Haunting Of Molly Hartley
Sold Out
Availability: Sold out
More Details
| Aspect Ratio: |
- 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
|
|---|
| Description: |
- The best horror films tap into our innermost fears, and by that standard, THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY puts forth a dynamite premise. After surviving a near-fatal stab wound inflicted by her religious-zealot mother, Molly (Haley Bennett, MUSIC & LYRICS) and her father attempt to make a fresh start in a new town. Unfortunately, on top of making new friends and studying calculus, poor Molly also has to contend with horrific nightmares, chronic nosebleeds, and mysterious voices. Has she inherited her mother's insanity, or are there more sinister forces at work? It turns out that Molly's parents made a deal with the devil when she was born, and they price that they paid was her immortal soul.
Faustian bargains are a tried and true motif of the horror genre. They tap into audience fears and offer up the guilty pleasure of dancing with the devil. While THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY dwells on gloom and doom, there are great moments when Molly explores her impending wicked side, flirting with the devilishly handsome Joseph Young (GOSSIP GIRL's Chace Crawford) and giving Suzie (90210's AnnaLynne McCord), the residential mean girl, some bone-breaking comeuppance. Director Mickey Lidell could've used a lighter tough with the film, but in an era when every other horror film is a remake, seeing somebody even attempt to try something original is a nice change of pace. It's equally refreshing to see a filmmaker rely on some good old-fashioned suspense to spook the audience, rather than succumbing to the overwrought torture scenarios that make up the bulk of modern-day horror movies.
|
|---|
Description
Release Date:
03 August 2009
Molly Hartley (Haley Bennett), a 17 year-old girl, was stabbed by her mother and survived but, although she has healed from the wound itself, she is still haunted psychologically by the experience. Her father, with whom she lives, enrols her in a new school to help her cope with the trauma and start a new life. However as her 18th birthday approaches molly must both deal with the stress of being a new student at her school and the continuing nightmares she has of her mothers attack on her. She begins to experience symptoms of the same psychosis that took control of her mothers life, but eventually Molly discovers that her mother and others who share her mothers concerns who want her killed in order to save her from a preordained life as a servant of the devil. Molly's parents made a pact with the devil to save her life. Molly stabs herself trying to break the pact, but the effort was in vain as the clock had already struck midnight.
voucher.