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      Awaken the Shadowman

      Released Jul 21, 2017 1h 23m Horror Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 65% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Adam receives a phone call from his estranged brother, Jake, informing him that their mother has gone missing, and he agrees to bring his family back to their hometown despite their recent struggles. As the brothers try to get past old grievances and work together to find their mother, Adam becomes increasingly aware that their mother's bereavement group may be up to something sinister. Although he's unsure, he feels that the group could be responsible for his mother's disappearance. Read More Read Less Watch on Prime Video Stream Now

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      christy o This was one of if not the worst movies I have ever seen. The plot could have been good, but the way that the movie played out it was boring and at times made no sense. Almost like you had skipped a chapter in a book. The only positive I can say about this movie was the shadow creature looked creepy but wasn't shown very often. The highlight of the movie was the end, only because it was that the end, not because it was any good. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Awful. Just awful. Acting is bad, story is choppy and full of holes. Characters are confusing and empty. The ending is flat. I can't think of anything positive to say about this film. Total waste of time. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the worst movies I've ever seen. Just a mashup of scenes attempting to be suspenseful with no real cohesive plot line. Literally nothing happens for the whole movie. And the main character is about as weak and ineffectual an I social as I've ever seen. Whoever wrote for these characters should get out of movies. That's an hour and a half of my life I'll never get back Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Really? 70% audience score? The sound mixing was terrible, adding loud boom sounds to create a sense of fear was ridiculous. Did a recent film graduate make this movie just for the heck of it? The dialogue was immature. I love seen Jean Smart in anything but, in this B-movie just doesn’t make any sense. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/28/20 Full Review Audience Member It's a good movie. Hoping for a sequence. I have nothing more to say. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member literally the worst script and story I have seen in a movie in 10 years, constantly trying to keep up a sense of tension the movie didn't earn. you cannot make a scenario feel tense by having everyone act suspicious and paranoid for no reason. Constantly trying to build tension with no payoff is a TERRIBLE way to make a psychological horror. the character have zero character, they are meatpuppets to read out words from the script... so , this guys mom is missing, from the start of the movie everyone in town is looking for her...... AN HOUR INTO THE MOVIE he decides to call her cell phone. the entire movie is built on poor plot devices along these lines. I made this account to try to alert people to how bad this movie is so they can save 90 minutes of their lives. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dennis Harvey Variety "Awaken" is fine so long as it keeps us anticipating more. But when things wrap up too quickly, leaving too many dangling threads, there's a sense of letdown. Jul 21, 2017 Full Review Kimber Myers Los Angeles Times Somehow worse than its ridiculous title, "Awaken the Shadowman" is sillier than it is scary. Jul 20, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Adam receives a phone call from his estranged brother, Jake, informing him that their mother has gone missing, and he agrees to bring his family back to their hometown despite their recent struggles. As the brothers try to get past old grievances and work together to find their mother, Adam becomes increasingly aware that their mother's bereavement group may be up to something sinister. Although he's unsure, he feels that the group could be responsible for his mother's disappearance.
      Director
      J.S. Wilson
      Producer
      Gary Rubens
      Screenwriter
      Skyler Caleb, Woodrow Wilson Hancock III, James Zimbardi
      Distributor
      Gravitas Ventures
      Production Co
      Gravitas Ventures
      Genre
      Horror, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jul 21, 2017, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jul 25, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 23m
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