(I read the book beforehand)
The soundtrack, acting and cinematography make this film both incredibly creepy and stunning.
It's one of the better films I've seen in a while although I don't find it to be that scary for a horror movie it was rather eerie, the lingering shots on the water tank, bag and leak on the ceiling (the water droplets clinging on almost looked like eyes I thought) . But nothing prepared me for the lift scene which left me, my sister and my mum devastated.
I did feel like some shots lingered for too long but I really like a lot of the one takes which are mainly in the apartment.
I did find the little red bag to be very well applied to the film as it is in the book, and although I believe the imagery of the child in the raincoat to be overused in horror tropes these days I did find it to be the scarier thing throughout the movie. This is because the coats purpose is to protect the child from water which inevitably does end up killing her, the raincoat is also related back to childhood so to me represents the innocence within her death. She was left alone for probably less than an hour and..... I cant even. However once she becomes possessive Over the main character in the movie believing her to be her mother, the raincoat is presented to be something that keeps ahold of the main character. Lingering in the background of shots. And overpowering sense of innocence yet eerily it isn't because the ghost of the girl is infact possessive and evil, it won't let her go and is constantly following her, the colour overpowers her despite being worn by a mere child.
The film is overall artistic and an unique and a well applied take on a popular book. It is very hard to get just as good a fold on a story as in a film ( which the American remake didn't completely get) but I think this can be compared to the book almost on the same level. It's a brilliant character driven film and I loved it , the child actress was astoundingly convincing and at one point outshines the adult actress. Go and watch this movie if you enjoy a more character based film rather than a plot driven film. It is slow at Times but worth a watch.
I did find the little red bag to be very well applied to the film as it is in the book, and although I believe the imagery of the child in the raincoat to be overused in horror tropes these days I did find it to be the scarier thing throughout the movie. This is because the coats purpose is to protect the child from water which inevitably does end up killing her, the raincoat is also related back to childhood so to me represents the innocence within her death. She was left alone for probably less than an hour and..... I cant even. However once she becomes possessive Over the main character in the movie believing her to be her mother, the raincoat is presented to be something that keeps ahold of the main character. Lingering in the background of shots. And overpowering sense of innocence yet eerily it isn't because the ghost of the girl is infact possessive and evil, it won't let her go and is constantly following her, the colour overpowers her despite being worn by a mere child.
The film is overall artistic and an unique and a well applied take on a popular book. It is very hard to get just as good a fold on a story as in a film ( which the American remake didn't completely get) but I think this can be compared to the book almost on the same level. It's a brilliant character driven film and I loved it , the child actress was astoundingly convincing and at one point outshines the adult actress. Go and watch this movie if you enjoy a more character based film rather than a plot driven film. It is slow at Times but worth a watch.