VERONICA: C
A horror film done in a classical style that suffers greatly by relying way to heavily on its "based on a true story" connection. Mediocre, outdated plot devices told in a straightforward unoriginal voice. It's not so much that any one thing hurt the film be it the writing, the acting or the directing. It is simply a matter of we've seen this 1,000 times before and furthermore done the exact same way 1,000 times before. There was nothing new or noteworthy that made this film standout.
If anything it seemed to lack in comparison to similar films even twenty years its elder. While some visuals helped to enhance the tone of the film, others took away from it. If left confused trying to figure out what Veronica was looking at through her window, whether she saw the present or future events, then one is distracted from the encompassing essence of fear the film builds. It was rather counter intuitive to the film's goal of creating scares
No one is going to walk away from this film feeling like they've seen a modern day THE EXORCIST. Yet no one is going to walk away from this film thinking that it's the worst horror film they've ever seen. There are far better and there are worse.
This movie is simply ok.
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