Also watch The Haunting in Connecticut (2009). Back to this film, Altar. The film is about the Hamiltons, a family that moves into a large country house on the Yorkshire Moors to supervise its restoration from a dilapidated B&B to the original Victorian grandeur.
Unknown to them, the house is haunted because of the many ritualistic sacrifices conducted on an altar located in the root cellar of the mansion. The spirits of the mansion make themselves known gradually, and when the do, a foreboding sequence of events are set in motion...
The only well known actor to me is Mathew Modine(Full Metal Jacket (1987), Pacific Heights (1990), And the Band Played On (1993, HBO Cable)). To me this marks a low-point in his career as an actor. He is a favorite of mine, and I have seen many good films in which he has starred. Opposite him is Olivia Williams(The Postman(1997), Rushmore(1998), The Sixth Sense (1999)) a well known English film, stage and television actress. Williams has a much larger role than Modine in the film - she is the main character of the film.
The director Nick Willing, in his directorial feature-film debut, is unconvincing. He handles the subject matter in a drab way. He has directed the film from his own screenplay, and it is either the screenplay which is at fault or the fact that it is unsuitable material for a genuine horror film. The film was a bore. I found my mind wandering to other things - rather than the film I was watching. The actors also are unconvincing. They act just to get the job done and are not involved with the film. This also shows the weakness of the director for not getting more out of these capable actors.
The sound effects are inadequate, the special effects are those you see in U.S. TV serials maybe ten or fifteen years ago. The effects do not scare you as most horror films do, nor do they provide atmosphere to the film.
More horror movies to see: House on Haunted Hill(1959), The Innocents(1961), The Haunting(1963), Burnt Offerings(1976), The Amityville Horror(1979),The Shining(1980),Poltergeist(1982), Haunted(1995).
Thanks for reading, may you live long and prosper.
Unknown to them, the house is haunted because of the many ritualistic sacrifices conducted on an altar located in the root cellar of the mansion. The spirits of the mansion make themselves known gradually, and when the do, a foreboding sequence of events are set in motion...
The only well known actor to me is Mathew Modine(Full Metal Jacket (1987), Pacific Heights (1990), And the Band Played On (1993, HBO Cable)). To me this marks a low-point in his career as an actor. He is a favorite of mine, and I have seen many good films in which he has starred. Opposite him is Olivia Williams(The Postman(1997), Rushmore(1998), The Sixth Sense (1999)) a well known English film, stage and television actress. Williams has a much larger role than Modine in the film - she is the main character of the film.
The director Nick Willing, in his directorial feature-film debut, is unconvincing. He handles the subject matter in a drab way. He has directed the film from his own screenplay, and it is either the screenplay which is at fault or the fact that it is unsuitable material for a genuine horror film. The film was a bore. I found my mind wandering to other things - rather than the film I was watching. The actors also are unconvincing. They act just to get the job done and are not involved with the film. This also shows the weakness of the director for not getting more out of these capable actors.
The sound effects are inadequate, the special effects are those you see in U.S. TV serials maybe ten or fifteen years ago. The effects do not scare you as most horror films do, nor do they provide atmosphere to the film.
More horror movies to see: House on Haunted Hill(1959), The Innocents(1961), The Haunting(1963), Burnt Offerings(1976), The Amityville Horror(1979),The Shining(1980),Poltergeist(1982), Haunted(1995).
Thanks for reading, may you live long and prosper.