I remember watching the trailer for this, letting off a yawn and being distinctly unimpressed. It looked like nothing we hadn't seen before and part of a sub-genre I just don't tend to like.
Exorcism movies all tend to be predictable, generic, full of the same tropes and lashings of religious nonsense. Thankfully The Possession of Hannah Grace doesn't fall into any of the usual pitfalls and manages to be a different creature altogether.
Avoiding the priests (Probably best), the girl tied to a bed (No comment) and general religious incantations we instead see a possessed corpse brought into a morgue during the graveyard shift and the hell that is raised.
With a moody original setting, decent budget and competent lead the film had everything going for it and delivered something unexpectedly better than what I had envisioned. Though it's a possession film still this is so very different from everything that has come before it, it's as much a jump from previous movies as erm......Leprechaun in Space from the other Leprechaun movies!
It's not groundbreaking and personally I think the movie has pacing issues but once you put that to one side you have a competently made interesting little horror film that's well worth a viewing.
The Good:
Great idea
Decent setting
Some good characters
Antagonist looks the part
The Bad:
Pacing issues
Could have done with an extra 30 minutes
Exorcism movies all tend to be predictable, generic, full of the same tropes and lashings of religious nonsense. Thankfully The Possession of Hannah Grace doesn't fall into any of the usual pitfalls and manages to be a different creature altogether.
Avoiding the priests (Probably best), the girl tied to a bed (No comment) and general religious incantations we instead see a possessed corpse brought into a morgue during the graveyard shift and the hell that is raised.
With a moody original setting, decent budget and competent lead the film had everything going for it and delivered something unexpectedly better than what I had envisioned. Though it's a possession film still this is so very different from everything that has come before it, it's as much a jump from previous movies as erm......Leprechaun in Space from the other Leprechaun movies!
It's not groundbreaking and personally I think the movie has pacing issues but once you put that to one side you have a competently made interesting little horror film that's well worth a viewing.
The Good:
Great idea
Decent setting
Some good characters
Antagonist looks the part
The Bad:
Pacing issues
Could have done with an extra 30 minutes