Boarding School Movie Download

6 / 10

Mysterious isolation
The cover/poster was very unnerving and the advertising likewise. Really liked the concept too, not an original one perhaps but it sounded really intriguing and was already admiring its subject matter and ideas. All those things were enough to make me want to see it.

‘Boarding School’ turned out not to be a great film, there are issues here. But for a low-budget horror recent viewing as part of one of my many quests recently, ‘Boarding School’ is easily up there with the few ones that was actually decent. Can totally see why others have liked it. Am one of those whose feelings are mutual, but admired what it set out to do, it doesn’t waste its idea and its tackling of the theme was brave.

Lets start with the good things. ‘Boarding School’ looks good, there is a sense of dark unsettlement, the editing was at least cohesive and the photography is stylish and doesn’t try to do too much, not static or chaotic. The music is suitably ominous and there is tension, creepiness and suspense, with a good deal of the second half being unnerving. ‘Boarding School’ avoids being over reliant on jump-scares, too much predictability, being cheesy or hackneyed, with some surprisingly thought-provoking explorations of sensitive and relevant issues and not in a preachy way.

The acting is much better than average, with Luke Prael showing good potential as Jacob. Was at least engaged for much of the duration, had no trouble understanding what was going on, was emotionally invested and at no point was my intelligence insulted. The characters show some signs of depth, at least have personality and didn’t behave in a way that irritated me. The ending was unexpected and quite clever and unsettling.

As aforementioned, there are drawbacks too. Some of the pace could have been tighter, a little slow in spots. The script is quite a big weakness, it is not always easy to take it seriously, there is some awkwardness and cheese and it could have been tighter.

It is agreed that some of the film does get silly and too on the strange side later on when the film tries to do a little too much. The sound quality is not always well balanced with it tending to favour the music.

All in all, better than expected though not without things to criticise. 6/10 Bethany CoxRead More