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Jessabelle
Jessabelle

5.4

Jessabelle

PG-13·2014·90m

Summary

A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.

Crew

Director

Kevin Greutert

Writer

Robert Ben Garant

Reviews

Kamurai

Kamurai

September 9, 2020

3

Empty watch, won't watch again, and can't recommend.

I basically gave this a shot because Sarah Snook looked cute and it was a horror movie I hadn't heard about. I had really expected it to get a lot better from there. Sadly it doesn't.

The opening sequence is an odd choice, but it's just a mechanic to get her in a wheelchair, which I really wanted to love, but it is used a cheap way to debilitate her and add to a fear of helplessness when it sort of does the opposite. As someone who has had to use a wheelchair before, it separates the character from most of the audience because they don't have that frame of reference: it's alienating usually. The movie has to be really good and draw the audience to relate to the character before they can overlook things that seem foreign to them.

There are some really good sequences with the ghost, and it actually reminded me of "Evil Dead" quite a bit, but it did sort of devolve into what looks like two girls mud wrestling, so I'm hoping that wasn't a factor.

The story is all jumbled and clunky in how it's told so it ruins all the parts that would make it interesting, but even with a good mystery / twist, I think the movie would have been average at best, and instead it's a waste of time. There are so many better movies out there to watch.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$1,000,000.00

Revenue:

$23,456,897.00

Keywords

voodoo
supernatural
woman in wheelchair
video tape