It has a very good premise, this. I just somehow was underwhelmed by the end. It kind of fell flat for me even though the Voodoo-ritual scene was excellent. I like that the storytelling is a little slow with a lot of focus on cinematography. The movie is gorgeous to look at. I also like the editing a lot and the music (except "You never walk alone" at the end).
What turned me off is that they over-explain what is happening with her grandfather. They should have left that in the open. It would have added more mystery to it. Also, I did not like how easily Mambo was persuated to actually do the ritual. This teenage angst should not be reason enough. But most of all you could have done more with this than this very anticlimactic open end. This awesome setting of the boarding school could have been used for more than this, especially after the ritual. Still, Zombi Child is well made and interesting. They just unfortunately did not go all the way...
What turned me off is that they over-explain what is happening with her grandfather. They should have left that in the open. It would have added more mystery to it. Also, I did not like how easily Mambo was persuated to actually do the ritual. This teenage angst should not be reason enough. But most of all you could have done more with this than this very anticlimactic open end. This awesome setting of the boarding school could have been used for more than this, especially after the ritual. Still, Zombi Child is well made and interesting. They just unfortunately did not go all the way...