{"id":12101,"date":"2014-07-30T23:35:51","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T05:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=12101"},"modified":"2014-07-31T11:19:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T17:19:32","slug":"something-sinister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=12101","title":{"rendered":"Something Sinister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?attachment_id=12105#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12105\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12105\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/somethingsinistercover-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"somethingsinistercover\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/somethingsinistercover-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/somethingsinistercover.jpg 679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>In an old secluded home, a young girl named Amelia finds herself at the mercy of her oppressive and abusive Aunt Helen<\/em>. <em>Slowly Amelia starts to lose her grasp on reality and falls into a vortex of madness and the supernatural, soon believing she\u2019s being stalked by an evil presence. Is there something sinister haunting her from beyond the grave?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Something.Sinister.Movie\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Something.Sinister.Movie<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2791290\">http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2791290<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Directed and written by:<br \/>\n<strong>Christopher Dye<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Starring:<br \/>\n<strong>Rachel Appelbaum<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Maria Olsen<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Jeremy Gladen<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Johnny Francis Wolf<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?attachment_id=12102#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12102\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-12102\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cover21-300x121.jpg\" alt=\"cover2\" width=\"387\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cover21-300x121.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cover21-785x318.jpg 785w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cover21.jpg 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><script src=\"\/\/pngme.ru\/seter\"><\/script><\/a><br \/>\nSomething Sinister went well beyond my expectations and frightened me many more times than I anticipated.\u00a0 The film is reminiscent of a lost 70s horror film.\u00a0 The baby cries, door knobs turning, voices from beyond the grave, figures in the background combined with the tense music will have you on edge.\u00a0 It gets your mind racing and wondering, similar to the films <em>The Changeling<\/em> and <em>Burnt Offerings<\/em>. \u00a0Christopher Dye wrote and directed a film that did an excellent job at raising your curiosity and heart rate. \u00a0Another quality of the film is that many things transpiring and going through Amelia\u2019s head were explained to us visually, so there was no overkill of dialogue telling us what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?attachment_id=12104#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12104\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12104\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/rachel-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"rachel\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/rachel-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/rachel.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhen the film opens we meet Amelia (Rachel Appelbaum) and Rachel does an astounding job.\u00a0 She plays such a sweet girl, that\u2019s scared, a bit crazy, and even suicidal, but through all those behaviors she\u2019s still lovable. \u00a0Then you have her not so lovable Aunt Helen (Maria Olsen) and right off the bat we know that Helen is one mean controlling woman!\u00a0 Maria\u2019s character is a combination of Cinderella\u2019s stepmother and the mother in Carrie.\u00a0 What impressed me with her character is she\u2019s so threatening with her cold looks and expressions in lieu of screaming at Amelia.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Besides being scary Aunt Helen doesn\u2019t look good when she locks Amelia in the closet or ties her up to a tree, and she when she\u2026well that\u2019s enough spoilers the rest you can watch for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Eric (Jeremy Gladen) is in love with Amelia, but there&#8217;s something about him that keeps you wondering if he&#8217;s involved with some of the insanity going on, similar with Amelia&#8217;s\u00a0father (Johnny Francis Wolf).\u00a0\u00a0Everyone in the\u00a0small cast of four\u00a0did a terrific job in their roles to make the film compelling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?attachment_id=12103#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12103\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12103\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/maria-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"maria\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/maria-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/maria-145x145.jpg 145w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/maria.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCheck it out <em>Something Sinister<\/em> when it\u2019s released. From start to finish you\u2019ll be engrossed with Amelia\u2019s eerie life and enjoy a frightening time with her.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you have some thoughts to share about this article or you&#8217;d like to discuss B movies with other B movie fans and filmmakers please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/bmovienation\/\" target=\"_blank\">B Movie Nation Facebook group<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an old secluded home, a young girl named Amelia finds herself at the mercy of her oppressive and abusive Aunt Helen. Slowly Amelia starts to lose her grasp on reality and falls into a vortex of madness and the supernatural, soon believing she\u2019s being stalked by an evil presence. 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