Awaken the Shadowman (2017)

Awaken the Shadowman: Directed by J.S. Wilson. With James Zimbardi, Skyler Caleb, Jean Smart, Emily Somers. After the mysterious disappearance of their mother, estranged brothers reunite and discover an unknown supernatural force.

“Currently half of the reviews for this movie (the earlier half) are 8-10 stars, while the other half is very low. The high ratings are all from new accounts who have written no other reviews. Hmmmm. This is a pretty good indication that the high ratings are coming from people involved with the film, which I think is really shady. I would have given this 5/10, but am rating it lower to counter the obvious astroturfing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnyway, this is an OK indie project that does its best to be eerie/creepy/subtle, and I can appreciate that. No part of this production is Hollywood-grade, but thatu0026#39;s not always a bad thing. My main gripe is the rushed ending. It feels like they ran out of time/money and had to wrap it up as quick as possible. There are so many things left open. Not u0026quot;open to interpretation,u0026quot; but completely ignored. Like parts of the story are missing. Near the end everyone is spouting overly cryptic things at the main character, and he keeps saying, u0026quot;What are you talking about!?u0026quot; Then someone says, u0026quot;Now you know. Now you understand.u0026quot; And heu0026#39;s like, u0026quot;No actually I donu0026#39;t.u0026quot; This is the moment I really connected with him.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOh, and then right after that exchange, we flash forward an unspecified amount of time, with no explanation of what happened after the cult did its thing, why it was doing the thing in the first place, or how the guy escaped them and got out of the basement. Roll credits. …ok thanks?”