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The Abandoned (2006) is a English,Russian movie. Nacho Cerdà has directed this movie. Anastasia Hille,Karel Roden,Valentin Goshev,Valentin Ganev are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2006. The Abandoned (2006) is considered one of the best Horror,Mystery,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
In 1966, somewhere in Russia, a wounded woman drives a truck to an isolated farm with two babies. Forty years later, the film producer Marie Jones leaves her daughter in California and travels back to her home land in the wilderness of Russia. Marie is one of the children and had received a phone call from the notary public Andrei Misharin, who told her where the farm of her family is located. Marie arrives at the abandoned house and meets the stranger Nicolai, who tells her that he had also received a call from Misharin and he is her twin brother. Weird things happen in the house and Marie and Nicolai are haunted by zombie-like ghosts of themselves. Further, they find that they are trapped in the house and can not leave the place.
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The Abandoned (2006) Reviews
Horror story full of ghosts , nightmares and eerie deeds .
ABANDONED is a sleek Spanish production with acceptable budget and packs genuine chills , suspense , tension , and shocks , it's a terror-thriller very exciting . It deals with an American film producer named Marie (Anastasia Hille) goes back to her homeland, Russia (although shot in Bulgaria), where her mother's (Paraskeva) dead body has been found under strange circumstances. She never knew her, having been adopted and brought to America as a baby. The only track as to what might have happened is an abandoned , isolated house in the mountains that supposedly belong to her natural parents. Being the only next of kin, she inherits the farm , but no one will take her there as the local superstitions state that the area is condemned . Only one man will embark on such a long and risked trip . A stranger that oddly seems to know quite a bit about her history. But once arrived the guide mysteriously disappears, forcing Marie to explore the derelict place alone. She discovers someone else on the property. A man named Nikolai (Karel Roden), who claims to have been lured there exactly in the same manner, so he could discover the truth behind his unknown past as well. They become stranded in the immense compound, plagued by horrifying, ghostly visions .The problem is that the ghosts that wander around are their own. Dead versions of themselves marauder between the house in the night . Time begins to change in reverse as history re-lives itself in front of their very eyes. While both their ghosts, illustrating how they will die, patiently await their living counterparts to expire. A cycle of terror comes to fruition, as they are revealed the reason they have been summoned for this perverse meeting . And the cruel secret behind their family takes place at the end of the movie. This is a horror story with creepy atmosphere and plenty of twists and turns . It contains mystery,violence, gore , suspense in a dark environment with imposing tension and intrigue . This spooky movie produced by the successful Catalan producer Julio Fernandez displays terror, shocks, hard-edged drama , plot twists and creepy images . The story come to life in a terrifying fashion, giving it a haunting ominous ambiance that often shows the past , present and future at a nightmare's atmosphere. While the look is suitable atmospheric and ghastly , the argument stretches plausibility to the breaking point in a surprising finale . Xavi Gimenez cinematography is excellent creating a frightening and scary atmosphere filmed on location in Sofia, Bugaria, he's expert on sombre photography as proved in ¨ Fragile, Intact, and Nameless ¨. Mesmerizing and intriguing music by Alfonso Conde . The motion picture is well written and directed by Nacho Cerda who create a powerful story that blends chills , thrills , suspense and familiar drama in a cleverly devised plot that certainly offers more than the usual terror film . Cerda is a good director who formerly made amazing and gory shorts as ¨The awakening¨ , ¨Genesis¨and ¨Aftermath¨. Rating : Good : 6,5 . This is a frightening , chilling, and horror drama , all at their best that will appeal to terror buffs .
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Make no mistake that unlike the previous film The Abandoned is polished, features stunning cinematography and a haunting score. What it doesn't have is any real entertainment value or true sense of logic. The film works best as horrifically beautiful sequences and hauntingly grotesque images. Some of which will be permanantly burned into your psyche. But Nacho Cerdas story of a young woman that returns to her native country to learn about her adopted parents and discovers horrifying truths just really isn't that involving. The film however does feature plenty of symbolism and subtext but feels like it goes on forever and doesn't feel as scary as it should've been. However, this is a respectable horror film the performances are soso and the pacing is off but the film looks gorgeous and works best as a piece of art. Certain scenes should be studied but as a whole just isn't completely successful. But the scenes that are effective and cringe worthy are disturbingly atmospheric and memorable, they just seem to drop the ball halfway through and keep teasing at some sort of payoff that never comes. Nonetheless the film makes for an interesting viewing.
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the abandoned is without a doubt one of the most bizarre, beautiful , original and scariest films I have seen in the past few years. I couldn't help but grab onto my seat throughout the entire movie. It's simply unlike anything you have ever seen before. It is a very remarkable film from more than just one viewpoint. In an era where you can only impress young horror fanatics with bucket-loads of blood and gross-out effects, Nacho actually re-teaches his audience that fear is especially caused by suggestion and the absence of explicit images. It is the first intelligent horror film in years, completely relying on atmosphere and eerie set pieces. It's such a relief to finally see a subtle film that is also effective!
