What violence there is either happens off-screen or is dealt with swiftly. While Barrett clearly expects viewers to be familiar with genre tropes, there are no knowing nods and his tongue says firmly out of his cheek.Д«arring the aftermath of the opening death, the first hour or so is pretty bloodless. It has the kind of simple, direct approach that allows for an unironic shower scene. Tonally, Seance pretty much plays things straight. The twists and turns are largely predictable if you pay even minimal attention, leading to a resolution that is more of an emotional release than a revelation. The core mystery is fairly straightforward, with the complications it leads to providing intrigue. This is a mystery story, filled with secrets and hidden agendas. ThatвЂ™s not to say that Seance holds no surprises. Within the first five minutes, we get a good idea of just what kind of film weвЂ™re watching. The opening of Seance is a great lesson in economy, introducing most of the main characters in a scene that sets the tone, offers some chills, and ends in violent death. I always appreciate when a horror film doesnвЂ™t waste time drawing us in. Have the girls called up something dangerous or is there a more human threat at work here? General Thoughts Of course, they largely ignore their task and start conducting sГ©ances instead, apparently contacting Kerrie.ДЄs Camille experiences more and more intense ghostly manifestations, members of the clique disappear or die violently. After a violent altercation, Camille and her rivals end up in detention together, digitising books in the spooky old school library. She soon falls foul of the popular clique - the same girls who performed the ill-fated ritual. Was her death suicide or was she killed by sinister forces?ДЄ short while later, a new student, Camille, arrives at the academy, taking the room once occupied by the dead girl. Something goes wrong, wrong, and Kerrie, one of the girls dies violently. One night, a group of students gather to contact the spirit. Legend holds that a ghost haunts Edelvine Academy, an elite girlsвЂ™ school. Seance is BarrettвЂ™s directorial feature debut and IвЂ™ve been excited to see how heвЂ™s fared in this new role. Until now, however, heвЂ™s only directed either short films or segments of the V/H/S anthologies. Even when his films havenвЂ™t quite worked for me, IвЂ™ve still found them interesting. His star has risen since and he has written some of the better horrors of recent years, including YouвЂ™re Next and The Guest. IвЂ™ve been a fan of his work since such early films as Dead Birds and even Frankenfish. Seeing Simon BarrettвЂ™s name attached to a film always piques my interest.

Seance 2021