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It's a damn shame that The Possession of Hannah Grace is as dull as it is, there is a lot of potential here and the film feels like a giant missed opportunity. There are so many moments where the film just scratches the surface of tense and scary moments that could have resulted in a really good horror film with memorable scares.
You know how horror films purposely put in something so obvious that you know expect it to pop up later on simply for scare purposes? Sometimes it's done naturally and the scares work, think of the clapping game the family plays in The Conjuring. Other times it's ham-fisted so much that the expectation takes over the scare. With The Possession of Hannah Grace the morgue where our lead character works in has lights that only operate via motion sensor. So you can expect scenes where lights go on themselves in the background while she isn't looking. Ooohhh so spooky.
A thin layer of what the writers want to call character work is laid onto our lead, she has PTSD regarding her dead partner. She use to be a cop, but now takes the midnight shift in the morgue to get away from it all. A dead body comes in and strange things start happening. The dead body is a result of an exorcism gone wrong. Kudos for some nice imagery regarding the body as she crawls across the floor contorting her body, but then they ruin it with needless CGI sequences with her body.
This film is full of those almost moments. You think it's going to be great, but it ends up lacklustre. It's disappointing more than anything. This film feels incomplete in its delivery. Watch The Autopsy of Jane Doe instead, it has more claustrophobic sequences and genuine horror.
The Possession of Hannah Grace
It's a damn shame that The Possession of Hannah Grace is as dull as it is, there is a lot of potential here and the film feels like a giant missed opportunity. There are so many moments where the film just scratches the surface of tense and scary moments that could have resulted in a really good horror film with memorable scares.
You know how horror films purposely put in something so obvious that you know expect it to pop up later on simply for scare purposes? Sometimes it's done naturally and the scares work, think of the clapping game the family plays in The Conjuring. Other times it's ham-fisted so much that the expectation takes over the scare. With The Possession of Hannah Grace the morgue where our lead character works in has lights that only operate via motion sensor. So you can expect scenes where lights go on themselves in the background while she isn't looking. Ooohhh so spooky.
A thin layer of what the writers want to call character work is laid onto our lead, she has PTSD regarding her dead partner. She use to be a cop, but now takes the midnight shift in the morgue to get away from it all. A dead body comes in and strange things start happening. The dead body is a result of an exorcism gone wrong. Kudos for some nice imagery regarding the body as she crawls across the floor contorting her body, but then they ruin it with needless CGI sequences with her body.
This film is full of those almost moments. You think it's going to be great, but it ends up lacklustre. It's disappointing more than anything. This film feels incomplete in its delivery. Watch The Autopsy of Jane Doe instead, it has more claustrophobic sequences and genuine horror.