"Livide" was a major disappointment for me, especially after I was thrilled to get to see it after what I read on the back of the DVD cover. This movie was nothing at all as what I had expected it to be.
The storyline, well I will not go into detail here and give anything away. But I will summarize it briefly; it is about a young girl who takes on the work as a caregiver and comes to learn of a supposed treasure in the house of an old, withering, dying woman. But the house holds a terrible secret.
Right, well first of all, you need to go about 45 minutes or so into the movie before anything even remotely worthwhile starts to happen. And even after that, then the movie is a bit too surreal and far-fetched to properly catch my liking.
What works out well for the movie is the imagery and the camera work. There is some really nice shots in the movie and the contrast of colors is just spectacular. So visually, then "Livide" is a great movie and I would rate the movie higher if this was a factor important enough to lift up the movie, but it wasn't.
The people hired to portray the various roles were doing good jobs with their given roles and characters, however they were just struggling with a rather ridiculous storyline.
Effects-wise, then "Livide" was actually quite upbeat. The special effects were nice to look at and worked out quite well. The make-up effects too. So thumbs up for this part.
The storyline goes from dull and slow-paced, so strange and somewhat surreal. I supposed this movie is a matter of acquired taste, however personally, I didn't really care much for it. For a horror movie, it was fairly tame.
The storyline, well I will not go into detail here and give anything away. But I will summarize it briefly; it is about a young girl who takes on the work as a caregiver and comes to learn of a supposed treasure in the house of an old, withering, dying woman. But the house holds a terrible secret.
Right, well first of all, you need to go about 45 minutes or so into the movie before anything even remotely worthwhile starts to happen. And even after that, then the movie is a bit too surreal and far-fetched to properly catch my liking.
What works out well for the movie is the imagery and the camera work. There is some really nice shots in the movie and the contrast of colors is just spectacular. So visually, then "Livide" is a great movie and I would rate the movie higher if this was a factor important enough to lift up the movie, but it wasn't.
The people hired to portray the various roles were doing good jobs with their given roles and characters, however they were just struggling with a rather ridiculous storyline.
Effects-wise, then "Livide" was actually quite upbeat. The special effects were nice to look at and worked out quite well. The make-up effects too. So thumbs up for this part.
The storyline goes from dull and slow-paced, so strange and somewhat surreal. I supposed this movie is a matter of acquired taste, however personally, I didn't really care much for it. For a horror movie, it was fairly tame.