Director: Alessandro Antonaci, Daniel Lascar, Stefano Mandalà
Year: 2023
Country: Italy
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Ghosts
Plot:
After a disastrous job interview, a woman and her husband are forced to return to Italy to check on her family which forces her to stay at their house while they wait for news, but the longer they stay the more they find the house haunted by a silence-seeking ghost determined to drive them away from the house.
Review:
This was a generally fun time with a lot to like about it. One of the better features here is the likable setup that has some intriguing aspects at play. As we’re given a brief bit about the strained family dynamic here with her being in the US with her husband while her mom and dad are back home, the inability to be aware of the current situation of the relationship allows for a strong slow-burn build-up to the supernatural force haunting them. The insistence on staying at the house despite plenty of warnings both before and during manages to be quite likable as the quest to discover what happened is ably spelled out so ignoring it makes sense, completing the story well.
That provides the kind of believable launching pad for these supernatural actions to be quite fun and somewhat chilling in places. The opening setup which is soon revealed as the reasoning for her return, provides the proper starting point for suspecting the ghost and the haunted radio are connected and it only grows the more they stay there. The use of the ghost as a distinct metaphor for abuse doling out her deranged powers and hauntings as a way to strike out against those that make noise as all of these are entered around noise-making and are trying to quiet her from alerting the more dangerous entity in the house.
It’s all quite fun here as far as the reveal of the ghosts’ true purpose and what the need to be quiet is for since this all ties into the backstory reveal of the ghost having to issue out the treatment for his misguided means. The symbolic nature of their plight together is quite fun and leads to some fun moments here but this is also the film’s issue where some of these scenes come off as repetitive since there is only one weakness to fight him off that ends up resulting in the same type of combat sequences so this is quite overly-familiar and makes the film a bit longer than it should. This is pretty much the main issue here holding this one down.
Overview: ***.5/5
An overall fun ghost movie without much holding it down, this is a really fun effort that’s got quite a lot to hold this one up over a few minor drawbacks. Give it a shot if you’re intrigued by this one or are a fan of this style will have a lot to enjoy here while those who don’t enjoy these factors should heed caution.
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