The Hatred (2017)

Lack of good storyline.

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Better Late Then Never

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Honestly, how do movies this BAD even get produced?? Some investor(s) thought this movie would actually make enough money to pay for itself with some profit left over?? Really? I wish I had $800 grand to gamble with on a terrible script with terrible actors. I want 90 minutes of my life back!! I will never trust Netflix's one-to-five star rating system ever again! Should have just shut it off when the time period switched to present day. Was kind of interesting up to that point, then fell in the crapper.

RELEASED IN 2017 and written & directed by Michael Kehoe, "The Hatred" details events when four college-age women travel to their professor's new retreat home for a getaway, only to find out it has a wicked history.The 22-minute prologue is quite good with its link to WWII Nazism. The middle act, however, meanders with the relatively dull activities and conversations of the female guests and their little girl host, Irene. Something needed to perk up this portion of the film. Thankfully, three of the four females are easy on the eyes (Bayley Corman, Gabrielle Bourne & Alisha Wainwright), not to mention the stunning Alice in the prologue (Darby Walker).There is one effective scare, but the rest of the ghost shenanigans seem half-hearted and prosaic. In tone and quality it's akin to "Solstice" (2008), but a notch or two below and without the superb last act. The script needed more time to flesh out its potential.THE MOVIE RUNS 90 minutes and looks like it was shot in S. Cal, but with establishing shots from the Northeast in light of the Fall colors (I'm just guessing).GRADE: C

Ludicrous story, wooden acting, rip-offs of numerous previous horror films. Not at all scary and, in the end, totally unsatisfying.Netflix had this as a "recommended film" for me -- boy were they WAY off. Don't waste your time.

Out of the gate, The Hatred sets up solid ground work. Part Apt Pupil, part The Conjuring, a decent backstory opens up the first act. As opposed to relying on flashbacks, this film plays out the horrific history of the locale and story. Post-Nazi America in a small town and the secrets that ensue.The second Act only exists to guide us into the present day. Sassy, texting, little to say to each other modern day females visiting the haunted house in question. While trying to create strong, independent women, the script merely calls out the older male sensibility of what we think young adult women talk like. Merely hamstringing our female cast to become stereotypes trying to be more than what was written for them. Which is sad, because the actresses really try to create a sense of friendship, love and trust. However, the groundwork is downtrodden and stale.The last act finally brings the scares and suspense. While unapologetically and rituallistacly off camera, killing off the cast; the final moments with our lead and the child are decently executed. The moment perpetuated in the films trailer is very effective and inventive for an otherwise stale and often imitated genre.Overall, the film had a decent cast and a solid plot. The downside was the lacking second act and lowly accommodating budget. If that third act, trailer based twist on the supernatural played throughout this film, it would've been one for the books.