Incident In a Ghostland

Name: Incident In a Ghostland
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: June 22, 2018
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 44
Cast: Alicia Johnston, Anastasia Phillips, Crystal Reed, Emilia Jones, Ernesto Griffith

2018

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: June 22, 2018 | TV-MA

Starring: Alicia Johnston, Anastasia Phillips, Crystal Reed, Emilia Jones, Ernesto Griffith, Kevin Power, Mariam Bernstein, Mylène Farmer, Rob Archer, Taylor Hickson

Summary: Following her aunt’s death, Colleen and her daughters inherit her house. However, during their first night in their new home, murderers enter the home, putting Colleen in a situation where she must fight to save her daughters’ lives. When the girls suffer a terrible trauma during the night, their disparate personalities diverge evenFollowing her aunt’s death, Colleen and her daughters inherit her house. However, during their first night in their new home, murderers enter the home, putting Colleen in a situation where she must fight to save her daughters’ lives. When the girls suffer a terrible trauma during the night, their disparate personalities diverge even further. The eldest daughter, Beth, is said to become a famous horror author with a perfect family and life in Los Angeles, while her sister, Vera, can’t cope, and loses her mind faced to an unshakable sense of paranoia. Sixteen years later the daughters and mother reunite at the house where Colleen and Vera continue to reside. It is then that strange events begin to take place. [Vertical Entertainment]… Expand

Director: Pascal Laugier

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 91 min

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Simon Abrams

Jun 28, 2018

The grisly post-torture-porn horror flick Incident in a Ghostland serves as an effectively punishing critique of the relentless misogyny that has become a staple of every stupid Texas Chain Saw Massacre knockoff that pits sexually active women against emotionally disturbed serial killers. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Jun 18, 2018

The structure feels fairly novel for such a B-grade fright-fest — call it Last Year at Amityville — but it’s soon outdone by the litany of torturous scenes that the director piles on one after the other. Read full review

Kimber Myers

Jun 20, 2018

There’s real ugliness here, with the creative torture visited on the victims being enough to unsettle all but the most hardened of horror fans. Unfortunately, the ugliness isn’t solely in the on-screen violence. Transphobia and misogyny flow through the film as much as blood, staining what might have been a solid genre effort. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Jun 21, 2018

It all seems slick, intense, and unpleasant in the same hollow way “Martyrs” did, because all the cruelty is so meaningless. Read full review

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JustSandy

Jun 23, 2019

Wow, this is one the best horror movies that I saw in all my life. The plot is surprising in every way. The cast and everything is almost perfect and if was a huge studio behind this, like Universal, 20th Century Fox or Sony Pictures, it would be a huge instant classic, like Annabelle or Saw.

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Hugi09

Aug 4, 2019

Juste parfait ! C’est l’un des meilleurs films d’horreur qu’en j’ai vu récemment !

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Axlgerman

Jan 3, 2021

I know what professional critics have said about this film, but I still dare to say that by far it's been one of the best horror movies I've seen in recent years and a real break from the conventional boring horror movie that Hollywood has used to looking at in theaters.

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CosiMOLOGO

Oct 22, 2018

El director francés Pascal Laugier creó una gran polémica el 2008 cuando presentó Mártires, una película que sorprendió por las escenas de violencia gráfica y dividió opiniones entre la crítica. Ahora conociendo sus antecedentes se esperaba un slasher que siga ese estilo de su anteriorEl director francés Pascal Laugier creó una gran polémica el 2008 cuando presentó Mártires, una película que sorprendió por las escenas de violencia gráfica y dividió opiniones entre la crítica. Ahora conociendo sus antecedentes se esperaba un slasher que siga ese estilo de su anterior película, mostrando escenas muy gráficas de violencia, pero el director prefirió filmar una película en donde se habla de uno de los temas principales de este subgénero del terror: El papel de la mujer.

Este género fue acusado de misoginia y sexista; en la mayoría de las películas el rol femenino es representado de una manera no políticamente correctas, acá Laugier hace un recuento de esté tema poniendo algunas metáforas que refuerzan el mensaje que se propone. Narra la historia de unas jóvenes que se mudan con su madre a un casa nueva, la primera noche un grupo de asesinos las atacan..Se sale de los parámetros del slasher contando una historia distinta con un giro al final. Una película aterradora, sin valerse de escenas extremadamente violentes, pero que coloca a Laugier como un director con un buen futuro.… Expand

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felipelczk

Jun 29, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ghostland or Incident in a Ghostland is a drama/horror movie that depicts the history of a mother with two hilds that inherets the aunt's house. Winner of 3 movie awwards at the Gérardmer Festival in 2018, the movie show the first night in the really creepy house inherited by the mom and the two daughters where muderous intruders attempt against their lifes. Sixten years later when the daughter, now a widely knowned writer stared by Crystal Reed, returns to the house, things start to get really strange.
With influences from H.P. Lovecraft as showed, although appealing at times to jumpscares and flaws on the plot, the movie sets up the tone for a good horror movie going for the psychological aspect of it. It's stilla able to create the feeling of being followed or watched at all times.
Even though the ending doesn't keep up with the start in terms of quality, it still delivers a good ending and good acting. From the current horror movies being release, Incident in a Ghostland is a good movie and from my opinion, a good recommendation for a weekend movie.… Expand

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StAnni

Jan 31, 2019

Brilliant cinematography but essentially a cruel jumbled nightmare of a film that is just insanely misogynistic and overtly trans-phobic. A horror, for sure.

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bartcbem

Nov 11, 2019

Its not scary or atmospheric and relies on very cheep and predictable jumpscares. Waste of time.

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