The Abandoned

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The Abandoned

R

2006

1h 46m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Marie (Anastasia Hille), a film producer, returns to her native Russia to find her birth parents. She quickly learns they are dead, and she has inherited their long-empty farmhouse. At the farm, she meets Nicolai (Karel Roden), who claims to be her twin brother. Events take a terrifying turn when the two spot a pair of ghastly doppelgängers and the house itself seems to propel them toward a fate they should have met 40 years earlier.

Critics Consensus

The Abandoned spends so much time setting up the creepy atmosphere, that it forgets to inhabit it with genuine spooks or scares.

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

02/28/2007

B

Director Nacho Cerd succeeds in pushing the haunted-house movie into an abstract realm where the past and present fold into each other.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

02/28/2007

D-

The movie sinks so deep into deathly atmosphere that there's no life to it.

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Brian Tallerico

UGO

02/27/2007

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.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 12

2/5

Focuses too much on delivering a creepy tone, overlooking the story, which is ultimately too convoluted to be scary.

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Charles Cassady

Common Sense Media

09/02/2010

1/5

Slow, moody haunted-house shocker; not for kids.

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Blake French

Filmcritic.com

08/02/2009

2.5/5

And at the end of the equation, things just don't add up.

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Gi S

@Gistevenn Feb 20

Creepy atmosphere for sure, but thats about all.

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Pinoy Short R

@emill_santos Feb 4

Pasado. Maganda sana un mga jump scares & esthetic pero ang gulo ng kwento dahil nga psychological horror sya. Ang bagal din ng build up ng kwento na umikot lang sa abandoned farm

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Michael B

@RT79820631 10/10/2024

For A HORROR MOVIE THS WAS FANTASTIC,THE STORY LINE WAS HARD TO FOLLOW,OVER ALL GOOD MOVIE,THANKS.😱😱🤔🤔😀😀

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown 01/28/2023

When she finds out her mom has died, she travels to a town where you have to "cross the bridge" to get there. And when she does, she never comes back - because the ghosts of the past won't let her go. The ending is actually one of the redeeming qualities.

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12/31/2020

Im not sure if the silent driving were my favorite parts or the silent walking. Riveting storytelling. To quote SpongeBob "oh brother this guy stinks"

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09/26/2018

This movie was boring and stupid. Don’t waste your life away watching it

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Synopsis

Marie (Anastasia Hille), a film producer, returns to her native Russia to find her birth parents. She quickly learns they are dead, and she has inherited their long-empty farmhouse. At the farm, she meets Nicolai (Karel Roden), who claims to be her twin brother. Events take a terrifying turn when the two spot a pair of ghastly doppelgängers and the house itself seems to propel them toward a fate they should have met 40 years earlier.

Director: Nacho Cerdà
Producer: Alexander Metodiev
Screenwriter: Karim Hussain, Nacho Cerdà, Richard Stanley
Production Co: Castelao Producciones S.A.
Rating: R (Some Disturbing Images|Nudity|Language|Violence/Gore)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Feb 23, 2007
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 19, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.3M
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)