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      The Summoning

      Released Jan 10, 2017 1h 27m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 47% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score While working on a century-old murder case for a class assignment, law student Rachel Iverson discovers more than what she expected when spirits from the past begin to visit her and lead her toward a truth that will place her own life in danger. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Nov 08 Buy Now

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      Dvc F What a piece of garbage. The voice dubs make it laughable. Avoid this trash at all cost. That's all you can say about this horrible crap Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/06/23 Full Review Audience Member can't believe I wasted an hour and a half of my time to watch this jumbled mess of a film with an even worse ending.absolute rubbish! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Absolutely dreadful. If the writing wasn't bad enough, the audio quality was alarmingly poor. The producers only goal was to hit the 90 minute mark. So many confusing, wasted scenes that make you shake your head in frustration. In horror, be The Shining or Sharknado. Anything in between is quicksand for your career and eyelids. I've never watched a movie with zero likeable characters. In B movies, you typically have that one edgy, snarky side character that provides occasional comic relief and something to root for. Unfortunately, every role was as bland as the next. Truly, truly horrible. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/17 Full Review Audience Member The story could have worked out. Poor direction, not the best acting and an ending that makes you feel you wasted your time. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member *SPOILERS* I was really excited to see this movie because I live in Sugar Land. I'm just going to get on with is and say that this movie is terrible. It makes absolutely no sense at all. It raises more questions than answers. There is little to no emotion. Also, does no one know how to turn on lights? There are scenes where people are studying in the dark. The detective cooks dinner in the dark. The lead invites someone into her house for the first time and it is literally pitch dark and no one ever turns on a light. Also, they add in a story line about the detective that shows him killing a pedophile who killed his daughter and you think that it will somehow become relevant to the story. Nope. They just threw that in there for fun because it never ties into anything. The movie has a tagline along the lines of "Do you know who is buried under your house?" Is this tagline at all relevant to the movie? Nope. There is one spirit present throughout the movie and it is the spirit of a dead white woman who has only been dead a few years and she didn't even die in the house where the spirit activity was happening. I also found this funny because of the numerous mentions of dead slaves - and then it turns out that this college student is trying to solve the case of a dead white woman. And that's basically what the story is about. Also, the lead's friend/case partner...what happened to him? One minute he has a pocket watch and a photo that apparently is evidence enough to have cops break into his house with a sawed off shotgun and the next we never hear about him again. Also, the ending? It ends with the detective (who somehow figures out that the bad guy is at the lead character's house even thought he has no idea that the two have ever met) running up the stairs - in the dark of course - and then the credits roll. Literally NOTHING in this movie makes sense or ties together at all. And we never even see any spirits. Oh, and my mom and I cracked up at this: The lead gets kidnapped by the spirit and is "trapped" in the sugar factory for maybe 12 hours at the most. When she gets "rescued" she looks like she's been there for a week. Also, later in the film we laughed about how she was unable to find her way out of the sugar factory when she was kidnapped, but is able to break in with absolutely no problems later in the film. Oh God this just made no sense at all. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Reminiscent of a 1970's/1980's thriller at times. Engaging murder-mystery story with great acting. Not to be confused with other films that have the same title. This one is top-notch. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis While working on a century-old murder case for a class assignment, law student Rachel Iverson discovers more than what she expected when spirits from the past begin to visit her and lead her toward a truth that will place her own life in danger.
      Director
      Alberto G. Rodriguez
      Producer
      Carlos Higuera, Shing Ka, Randall Krongard
      Screenwriter
      Alberto G. Rodriguez
      Distributor
      Gravitas Ventures
      Production Co
      Gravitas Ventures
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 10, 2017, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 21, 2019
      Runtime
      1h 27m
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