Jessabelle

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TheMovieSearch R @TheMovieSearch Jan 6 Jessabelle is a serviceable horror-thriller that sits firmly in the middle ground. It isn’t outright bad, but it never rises above being just okay. The film checks the expected genre boxes and keeps you mildly engaged, yet it relies more on familiar beats than on telling a truly compelling story. The screenplay is its biggest weakness. It often pulls you in with intrigue, only to derail itself moments later by shifting focus or introducing ideas that don’t fully connect. While some films benefit from breaking structure, Jessabelle plays it too safe, resulting in a story that feels inconsistent rather than bold. You’re frequently left wondering what just happened or why the narrative suddenly veered in a different direction. There are effective moments and a few solid suspense beats, but the lack of cohesion prevents the film from fully investing the audience. Ultimately, Jessabelle is watchable once but forgettable, and not something that invites a rewatch. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Nov 18 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Dylan T @RT02850462 Aug 9 Una trama muy atrapadora, cuenta con muy buen final, recomendada para los amantes del suspenso See more Gabriel S @Sanarel Mar 24 Director Kevin Greutert has extensive experience editing genre films, his biggest job to date the editing of the billion-dollar franchise Saw, where he even got the chance directing the formulaic entries 6 and 7. 4 years later, he released the haunted-house horror film Jessabelle. In this film, Sarah Snook does an average to mediocre job playing Jessabelle, a young woman that has to return to her old childhood house after a car accident leaves her paralyzed legs down. In dealing with a terrible father, she soon notices weird things in the house, and a terrible spirit tormenting her, while also finding hidden secrets from her mother's death. The film has two plotlines: a mystery about Jessabelle's mother's death, and a tormented spirit causing havoc on Jessabelle. The hook gripping us has to do with how these lines interconnect in the end. And, fair point, for the most part, Jessabelle holds together with its spooky scenes and the story, although simple, is entertaining; like the plotlines, there are two main problems. The first one is Sarah Snook and Jessabelle altogether. I don't know, man, but her acting was just not there for this film. She seems like she is trying hard to be sexy for no particular reason, always with that damn pout on her lips, it just feels so off. Sarah might have been trying something out of some shady directional guidance to look like a “naive young girl with childhood traumas”, but who knows. Then there is the character Jessabelle itself, a girl that lost a lot of stuff out of the blue, but she just shrugs it off on the premise that she has some videotapes of her late mother. This dismissal of harsh events on a woman's life is just something a man would play out, and badly for that matter. The second problem is the ending. Well, not what happens in the ending, but just that the movie just ends, no denouement, no “what happens after resolution”, nothing. You get the final reveal, a quick last scene happens, and the movie ends on a weird, almost satirical tone. Out of tune with the horror-driven atmosphere the film had up until this point. Past these detractors, Jessabelle is alright. It is chilling, like most haunted house features that play serious are, and the story is clever, but I guess Kevin Greutert was still too hooked up on Saw to try his own thing. See more Nikki J @RT54233238 08/19/2024 Nah, this isn't it! Blumhouse do better! Skeleton Key plot sadly makes way more sense than this. See more Abigail C @RT93937607 05/06/2024 Jessabelle is actually a really good classical horror movie, with ghosts and vudú. I actually liked the movie, it might frustrate a great load of people because Jessabelle didn't actually deserve to be killed, but they don't understand that that's actually how the carachters in the movie work, they're participants of this ritual and they don't think they're doing anything wrong, the carachter Preston confirms that when he's driving with Jessie to the house. The mom carachter thinks what she did is right disregarding anyone's opinion, the ending may piss off many but at the end it's a good movie and it keeps you hooked till the end. See more Read all reviews

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