The Manor (2021)

One of the worst films ever. To watch is to believe. Forgettable daytime movie in which nothing happens from start to finish. Please don't waste your time, its a joke in the name of horror. Watched this whole movie. What a waste of time.

Fmovies: ... Feeble, Unoriginal, Night-scares! An ageing dancer unintentionally entombs herself in a home for the elderly only to discover some residents are not what they present. Everything you've seen before although the performances are notable and the special effects far from wooden.

70+ Barbara Hershey suffers a stroke and it is decided she must move to a retirement home. There she starts to have frightening dreams of a creature coming into her room at night but soon realises it's real

Whilst the TV movie tone of this is pretty evident - the effects are rather wobbly - this is a solid enough, effective, if unremarkable horror film which manages to convey some tense scenes well enough as well as saying a few things about old age. The behaviour of the daughter, the grandson and even the staff in the home don't quite ring true, Hershey however holds everything together well enough. Ok.

The Manor fmovies. I understand the hate I expected more for Amazon's most wanted horror as of recently. Has some solid horror bits but nothing special, more so makes me nervous to be old and makes me hate the way people get treated. The Manor is a little messy and effed up for people held against their will!

Made for tv production about a geriatric institution that goes on weed and illutionizes the tumoristic horrorshow that to be institutionalized with a mental degradation or physical reduction in a nursing home might be. When there are also a smell of coinspicious connectiuons between staff and patients, things go quite superstitious.

Its halloween soon, and this is the one film aimed on the older part of the audience, like miself the grumpy old man. I reckon a lot of the methods and takes to time out a restless demented, but no more that that.

Story and plot gives nothing new, aint no gore, and the claimed parkinsonism of the main caracter is completely blown away. Productionwise, its very well stashed on props on the sets and the light, sound and filmo are good. The acting though are just average b-style, its a funfare for the saturday grand family party cause its benign kinda thrills, but its not a rewatch from me though.

Following her work as author of a horror movie book and a brief stint acting in a handful of forgettable flicks including then husband Neil Marshall's disappointing Doomsday and Centurion, Axelle Carolyne made the move to writing and directing her own films. The Manor is a made-for-TV supernatural thriller that shows that Carolyne has considerable potential as a film-maker: the budget mightn't be huge, but this well-crafted mystery possesses a suitably creepy atmosphere and effective visuals that make for a solid little fright feature, while the strong central performance from Barbara Hershey helps to paper over any cracks in the script.

The intriguing set-up sees OAP Judith (Hershey) move into a nursing home (the Manor of the title) following a stroke. Soon after, she begins to witness strange events, including a scary shadowy figure in her room at night. The doctor informs her family that these strange occurrences are all in Judith's mind, the result of the onset of dementia, but Judith is resolute, insisting that she still has all of her faculties; with help from her grandson Josh (Nicholas Alexander), the old woman investigates and uncovers the secret of The Manor.

A traditional spooky horror, the film doesn't rely on fancy special effects or lashings of gore, instead using the gloomy locale and well-drawn characters to conjure up the chills. That said, there is one supernatural character in the film, brilliantly designed but sparingly used, that should keep special effects fans happy (and it doesn't rely on CGI, for a change!). After plenty of sleuthing and mild peril, the mystery is wrapped up with a neat twist and a clever denouement that ensures that Judith need not worry about losing her marbles in the future.