When I read the logline, I said: “This is not another Nun (2018), is it”? I didn’t create this blog to slate films. Sometimes, though, there is only so much one can do. Anyhow, I dug a bit deeper and said: “Why don’t I give it a shot”? And I did. So, this is how it goes: A medieval monk is found brutally murdered in a remote monastery, and the Church sends an Inquisitor to investigate it.
This low-budget, one-location film shows right off the bat that it is good value for money. Brilliant camera work and photography, minimum editing mistakes, and convincing acting synthesise a horror/thriller that raises questions such as “Is she a witch? “Has she made a pact with the devil? “Whodunnit? “Are the Church’s representatives so… (fill in the blank accordingly)?”
For its money, the cast and crew deserve a resounding “congratulations”! Very meticulously made film. But (thankfully, much later than The Nun) The Appearance, unfortunately, doesn’t escape and falls into the pit of ambiguity and cliche. I got the idea that there was this indecisiveness on how the film needs to end and why. But I got sucked into the story, nevertheless.
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