Sator

I had pretty high hopes for this film but it did nothing except fall flat. The atmospheric storytelling is visually pretty but bland. The family dynamic is comprehensible but lacks substance to make the topic of this film truly stand out or invoke immersive storytelling. The folk horror aspect was the only reason I kept watching (and hoping for something more compelling to come out of it). The only "scary" parts of this film were the overly loud quick noises which reminded me of cheap haunted house walkthroughs. The story had such promise. In my opinion, if you want an unsettling atmospheric horror similar to this, watch Skinamarink. If you want a folk horror tale that is worth the confusion, watch Starve Acre. This film does nothing for me. I only gave it the extra star because, as I said before, it got the visual aspect of the atmospheric horror down well but nothing more.

FANTASTIC! This was truly scary.

I really loved the ambiance of this movie. You have to really concentrate, close all lights and let yourself be immersed.

has good ideas but they are buried under a bunch of nothing happening

This movie captures the insidious slow decline of the mind, the generational and genetic inheritance of mental illness, and the devastation that inevitably affects even the closest of family members. Adding the element of Sator, an unseen presence and outside force, guiding this mental decline , lends to the futility and hoplessness that there can be any other outcome other than total surrender into madness and dementia. This movie is a dark and brooding slow burn, perfectly capturing the slow and meandering descent into mental illness. Some people might find the ending anti-climatic, but the end is irrelevant. This movie is