In the intro credits we learn that after WWII, Nazis escaped to other countries, some even to the US.
Next we meet one such Nazi living out in the American country with his wife and daughter while he spends his time fumigating the crops. The teenage daughter is home-schooled and isn't allowed to go anywhere or do anything because the father is strict and things there's just evil out there in the world. He also keeps in touch with some other Nazi who sends him memorabilia. One day he gets an iron cross which was dear to Hitler and he stashes it with some more stuff he's got in a walled-in room. When the daughter gets rebellious he drowns her by accident. The mother doesn't take it too well. This intro lasts a long 22 minutes.
Now, in the present, we meet some 4 girls who make a trip to the family house out in the country, yup the same house from the intro. They also have to watch a little girl who lives there while everyone else is gone. For some reason there's some locked room in the house with old clothes. During a picnic one girl wanders off to the barn and is attacked by something that's trying to drown her. The little girls starts mentioning someone named Alice. While playing hide-and-seek two of the discovers discover the Nazi stuff including he iron cross. The girls start investigating and find out everything about the family living there years ago, about the girl who died--Alice, about the iron cross. By now Alice's ghost start appearing through the little girl that is sleeping. And the ghost is angry. So the girls will have to confront it.
The Hatred is better than there score here would lead you to believe. Sure, it's a B-horror movie with some acting, direction, and editing issues here and there. But the fundamentals for a good horror movie are there. Production is solid and the story offers a combination of elements that we've seen before. The victim's ghost who wants to be discovered, the item that stores hatred, the mission of having to face one's fears. That said that none of these receive enough focus, rather they are just excuses to move things along. This business with the iron cross is left entirely hanging in the air for no good reason. It's mostly a movie without any males in it as is standard these days in Hollywood. The girls do a good job for the most part, but they're not allowed to do much really. Cast and characters are rather non-descript. Bayley Corman is lovely though. The creature is well-made and creepy. I was going to say that horror works best rated R and that it's more difficult to make PG-13 horror. But then The Hatred has been rated R for no reason I can discern. It's actually a very mild PG-13 I would say.
Sure The Hatred can get a bit boring, but it's still a movie worth watching mostly for the potential that wasn't realized entirely.
Next we meet one such Nazi living out in the American country with his wife and daughter while he spends his time fumigating the crops. The teenage daughter is home-schooled and isn't allowed to go anywhere or do anything because the father is strict and things there's just evil out there in the world. He also keeps in touch with some other Nazi who sends him memorabilia. One day he gets an iron cross which was dear to Hitler and he stashes it with some more stuff he's got in a walled-in room. When the daughter gets rebellious he drowns her by accident. The mother doesn't take it too well. This intro lasts a long 22 minutes.
Now, in the present, we meet some 4 girls who make a trip to the family house out in the country, yup the same house from the intro. They also have to watch a little girl who lives there while everyone else is gone. For some reason there's some locked room in the house with old clothes. During a picnic one girl wanders off to the barn and is attacked by something that's trying to drown her. The little girls starts mentioning someone named Alice. While playing hide-and-seek two of the discovers discover the Nazi stuff including he iron cross. The girls start investigating and find out everything about the family living there years ago, about the girl who died--Alice, about the iron cross. By now Alice's ghost start appearing through the little girl that is sleeping. And the ghost is angry. So the girls will have to confront it.
The Hatred is better than there score here would lead you to believe. Sure, it's a B-horror movie with some acting, direction, and editing issues here and there. But the fundamentals for a good horror movie are there. Production is solid and the story offers a combination of elements that we've seen before. The victim's ghost who wants to be discovered, the item that stores hatred, the mission of having to face one's fears. That said that none of these receive enough focus, rather they are just excuses to move things along. This business with the iron cross is left entirely hanging in the air for no good reason. It's mostly a movie without any males in it as is standard these days in Hollywood. The girls do a good job for the most part, but they're not allowed to do much really. Cast and characters are rather non-descript. Bayley Corman is lovely though. The creature is well-made and creepy. I was going to say that horror works best rated R and that it's more difficult to make PG-13 horror. But then The Hatred has been rated R for no reason I can discern. It's actually a very mild PG-13 I would say.
Sure The Hatred can get a bit boring, but it's still a movie worth watching mostly for the potential that wasn't realized entirely.