The Quiet Ones - John Pogue - 2014

So last night my friend and I went to see "The Quiet Ones" at the cinema, to be completely honest, I was a little disappointed. I didn't get very much from it.. As it was from the makers of "The Women In Black" ,which is a 12 rating (very scary! yikes!) and by coincidence, I had recently purchased the DVD and watched for the first time. I thought that "The Women In Black" was actually very good, very very jumpy and tense, it actually had me looking away at some points, for someone like me who loves horror that was quite an achievement. In "The Quiet Ones", although there was lots of jump scares, very similar to "The Women In Black" , I think there was actually more than one occasion when I jumped out my seat and almost knocked the women next to me's ice-cream out of her hand (eek). Although I just couldn't get into the story for some reason. Though I did enjoy Sam Claflins performance (because I mean who doesnt?) and thought he done a very good job. I recognised him almost immediately as being Finnick Odair from district 4 in the second hunger games film "Catching Fire". Despite the change of hair colour and obvious costume difference.

I found that there was no clear narrative and some parts just didn't quite make perfect sense. I won't explain too much as that may be classified as a spoiler, but it did confuse a little. It actually reminded me particularly of the first "The Haunting in Connecticut" film, with the idea of ectoplasm etc. (Trying not to give away much). I also felt that the ending was particularly rushed and because they had dragged the film on for so long, they thought they would need to end it and so the last half an hour or so there is a lot happening. 

Almost 24 hours later, I am still trying to figure out the meaning behind the title of the film. Although a character actually says at one point, "The Quiet Ones", but for some strange reason I can't take anything from it. 
Although it had faults, I adored the 70's vibe it had going on, with the rock music, the flared trousers and heavy side-burns! I also liked the idea of portraying a possible supernatural possession as a mental illness, like Jane in the film, being transferred from hospital to hospital, yet they still could not find a way to help her get better. The professor did not open his mind to different reasons and this prevented Jane from recovering and digging deep to find the real cause of the problem. 

I mean overall, if you're looking for a good scare, I would definitely say to go for it. But if you're very particular about your choice of films to watch, I wouldn't recommend. 

6/10