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The Abandoned (2007)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:11
Rotten:20
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: The Abandoned spends so much time setting up the creepy atmosphere, that it forgets to inhabit it with genuine spooks or scares.
Theatrical Release:Feb 23, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $1,255,524
Synopsis: The expertly crafted 2007 haunted-house movie THE ABANDONED puts an original sheen on the well-worn tradition of the haunted house flick. Shot in Bulgaria but set in Russia, the movie centers... [More]
Starring: Paraskeva Djukelova, Karel Roden, Valentin Ganev, Jordanka Angelove
Director: Nacho Cerda
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Reviews for The Abandoned
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 2.5/5 |
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"This horror flick is atmospheric and often frightening, but the lack of a solid narrative creates a lethargic pace." Full Review |
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 3.5/4 |
It is, to put it simply, a totally kick-ass horror movie that should be seen by every self-respecting fear film fan. Full Review |
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All haunted house movies feature labyrinthine corridors and darkened rooms, but few achieve the tangible depth and texture of The Abandoned. After so many inferior generic excursions and aberrations, Cerdà's film feels like a homecoming. Full Review |
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5/10 |
The work of a master visualist trying to walk the line between narrative and visual spectacle. The story is there, but it just sits on the side of the visual experience. Full Review |
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3/4 |
A definite fascinating and creepy mystery that leads up to a very surreal finale I enjoyed... Full Review |
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Despite some effective atmosphere at times, this multi-European produced supernatural thriller is a tedious snoozer Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
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2/4 |
A sort of haunted house story, "The Abandoned" has scary atmosphere, decent acting, an interesting setting %u2013 everything but a coherent story line. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Cerdà quickly lets slip his woeful lack of skill with a curious, "arty" predilection for switching camera focus in the middle of a shot. Full Review |
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1/5 |
...inert and inept... Full Review |
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B |
Director Nacho Cerdà succeeds in pushing the haunted-house movie into an abstract realm where the past and present fold into each other. Full Review |
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D- |
The movie sinks so deep into deathly atmosphere that there's no life to it. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
At its best, it's an effective shocker with an atmosphere that seeps into your very bones. The problem is it's not always at its best, and when it isn't, it really isn't. Full Review |
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Heralds the arrival of a new talent that every horror fan should keep their eyes on, if they're not covering them with their hands. Full Review |
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The relatively tame horrors on display here may disappoint fans of the director's gut-spelunking short Aftermath, which made him an underground hero on the abra-cadaver circuit. Full Review |
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1/4 |
As the heroine wanders around her old, rundown childhood home, the movie itself wanders, trying to find its purpose, meaning, and even, it seems, a worthwhile starting point. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Perhaps the worst offense of The Abandoned, however, is that so little effort is made by the screenwriters to make any 'sense' of it all. Full Review |
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