacks terribly.

    The film follows a Russian born American film producer who returns to her homeland because of a bizarre death of her birth mother. She never knew her, as she was adopted from a baby, but she is entitled to inherit the family home. Once she arrives there, the house holds a terrible secret, and a past she never knew comes back to haunt her. The strong point of the film is visually, the film is drenched in atmosphere, with bleak cinematography and beautiful set design that adds a great feeling of dread to the film. Director Nacho Cerda shows a lot of potential with scares, they are built up around cliche but most avoid it at the right moments and some scenes are really slow and tense. But that is really where the film stops, I had expected a lot more....the film is ultimately dull and predictable, each character is just a prop in this house and we never learn or care about them, each 'twist' to follow is predicted before it happens and by the end of the film, I felt cheated, I had expected much more in the way of logic and because of the lack of that, my interest was lost.

    Visually stunning with some chilling scenes, but not enough to save this film from being dull, predictable and illogical. A disappointment.
  • xobabygreekox
    September 3, 2009
    xobabygreekox
    I'm going to watch it. I love lionsgate movies.
  • filmofilka
    August 23, 2009
    filmofilka
    Meni ne izgleda lose ali neznam ovako je tesko reci!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • teeja85
    August 19, 2009
    teeja85
    Jao jao, pa ovo je prelose, ocekivala sam bolji hororac a ne ovako predvidljivo smece di ni nakon sat vrimena nista ne kuzis
  • iamthethinman
    August 6, 2009
    iamthethinman
    Well, here?s how this goes. This is a great horror movie until you start thinking about the story and what is happening in the ?reality? of this character. But it is heavy on atmosphere, imagery and scares. None are the all-out jumper kind of scares, but it is so heavy on the ten...( read more)se mood that it just is what you were waiting for. But the elements of the scares are what make them scary. And there is a great look for it. And nice location for it. Since all the Man With The Screaming Brain commentary, you gotta love Sofia, Bulgaria.

    I would definitely not shy away from future horror offerings from this director, but wouldn?t go out of my way for it. Likewise with this movie.
  • hayden13hitherto
    June 9, 2009
    hayden13hitherto
    Yucky and scary one. The zombie of yourself is weird even if the possibility of returning to the original twist of the story. It is not predictable on how the movie will end but it is interesting to see the high-octane violence and gore. Stick to your tongue and watch it.

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February 26, 2007
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Through the murk and gloom of The Abandoned; a mystery emerges: Why didn't this go straight to DVD?

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  • lovecyn4ever
    March 16, 2008
    lovecyn4ever
    Poll-Vote for your favorite!
    Horrorfest

    Best Film From "After Dark Horrorfest 2006"

    (8 Films To Die For)

  • lovecyn4ever
    January 18, 2008
    lovecyn4ever
    I'm not gonna say is a great horror film.Is slow in the beginning but is a well done ghost film.Very creepy,suspenseful & weird.It takes awhile to know what the hell is going on.Worth checking this out but if you into ghost films than you might find this original & enjoyable.


    Don't expect a bloody film but it does have 2 gory scenes.
    Much better than 1408 or The Messengers in my opinion.

  • shamila547
    March 5, 2007
    shamila547
    seems like a movies not to miss,
  • sara7518
    February 23, 2007
    sara7518
    it looks cool but not scary... umm but i still want to watch it
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