What Decent Horror Should Be
This is what a decent haunted house movie should be like. That right sense of mystery and horror and of light and dark. The plot that drags in the viewer and doesn't offend you with unsightly images. A woman flees her murderous husband to save her children but dies herself. Her daughter grows up then goes in search of her ancestral home and ends up at the scene her story began but discovers her brother and ghosts; unfortunately, that's not where the story ends. Where the story loses me is in its time warp sub-plot where the siblings discover the house restoring itself as well as the ghosts of their future counterparts. They end up back in time and trapped reliving the events of their childhood, and when the woman tries to escape, she just ends up back to the house. It's scary, atmospheric and suspenseful, but it also becomes tedious, confusing and unbelievable at time. It is not just a simple haunted house movie and that's the shame, but still, it is worth watching if you don't mind a lack of logic in your story-telling.
Incredibly Atmospheric and Effectively Frightening.
Probably one of the few best supernatural horror films of the past few years, "The Abandoned" is a refreshing and scary movie. The film begins at a house in remote Russia, where a family discovers a dead woman and her two living twin infants in a truck. Cut to present day, a woman named Marie arrives in Russia in hopes of discovering her true birth mother and learning of her family. After she finds out her mother is actually dead, she inherits the old family farm, which is located miles and miles from civilization in the remote woods on an island. She is taken out there by a man, and arrives at night, only to have the man who drove her disappear in the forest. She finds the old house in the middle of the forest, where she has a frightening encounter and awakes to a man, Nicolai, who claims to be her twin brother. Turns out that their mother was murdered in the house, and they were meant to die that night too... and history is about to repeat itself and take their lives, just as it was originally supposed to forty years earlier. The scariest supernatural thriller I've seen in quite a long time, "The Abandoned" is a unique and wonderfully crafted horror film that is reminiscent of the classic ghost stories of the '70s and '80s, but with an interesting and satisfying spin on it. The story itself is masterfully written and contains some very intriguing concepts and ideas - it really gets you thinking, and introduces some wonderful and refreshing into the genre. The idea of someone's "destiny" or "fate" coming back to haunt them and ultimately enact what was supposed to take their life years before is a really neat and original concept - for those thinking of something along the lines of "Final Destination", beware because this film is unlike that in almost every way possible, and also much, much scarier than your average horror fare. To resemble the inescapable fate of our characters, are mirror images of them, with whited-out eyes. According to legend, once you see yourself, that means it's time to die. These double-figures of our main characters are really scary looking, even though they are played by the same actors. They chase Marie and Nicolai, trying to extract the life from them - Nicolai even tries to shoot the figure of himself in fear, but finds a bullet in his own leg instead of the apparition - so these figures are actually part of the people themselves. Along with the spellbinding storyline, director Nacho Cerda directs the film excellently. There is plenty of suspense throughout the film, and it slowly builds on layers as the movie progresses to the surprising climax. For those who like gore, there is also a bit of that thrown in, and it was much more violent than usual considering this is a 'ghost' story. Atmosphere is heavy and intense in this film, and I really loved that about it. The Russian countryside is an eerie location (although the movie was filmed in Bulgaria) to set the story and there are many simplistic but effective shots used throughout. It appears as though the old abandoned house is miles away from civilization (it took an entire day to get there for Marie), and is now overgrown and rundown - the set dressing is excellent and the house itself is one of the spookiest-looking (inside and out) haunted houses I've yet to see in a horror film. The house itself is very spooky, and is almost the epitome of a haunted house. Located in the complete middle of nowhere, dilapidated, and the site of grisly murders. All these haunted house elements may seem clichéd, but this is a haunted house film that is unlike any other - it is highly original and very well-written. Granted, there are a couple of typical horror clichés to be found (investigating by yourself in a dark basement, among a few others), but these are all forgivable in comparison to the rest of the movie. The film is consistently dark and dreary, and an eerie foreboding feeling of being unable to escape is laid out over the entire film. The atmosphere is really to die for. The acting is also excellent, our two leads really carry the film and are consistently believable and sympathetic. The semi-shocker of a conclusion was a brilliant and effective way to end the movie, and wasn't what I was expecting. Overall, "The Abandoned" is an intense and atmospheric horror film that is sure to please fans of old-school supernatural films. The atmosphere is dark and menacing, there are plenty of very scary moments, the pacing is just right, and the performances were very well done. Definitely my favorite horror film of this year (so far), and probably the best supernatural-horror movie I've seen in a very long time. Forget about all of those PG-13 kiddie ghost films, like "The Grudge 2" and "The Messengers" - "The Abandoned" is miles above them all, and much more sophisticated and scary. Recommended to anyone who enjoys a good (but different) ghost story. 10/10.