Greed versus the supernatural The grandfather with steel eggs Tom Riley at auction buys a house with a not very good background to resell it more expensive. The new owner of a country house does not have time to unpack his suitcases, as otherworldly forces begin to smother his grandfather, just to kick him out of the house. Oh, the ghosts would know who they're messing with. . .
Let’s go straight: Bad Ben is the most indie horror filmed for zero rubles about ghosts in the house. There are no innovative solutions, no interesting scenario that reveals the horrors that occurred in the house Tom bought. The only thing that distinguishes him from hundreds, if not thousands, of other paintings of this kind is the main character.
Usually in horror stories about ghosts in the house and heroes who are trying to cope with them, the protagonists almost in 100% of cases act as victims, that is, they run from room to room, yell, scream, smear tears and snot in the face, and a little bit of a willful decision is made when the viewer lies disconnected from boredom (in my case, from drunk beer).
Tom Riley is a little different caliber. Grandfather enters into open confrontation with supernatural forces, a parasite attached to the house. Tom mocks ghosts, desecrates the nearby grave of a child who died in the house, throws out a dust urn found in the attic and other voodoo equipment. Tom is ready to do anything to cleanse the house of dirt and sell it.
Here, of course, one should sympathize with the greed of the eyeglassed old man, but the hero himself hardly evokes sympathy by behaving like a last beast. However, against the background of hysterical worthless fools in other films, Tom commands respect, and in general his struggle with spirits in the course of the story acquires a somewhat comic effect, which overlaps the meager content of Bad Ben.
I can’t recommend this movie in terms of horror, because there is nothing to catch, but to see at least once in the life of the only character in horror with eggs is clearly worth it.