Rotten
Effective atmospherics don't rescue this formulaic slasher flick.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Bereavement
There are some evils...so unspeakable...they will scar you forever.
2010 · 1h 43m · R
Crime, Horror
Directed by
Stevan Mena
Overview
In 1989, six year old Martin Bristoll was kidnapped from his backyard swing in Minersville Pennsylvania. Graham Sutter, a psychotic recluse, kept Martin imprisoned on his derelict pig farm, forcing him to witness and participate in unspeakable horrors. Chosen at random, his victim's screams were drowned out by the rural countryside. For five years, Martin's whereabouts have remained a mystery, until 17 year old Allison Miller comes to live with her Uncle, Jonathan. While exploring her new surroundings, Allison discovers things aren't quite right at the farmhouse down the road. Her curiosity disturbs a hornet's nest of evil and despair that once torn open, can never be closed.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
44%
Tomatometer
Rotten
I'd sooner touch a nine-volt battery to my tongue than sit through this film again.
Paul Brunick, New York Times
Rotten
Bereavement -- miraculously as dull as its title -- is neither far gone enough to be funny nor well thought-out enough to be disturbing.
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
Fresh
Virtually every shot in Bereavement -- a sort of prequel to Mena's Malevolence (2005) -- is the right one; the editing, also by Mena, is first-rate.
John Anderson, Newsday
Fresh
This is an example of what happens when a clever, proficient filmmaker falls in love with brutal trash.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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