Directed by:
Vincenzo NataliScreenplay:
Matthew Brian KingCinematography:
Jon JoffinComposer:
Alex KhaskinCast:
Abigail Breslin, Stephen McHattie, Sarah Manninen, Michelle Nolden, Peter Outerbridge, Samantha Weinstein, David Hewlett, Peter DaCunha, Michelle Coburn (more)VOD (3)
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Lisa Johnson is one day shy of her sixteenth birthday. And she will be forever. She and her family are dead and doomed to repeat that fateful last day before they were all killed in 1985. Only Lisa has "woken up" and realizes what is going on. She starts to feel as if she is being haunted, but the "ghost" turns out to be Olivia, a very much alive girl who lives in the house in the present day with her own family. With her help, Lisa discovers that the house once belonged to a serial killer who kidnapped teenage girls and burned their remains in a hidden furnace room. When he died, he became a Haunter - a powerful, evil spirit able to possess the living. (IFC Midnight)
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Haunter isn't an exceptional horror film, but if every horror film were made at least this well, the whole genre would be on a completely different level. Yes, at times it's a bit overdone and it gets a bit tangled up unnecessarily because the film works well and holds the viewer's attention. As a result, you get to watch something that will entertain you and that horror fans will enjoy, because it can definitely give you chills now and then.
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A pretty well exploited idea (Groundhog Day meets The Others meets Insidious 2) delivered in a very uninteresting manner. I can imagine that a movie with this premise could be atmospheric, terrifying, psychedelic, unpredictable and surprising – ideally all together. Haunter unfortunately is none of that, it’s a non-conflicting, run-of-the-mill genre flick that will not make you regret having spent those 97 minutes of your time, but you won’t want to do it again. It is watchable, despite the presence of the unlikeable Abigail Breslin in the main role, and the occasional chaos (and I’d rather not think too much about the rules of that world).
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