Amulet

O filme tem um bom suspense, mantém preso, mesmo com seu ritmo lento, como se estivéssemos lendo um livro de terror. A ambientação é linda, bela fotografia e iluminação. Temos ótimas atuações, mas não dou melhor nota, pois o suspense se perdeu um pouco em seu emaranhado lá no climax e isso me afastou da catarse, mesmo entendendo o contexto, achei que poderia ter feito diferente. Ponto BONUS: podermos ter como protagonista, o lindo do Alec Secăreanu.

Great first effort from actor/director Romola Garai. It's suspenseful and scary without the gore for the most part.

The movie was good ... the plot was maybe expected ....

This is one of the worst debuts of any horror director I've seen. The premise is farcical ("mothers" birthing rat/bats as demons), the pacing is slow, the two story elements don't correlate, the execution is weak, and the reveal is a letdown. The only redeeming factors of this cinematic mess is the acting with Alec Secareanu (Tomaz) and Imelda Staunton (Sister Claire).

The premise was engaging, I think, but the execution was less so. I found this film moved very, very slowly, and it just didn't hold my attention. I think it was aiming for creeping menace but instead just crept.

This movie is the reason I no longer go to the cinema and watch movies.

Glorified revenge flick about self-righteously tricking and torturing someone who did something wrong but is later repentant. Ironically, competent cinematography cannot redeem this petty and sour hate piece about irredeemability.

With more confusion than scares, Amulet leaves viewers with questions that demand answers five minutes after the movie ends, until they go do anything else. So… demons need guardians now? Why exactly? So… he (Alec Sacareanu) did kill it (Anah Ruddin)? Was he supposed to kill it from the beginning? Oh, so he's the… ya know what, I'm doing it again. I had very few notes on Amulet. It wasn't bad enough for me to rage-write, but not good enough for me to recommend or really detail. Imelda Staunton commands whatever scene she's in, maybe they should've given her more than three of them. Skip it.

Strange, true. Stuff to think about afterwards, yes. But just one really good jump/adrenaline rush and then icky stuff we have seen before. A bit slow.

1/5 stars only. 1/2 star for one jumpscare only. 1/2 more star for showing very delicious food. The rest is rubbish. Haha.