Rites of Spring
2011 Directed by Padraig Reynolds
Synopsis
Fear has a season
A ransom scheme turns into a nightmare for a group of kidnappers who become victims of a horrifying secret that must be paid every spring.
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It seems like the idea here was to take a clichéd crime movie, marry it to a clichéd horror movie, and somehow the end result will transcend its origins.
It doesn't.
Add the fact that 80% of the acting is horrendous, the two disparate story lines don't actually connect until the third act, and that the ending will piss off literally everyone, and I can't believe I've written three whole sentences about this movie.
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The December Project: Film #93
Named on a number of 2012 horror roundups I'd read, Rites of Spring proved little more than a tantalising disappointment, its central conceit the perfect idea... for a comedy. Bringing together several key horror cliches into one super-narrative, it's a deeply interesting film that ultimately does nothing with its grand concept, only iterating these many tropes together all at once. Questionable performances and an uninteresting aesthetic do little to aid matters.
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AJ Bowen is becoming one of my favorite actors for this type of material.
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Texas Chainsaw + Jeeper Creepers + A bad kidnapping plot = Rites of Spring.
Not the greatest of movies, and I'm regretting spending PPV money on it.
Unsatisfying ending, lackluster performances by half the cast, and too much shaky-cam for my taste.
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Rites of Spring is a double-sided tale that flips back and forth between two different stories that eventually come colliding together to, basically, create a whole other movie. The first half of the story is about two girls who are being held captive in a barn. What is planned for these young women is unclear at first, but soon it becomes apparent that they will be partaking in a yearly ritual that has resulted in numerous missing women since 1984. The second half of the story also follows a kidnapping plot, as a handful of would-be criminals take hostage the daughters’ of a wealthy businessman in the hope they will receive a healthy ransom for their safe return.
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Kinda boring once it's all over. The film has potential and I wanted to know what was going to happen next but when I find out and see how it all played out it was just average at best. It wouldn't be a movie I recommend, I think the movie thinks its creepier than it actually is.
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If you want to watch two shitty movies but only have time for one, by God, just watch two segments of Cloud Atlas.
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It seems like the idea here was to take a clichéd crime movie, marry it to a clichéd horror movie, and somehow the end result will transcend its origins.
It doesn't.
Add the fact that 80% of the acting is horrendous, the two disparate story lines don't actually connect until the third act, and that the ending will piss off literally everyone, and I can't believe I've written three whole sentences about this movie.
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This wins the award for most random ending of all time.
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The December Project: Film #93
Named on a number of 2012 horror roundups I'd read, Rites of Spring proved little more than a tantalising disappointment, its central conceit the perfect idea... for a comedy. Bringing together several key horror cliches into one super-narrative, it's a deeply interesting film that ultimately does nothing with its grand concept, only iterating these many tropes together all at once. Questionable performances and an uninteresting aesthetic do little to aid matters.
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I like the concept of mixinf two different tropes. Too bad it doesnt always work. Overall not too bad!
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AJ Bowen is becoming one of my favorite actors for this type of material.
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Started out with potential and just got sillier and sillier. Bad indie horror.