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The Abandoned [2007] | ![The Abandoned [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zX6WO3kGL._SL75_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Nacho Cerda
Studio: Momentum Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: £15.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 3725
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060116722369
ASIN: B0013VUS9I
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: May 19, 2008
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 Atmospheric but Disappointing Haunted House Film July 11, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This film starts well and builds nicely as an American woman in her early 40's returns to the Russia of her birth seeking answers to her family history. Before long she is making her way to the place where she was born, deep in the Russian countryside, only to be abandoned by her driver and left to wander the ruins of her family home on her own.
So far, so good. Unfortunately, no amount of scares and gore make up for the clear 'spoilers' that then give away the ending of the film! Lots of dark corridors, noises overhead, rooms going back in time 40 years and reliving of the horrors of the past give this film brilliant atmosphere, but the ending has been spelt out to the viewer and there are no final twists in this tale.
Good as part of a viewing double bill perhaps, but ultimately a disappointment.
 The haunted house movie of 2008! June 29, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I kept watching straight-to-DVD horror movies with a faint hope that one day I'd find one as good as The Abandoned. This movie is quality.
The previous reviewer has explained the plot. It starts off a bit slow, but about 15 minutes through, the lady enters the house... and all hell breaks loose right until the final credits.
The Abandoned is a beautifully shot scare-fest, with some of the most effective thrills and jumps I've seen. The two leads play their roles very well, and the circular story line is brilliantly and competently handled.
This would be so much fun to watch in the cinema. Fantastic.
Beautifully filmed, ultimately depressing. June 24, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The lead actress in this is supposed to be 41 but (in spite of most people of that age looking years younger nowadays) looks considerably older.
Which I guess fits in with this director's vision of hopelessness and despair, and the seemingly ultimate futility of life. (It is the same director who gave us "Aftermath"/"Genesis" after all!)
The woman inherits a property in Russia, and goes there from America to find out about it, but all is not as it seems and she gets enmeshed in a kind of tme warp trap, involving a twin brother she never knew she had and their doppelgangers, all entangled in the circular time trap.
The photography and atmosphere is superb and is used very effectively. Some genuinely eerie moments and well worth seeing. Just don't expect any happy endings.
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