So, the cast, acting and set up of the movie was good. That's why I rate it a 4. I think the cast deserve credit for that. But the story left me frustrated. It says it is based on a true story but it is hard to believe that four teenagers would not fight back, particularly when one of their siblings was dying in the bathroom. They had plenty of opportunities to call the police, when the mother was asleep and particularly when the mum went to the preacher's house!? It would have been a bit more believable if they had experienced this level of abuse since they were kids and thus experienced learned helplessness but that was not the case. It is also very suspicious that a school counselor would dismiss a young persons' claim of abuse, never mind calling the abuser and allowing her to hear her daughters accusations. This would be a massive breach in confidentiality, even for a minor where there's provisions on keeping confidentiality as best practice. The other thing that I am quite surprised about is that no one seems to have thought of what seems obvious to me. Has anyone looked at whether it was the preacher who killed them? Did he get investigated by police? If this was the true story it seems more plausible that he had an affair with the mother and pinned the whole thing on the Mum and children? Particularly given he was there at the scene where the son reportedly got rid of the body and the daughter reportedly killed everyone including herself. Was this not considered? Anywho, that's my view. Overall, cast deserve credit but story has too many suspicious loop holes.
Review of The Afflicted
