Bring the girl! 2013 was not the best year for horror films, of the worthy stand out only “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and perhaps “Mama”, and all the others are suitable mainly for only one viewing. "Telekinesis" (although I prefer "Kerry") causes controversial feelings, like a heroine who wants to experience, and kind of nonsense, which was not in the original.
The plot here is such that you can not briefly describe it, however, all connoisseurs of horror literature and Stephen King books in particular, know it so.
Kerry White is the daughter of a religious fanatic, her mother brings her up in the most severe severity, knowing that the very fact of her existence is a crime. At school, Carrey has no friends, girlfriends, she behaves in many ways strange, which is the result of a lack of communication with people. One day, there is a terrible embarrassment - the girl has her first menstruation, the mother is sure that it is none other than God himself sent it to her as punishment, for the fact that she was in the pool half-naked, and then went to the shower with her classmates. In addition, this performance was also filmed by mobile phone cameras. After some time, the “directors” of this video have problems, most admit their guilt and humbly work out the punishment, but one of the representatives of the school elite decides to take revenge on the girl, for which she will then pay cruelly.
So, “Telekinesis” is a dramatic horror film created based on the legendary work of the king of horrors, Stephen King – “Carrie”. This film can’t be seen as a remake of previous films, it’s just another adaptation, like The Hulk and The Incredible Hulk. Although the film is a modern horror film, it lacks nudity and a special dismemberment, besides it was made with an emphasis on the world distribution, although it has an R rating, that is, NC-17, that is, 17+. But inventive scenes of death in the film will still be, plus the special effects are not stingy.
Let’s look at the downsides of the film first. First of all, this is a huge number of blunders, they are at every step, in every scene, the state of things changes, makeup, Carrie’s hairstyle, the poses of the characters change, and when watching it is very striking.
Secondly, it’s just the lack of logic in most scenes, about the illogical actions of the characters, I’m generally silent, but even in larger things there is a sense of inconceivability. Of course, Chloe Moretz is increasingly gaining popularity, starring in several films at once, but according to the canons of Stephen King, Carrie is terrible, which by the way was taken into account in the original. I have no idea what the casting for these films looked like. “It takes scary 17-year-old girls to play a shaggy virgin killing the whole school,” the ad said. Chloe Moretz is still far from scary, but more to say, she is a very beautiful girl and in the role of a gray mouse she looks even more spectacular than before, for example, than the role of the “killer” that made her famous. I don’t think she should play that role.
The third trouble is artificial drama, since he does not take for the soul, he is forced to empathize by all means, especially when they show the relationship between mother and daughter, it is very playful. In fact, you know the famous picture of Jackie Chan, who doesn’t understand it, you don’t have to know it, but I guarantee you that in some parts of the film you will portray Jackie from this picture. I still don’t understand why it was necessary to kill a physical education teacher, because she was the only friend of the heroine.
And of course, a special word can be said about the acting, of course, to Chloe Moretz and Julianne Moore no claims, but the rest played just terrible. I remember the famous studio “The asylum” in which there is one good actor, and all the others are recruited from the street. Although the actors here are not bad, they are known for some TV series and cheap comedies, horror films, melodramas, of which in the homeland of obesity are filmed by the thousands, as Koreans make online games.
It would seem that everything is bad, the film is not worth watching, but let’s move on to the pluses.
First of all, it's the look. Special effects at a height, makeup actors there, beautiful destruction
The second is the atmosphere. It differs from the typical suspense of other representatives of the genre, it is more vivid or something. It conveys not a feeling of fear and hopelessness, but, on the contrary, inspires that everything will be fine, but in the end it turns out that the atmosphere is deceptive.
About the cast I have already said, it is not bad, but except for two actresses not to mention someone.
+ Actors
+ Special effects
+ Your own atmosphere
- Inconsistencies in the plot
- Plenty of flabs
- Impossible scenario
7 out of 10 Original