Caliban (2019)

Caliban: Directed by David Bohorquez. With Kate Benson, Tigre Haller, Fiona Horsey, Jennifer Hyde. A disabled man is haunted by the torture he suffered as a child when his terminally ill half-sister returns to their small Upstate New York town seeking answers to why their mother abandoned her 40 years before, which sets them both on a tragic and horrific journey.

“Well, I will say that u0026quot;Calibanu0026quot; (aka u0026quot;The Banishedu0026quot;) wasnu0026#39;t your average run-of-the-mill horror movie, for better or worse. I suppose that means that some might not overly enjoy the movie as it turned out to be.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI found it to be adequate. It wasnu0026#39;t an overly thrilling movie experience, but it did offer nice enough entertainment to make it watchable. However, I did like that the movie wasnu0026#39;t just another average mainstream horror movie. So writer Tigre Haller and director David Bohorquez definitely managed to do something right here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe atmosphere in the movie was the most interesting actually, because it had a sense of isolation and foreboding dread to it. That was definitely something that I liked, because it added a lot of flavor to the overall movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe acting in the movie was adequate, although I must say that Tigre Haller definitely carried the majority of the movie with his performance. Mind you, that this movie has a small cast ensemble, so you get to see the same people a lot on the screen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Calibanu0026quot; wasnu0026#39;t also a movie that was overly predictable, and I must say that the storyline actually proved enjoyable enough to me, and it was a nice moment when you come to realize what was really going on.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNow, for a horror movie, then u0026quot;Calibanu0026quot; wasnu0026#39;t really outstanding. It was more of a suspenseful thriller in my opinion. But hey, a matter of preference and taste, and just how weathered and seasoned you are to the horror genre, I suppose.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eInitially I was going to settle on a mediocre rating for the movie, but I found that director David Bohorquez actually managed to do something great with subtle additions in the movie, which actually brought the movie out of a mediocre slump. As such, my rating is a six out of ten stars for u0026quot;Calibanu0026quot;. Keep in mind, though, that this might not actually be something for just everyone in the audience.”