Amelia's Children

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Samantha L @Samantha.Henry.Diva Nov 5 The unique storyline is top tier. The plot twist made me sit forward a little bit as the movie got more twisted in very unexpected but lightly fictional jump, ah ha moments, and what the heck late developments. See more Stephen G @patient1 Sep 26 This has been a great story of witchcraft and the lengths one will take to achieve their goal. I was impressed that the story felt kinda believable in a folk lore setting, creepy and filled with deception and intriguing shenanigans. I must admit the actors did a great job as I found myself increasingly annoyed at their stupidity and recklessness in most of their actions in each sequence. The ending was actually what I was hoping for, but you'll probably figure it out as they lead into it quite well I'd gather. See more Ben D Jan 23 This is a grotesque, gothic, horror-thriller that some reviewers are (inaccurately) considering a comedy. Ed (Carloto Cotta) receives a notification through a 23andMe-like company that he has family in Portugal. He and his girlfriend, Riley (Bridgette Lundy-Paine) take the trip to the family estate in a secluded, foresty part of the country. However, right away, anyone can tell that Ed is not a native English speaker, which is fine, but then don’t have the story be that he was raised in America since he was a baby. Cotta plays his twin brother, Manuel, who has long hair and was raised in Portugal with their mother, Amelia (Anabela Moreira). Amelia, layered and carved with plastic surgery, is a site to behold. From here on, all of the action takes place at the gothicky house — of course, two locals at a roadside stand scare off the couple and warn them about going to the house; the couple does not listen. Amelia’s Children is better than expected, with some freaky (if not superfluous) horror elements and a disturbing story — it also includes a sex scene no one was asking for. There is some truly atrocious dialogue and the plot unfortunately turns from a horror-thriller to a classic slasher. The “reveal” was meh and the ending is sure to polarize. With a few changes — like just casting a different actor for Ed and not having them be twins, but mere brothers — this could’ve been a much better movie. Amelia’s Children is sure to please horror aficionados and ironic viewers, but probably not the general public. See more Lilly A 12/31/2024 I thought this film was better than people/reviewers give it credit for. The story had a lot of potential, but sadly didn't live up to it. I was left with lots of questions and plot holes. See more Jeffrey P 08/27/2024 Weird creepy in not the best of ways. See more prawnda s 07/06/2024 it's worth watching, and the setting is visually pleasant, but a few scenes involving automated translation are just not very well handled by the director, and this is especially problematic in terms of exposition. it would be better if instead of having lengthy conversations translated by the protagonist's phone in a robot voice, we just heard a few lines from the phone and then it faded into only subtitles and/or a flashback montage. See more Read all reviews

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