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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Secret Scripture in Books

Aug 13, 2017  
The Secret Scripture
The Secret Scripture
Sebastian Barry | 2008 | Fiction & Poetry
9
8.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Tragic story of Irish communities
This book had a lot of similarities with Philomena. It's hugely tragic, about a woman who has been in an asylum for 80 years after being out there by malicious priests and community leaders, annulling her marriage and taking away her baby. While at times it seems improbable, the story of her psychiatrist trying to uncover her story is beautiful.
  
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Melli (3 KP) rated Session 9 (2001) in Movies

Jul 7, 2017  
Session 9 (2001)
Session 9 (2001)
2001 | Drama, Horror, Mystery
10
8.1 (8 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Atmospheric Masterpiece
A spooky psychological suspense/horror film that will draw you in and get under your skin. Set in the famously huge Danvers asylum, which has been closed for years, we start with a 5-guy asbestos clean-up crew charged with making the building safe for renovations. We end with...something else. Just watch! And probably rewatch because it begs for it.
  
    Eliza Graves (2014)

    Eliza Graves (2014)

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    An Oxford graduate takes up a job in a mental asylum, only to discover that the "revolutionary" new...

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Sarah (7798 KP) rated House on Haunted Hill (1999) in Movies

Oct 25, 2018  
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
1999 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
6
6.8 (26 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Spoilt by the ending
I absolutely loved this film when it first came out, probably because I was far too young to be watching it. But watching it back now, it’s a bit of a disappointment.

Plot wise it’s fairly straight forward and probably not entirely original, but you can’t really go wrong setting a horror film in an old asylum. That alone gives you the creeps. It’s quite funny and also very bloody and gory, and Geoffrey Rush does fairly well channeling his inner Vincent Price. Sadly Jeffrey Combs is a very underused though. My main issue with this film is that the ending really lets it down. It goes a bit bonkers and strays a little too far away from the asylum/mad doctor premise, and whilst I understand the ending and what they were trying to get at, for me they should’ve gone down a different route.