Excitingly Original But Aurally Challenging.

Rating: 7/10 (3 November 2018)

This is a creatively fresh entry into the all too frequently cliched horror genre. I thoroughly enjoyed the acting from the small main cast, the original storyline and the historical authenticity brought to the production. However this high regard doesn't extend to the supposedly seventeenth century English dialogue spoken by the characters. I've generally got a pretty good ear for English dialects, but have to confess in this film I only understood around about 25% of what was spoken onscreen. It wasn't just the dialogue itself. It was also the rapidity and pitch with which the words were enunciated which annoyed me. I really would have preferred to be reading sub-titles and since I wasn't watching a DVD, this wasn't possible. It's a pity, because apart from this and the somewhat over-the-top conclusion, which didn't really seem to fit with the ambiguous nature of the rest of the picture, this was a pretty interesting offering.