Amelia's Children

This is a grotesque, gothic, horror-thriller that some reviewers are (inaccurately) considering a comedy. Ed (Carloto Cotta) receives a notification through a 23andMe-like company that he has family in Portugal. He and his girlfriend, Riley (Bridgette Lundy-Paine) take the trip to the family estate in a secluded, foresty part of the country. However, right away, anyone can tell that Ed is not a native English speaker, which is fine, but then don’t have the story be that he was raised in America since he was a baby. Cotta plays his twin brother, Manuel, who has long hair and was raised in Portugal with their mother, Amelia (Anabela Moreira). Amelia, layered and carved with plastic surgery, is a site to behold. From here on, all of the action takes place at the gothicky house — of course, two locals at a roadside stand scare off the couple and warn them about going to the house; the couple does not listen. Amelia’s Children is better than expected, with some freaky (if not superfluous) horror elements and a disturbing story — it also includes a sex scene no one was asking for. There is some truly atrocious dialogue and the plot unfortunately turns from a horror-thriller to a classic slasher. The “reveal” was meh and the ending is sure to polarize. With a few changes — like just casting a different actor for Ed and not having them be twins, but mere brothers — this could’ve been a much better movie. Amelia’s Children is sure to please horror aficionados and ironic viewers, but probably not the general public.

I thought this film was better than people/reviewers give it credit for. The story had a lot of potential, but sadly didn't live up to it. I was left with lots of questions and plot holes.

Weird creepy in not the best of ways.

it's worth watching, and the setting is visually pleasant, but a few scenes involving automated translation are just not very well handled by the director, and this is especially problematic in terms of exposition. it would be better if instead of having lengthy conversations translated by the protagonist's phone in a robot voice, we just heard a few lines from the phone and then it faded into only subtitles and/or a flashback montage.

Really great film! I will admit, it’s an extremely slow burn of a film, but so well made with a great cast. As long as you go into it not expecting a fast paced thriller, you will enjoy this.

Must watch for horror/creepy movie fans. You can never trust critics on movies like this. They always need the movie to say something about life or society. They never understood that some movies are just meant to entertain. This is a great example.

I have questions. Putting the incest aside, let's look at the missing picture here..how did Amelia become youthful again? Did she eat the former father or did she have twins again and devoured the one that was unable to have children? How did she know which one was in unable to have children, she did keep manual around which means that she had to raise him first before sleeping with him to be sure... I'ma need some answers

Great film, a bit strange but so good!

Just another insignificant horror/mystery entry you can rent for a few dollars. It is not a worthy diversion of your time.

Instant classic. As funny as haunting. Lovely soundtrack