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- 2014
- R
- Digital Media Rights
- 1 h 27 m
- 2014
- R
- Digital Media Rights
- 1 h 27 m
Summary Newlyweds Paul and Bea want to spend their honeymoon at a cabin in the woods. But the lovely romantic moments quickly disappears when strange events, such as the appearance of a mysterious light, the unexpected disappearance of Bea and her strange return, completely hurt and acting differently, are destined to torn them apart. [Magnet Re...
Directed By: Leigh Janiak
Written By: Phil Graziadei, Leigh Janiak
- 2014
- R
- Digital Media Rights
- 1 h 27 m
- 2014
- R
- Digital Media Rights
- 1 h 27 m
Honeymoon
65
6.6
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Summary Newlyweds Paul and Bea want to spend their honeymoon at a cabin in the woods. But the lovely romantic moments quickly disappears when strange events, such as the appearance of a mysterious light, the unexpected disappearance of Bea and her strange return, completely hurt and acting differently, are destined to torn them apart. [Magnet Re...
Directed By: Leigh Janiak
Written By: Phil Graziadei, Leigh Janiak
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
65
70% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
65
70% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
I wish the film withheld more information from its audience to raise the overall tension but it’s a solid genre pic, made so primarily by two entirely committed performances from its talented leads.
The gory final act can't help but be an explanatory letdown after so much enigmatic fizz, but that's little bother when the rest of "Honeymoon" delivers a steady dose of newlywed nightmare.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 56 User Ratings
6.6
57% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
30% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
13% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 56 User Ratings
6.6
57% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
30% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
13% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
This is the most messed up horror I've watched since anti-christ. It's really disturbing and leaves that deliciously bitter taste in your mouth along with a general feeling of unease. It's also one of those rare films that doesn't try to lay everything out for you but doesn't fall into obscurity either in an attempt to seem deep. Brilliant performances from both of the leads, who are relatively new faces. Just goes to show how you don't need a huge budget when you have a great script, an original horror concept and a couple of solid actors. This is a horror classic which will achieve cult status I think
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Honeymoon veers away from what one would traditionally expect with a horror movie. There aren't actually any scare tactics going on. Instead the movie is more concerned about messing with your mind. As a result this isn't the type of the movie that's going to scare your pants off. It will, however, get you involved with it's compelling mystery.
The tension comes from the movie leaving you in the dark. Weird things are going on and due to the fantastic writing and lead performances you genuinely want to see the characters make it through this, even if they are a little grating at first (we get it, you're in love). You are actually invested in the character's fates.
That's because Rose Leslie and Harry Treadaway have some of the best chemistry I have ever witnessed, and that includes real life. Their moments together ooze genuine romance and believability. To see them at odds with one another like this hurts. Watching Leslie change from loving newlywed to mysterious stranger is incredible. Treadaway brings the heart as he tries to hold things together, but is slowly losing his grip as things begin to make less and less sense.
This is simply a fantastic story. One that leaves us in the dark to keep us on the edge of our seats. I ended up being just as desperate for answers as it's male lead. In the end it gave me just enough answers to satisfy me, but still left me with unanswered questions that I can tease my imagination with. It's the type of movie that will stay in your head long after the credits have rolled. It just goes to show that a horror movie doesn't need to actually be scary in order to be filled to the brim with tension. All it needs is a good enigma to keep viewers guessing. Honeymoon's is better than good.
9.1/10
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A lean, low-budget debut that taps into newlywed anxiety with subtle wit and no small amount of style.
While its ending descends into standard horror tropes that fail to completely satisfy its promise, the film nevertheless achieves emotional resonance due to how effectively it joins its source of horror with the stuff of everyday human anxieties.
It waffles between dramatizing youthful self-absorption and succumbing to it, and this tonal instability comes to effectively mirror the domestic discord that's revealed to be its real subject.
Janiak has succeeded in making what she calls ‘an elevated genre story’, yet much of its frightening psychological ambiguity is erased by a disappointingly conventional ending.
Let me start by telling you that i have been a horror movie junky for literally most of the 34 years i've been alive. If you are a horror aficionado do yourselves a favor and completely ignore the bad reviews. These people obviously prefer big budget holly wood action flicks to real horror movies, and or they just get off on critiquing things unjustly. Whatever their deal just ignore that. This movie is not an adrenaline fueled action fest. It makes you confused, uneasy and anxious and continuously ramps up notch by notch. It is creepy as all hell. Maybe as a movie its not scream out loud scary, its something worse and more disturbing. WATCH IT!
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Mit idyllischen Bildern, sanftem Klavierspiel und einem aufdringlich umherturtelnden Ehepaar ist der Haus-am-See-Horrorfilm Honeymoon fix im Thema. Der kitschige Liebesreigen bricht jedoch jäh ab, als Paul seine Frischfrau Bea schon in der zweiten Nacht verstört und zudem nackt im Wald auffindet. Flugs gehen die romantischen Flitterwochen den Bach herunter: Scheinbar grundlos pendelt Bea zwischen teilnahmslos und aggressiv, sodass Paul verzweifelt versucht, eine Ehe zu retten, die gerade erst begonnen hat. Bissspuren an Beas Oberschenkel zeigen schließlich, dass ein Eheberater hier nicht helfen kann. Regisseurin Leigh Janiak inszeniert ihr Debüt als intensives Kammerspiel – das sich später leider zum mäßig spannenden Sci-Fi-Grusler entwickelt.
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Una pelicula interesante, solo creo que llega hacer muy lente en ocasiones como que le dan vueltas a una sola cosa mucho. pero si te puede tener entretenido. peor es interesante la trama
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i just wanna make you happy..
Honeymoon
The scrutiny begins way too early (which is always good if the feature hits hard and fast) and is chewed off through the whole course of it (which is short and works on its favor) until few minutes before the **** drop that results into coming off as a bit of a hoax for everything nullifies to zero in the end. The screenplay writer-director Leigh Janiak seems like a promising director with enough potential to hold the audience on their edge of the seat. Rose Leslie is decent on performance level along with Harry Treadaway who too is okayish on keeping the objective clear. Honeymoon is a jaw dropping thriller that completely relies upon writing and if it would have had better editing and smarter approach to the concept, the feature would have easily joined the major league.
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Awards
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
BloodGuts UK Horror Awards
• 1 Nomination
