Review of
Gothika
DVD version
Five out of five stars
I am not a fan
of horror movies and when I do watch them it is a rare occasion when I give a start
response to any scene in them. That was not the case with this one, the
combination of the scene, the music and the action executed by the actors had
me with a brief shimmer of chill coursing through my body several times.
Halle Berry plays Doctor Miranda Grey, a staff
psychiatrist at Woodward Penitentiary for Women. When her husband is brutally
murdered with an axe, she is accused of the crime and placed in that very
facility as an inmate. The evidence against her is very strong and she is
experiencing powerful visions with a great many supernatural components. With
help from those forces, she must fight to maintain her sanity and somehow
determine who the real criminals are.
This is a movie
where it is impossible to remain dispassionate, there is no humor and all the
tense scenes are well acted and structured. If you want the sound effects of a
horror movie to rattle your bones, this is the movie for you.
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