After seeing this movie at horror fest I was just OK with it. I thought it was good, but not anything to write home about. After seeing the television trailer I decided to give it another shot. I was impressed how much I liked it the second time around. There was a lot I missed in the first viewing. I like how everything comes full circle and how there is a circle of water surrounding the house, and how it plays on the circle of life and everything needing to be completed. I still thought the acting was great. I like how the actors actually play there own doppelgangers it adds to the creep factor. It was crazy to see Nicolai shoot his ghost and then see the bullet go threw his own leg, and when he cauterized his own wound, wow that part made me cringe.I thought that the special effects were another great part of this movie. They were for the most part created by hand instead of by a computer which for me is a lot more affective, ha ha. I'm glad I watched it again I really got a lot more out of it, before i thought the whole daughter in America thing was kind of unnecessary, but i realize it adds a lot to Marie's character. It shows how isolated she has been even from her immediate family. I think this film is definitely worth seeing.
Review of The Abandoned
