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- 2014
- R
- CBS Films
- 1 h 25 m
- 2014
- R
- CBS Films
- 1 h 25 m
Summary Best friends Derek and Clif set out on a trip of lifetime. Their plan: travel to the ends of the earth, see the world, and live life to the fullest. But the trip soon takes a dark and bloody turn. Just days in, one of the men shows signs of a mysterious affliction which gradually takes over his entire body and being. Now, thousands of mi...
Directed By: Derek Lee, Clif Prowse
Written By: Derek Lee, Clif Prowse
- 2014
- R
- CBS Films
- 1 h 25 m
- 2014
- R
- CBS Films
- 1 h 25 m
Afflicted
56
6.8
Summary Best friends Derek and Clif set out on a trip of lifetime. Their plan: travel to the ends of the earth, see the world, and live life to the fullest. But the trip soon takes a dark and bloody turn. Just days in, one of the men shows signs of a mysterious affliction which gradually takes over his entire body and being. Now, thousands of mi...
Directed By: Derek Lee, Clif Prowse
Written By: Derek Lee, Clif Prowse
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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67% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
56
33% Positive
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2 Reviews
67% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Displaying a rare inventiveness and technical facility in this increasingly tired, cliché-ridden format, Afflicted delivers a genuinely suspenseful ride while making you wonder how its more elaborate effects were achieved on its obviously low budget.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 User Ratings
6.8
64% Positive
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
33% Mixed
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3% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 User Ratings
6.8
64% Positive
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
33% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
3% Negative
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Afflicted is one of the more original found footage horror movies I've seen. It strays from most of the cliched staples of the genre. Honestly, it's one of the best horror movies ever made.
Afflicted is a movie that you have to know nothing about to enjoy to it's fullest. Don't read previews, don't watch trailers - avoid all kinds of spoilers. (this review is spoiler free) Afflicted has one of the best twists I've seen, both in terms of plot and in execution. This is very important if you want to enjoy the extremely well paced story.
The movie is directed by the two dudes who star in it, it's their first film and they do a wonderful job. The movie is short very nicely, without ever losing the typical sense of realism the FFH genre is famous for. The acting is very, very good. I especially have to mention the lead - Derek Lee who gives it his absolute all.
There is really nothing more that I can say more without spoiling something. I just recommend this movie to every horror or FFH enthusiast, it's very much worth the watch. Maybe it's not scary, or particularly creepy, but what it lacks in horror it makes up in a great plot with an awesome twist. Just care not to spoil it.
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A low-budget horror-thriller that’s resourceful enough to wring a few fresh chills from a slender premise and a less-than-novel formal conceit.
While what will happen next is never especially interesting, how it will happen, and from what unusual angle, generates enough excitement to keep things intermittently lively.
Unfortunately, Afflicted is as emotionally involving as a really accomplished special-effects sizzle reel.
The gradual ramping up of both the camera calisthenics and the gore quotient suggests a movie that’s been very deliberately paced, but that doesn’t mean that Afflicted really gets anywhere, except back to the very basics its state-of-the-art presentation is supposed to transcend.
Not scary in the slightest but a great film. Delivers awesome camera work and the found footage elements of the film are used to great effect. Definitely one of the better ones I've seen.
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Una pelicula entretenida que no es tan lenta y con efectos Basicos. lo malo es que no te muestran el por que de el problema. no lo hablan tan clara mente. pero palomera
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I was certainly fooled by this found footage film, it started off by being a mysterious intriguing horror, with some chilling scenes, until about the halfway mark right to the end were it ended up being an underworld cliché.
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Vampire movies exist by the dozens. This, however, is the first "found footage vampire film" and, to be honest, I am not particularly impressed. Far from being a breath of fresh air in a worn-out horror subgenre, it brought all the flaws of both styles into one film.
Very briefly, the film is about the journey of Derek Lee and Clif Prowse (I love when actors have the same name as the characters, will they be alter-egos? Freud would certainly have something to say about it) across European lands, all live through a blog. However, a mysterious woman attacks him in Paris, and after that, his health deteriorates rapidly. I think the condition that affects Derek becomes obvious more quickly for us, who are watching the film, than for him, which is irritating. In addition, the insertion of footage in the final credits, with events after the film, ruins the effect intended by the "found footage" style.
Filled with blatant amateurism, the film is fraught with flaws and problems and the cast is absolutely one-dimensional and forgettable. The best of this film, without a doubt, are the special effects and the CGI that mimics burns, vomiting, blood, wounds and impressive jumps and fights. Yes, we've all seen it much better, but if we take into account the style and budget of this film, I think that there was a consistent effort by those responsible and that is worthy of praise. Bad or good, they committed themselves to the film. Still, its tiring and sometimes irritating.
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Production Company
Automatik Entertainment,
IM Global,
Oddfellows Entertainment,
Téléfilm Canada
Release Date Apr 4, 2014
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating R
Tagline Captured. On Film.
Awards
Leo Awards
• 5 Nominations
Austin Fantastic Fest
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
