The Familiar (II) (2009) User Reviews

Really rather boring

[imdb-15773 · 3/10 · 8 January 2017]

Overall this film just plodded, slowly, to a rather meaningless end. There wasn't anything that I would define as "bad" but there was very little development, action, scares or, well, anything.

The budget looked very small but this wasn't the problem as they actually made the most of the money. The acting wasn't bad as such, though the final part where Laura is "possessed" was a bit comedic. The premise wasn't original (spirit possessing someone and messing with people's minds).

It was just rather boring really which is in some ways one of the worst things to say.

THE DEVIL LOVES A HYPOCRITE

[nogodnomasters · 3/10 · 13 June 2019]

There is nothing like a good faith based horror movie. To the great movies such as "The Omen," "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Sentinel" we add "The Familiar." Just kidding.

Sam (Bryan Massey) is a suicidal whiskey drinking gunsmith whose wife (Stephanie Young) recently died. Charlie (Jeff West) the town cop is his childhood friend. They share a dark secret other than both going to the "John Candy School for Bad Acting." As Sam drinks his life away in Kentucky whiskey, which starts out cloudy in the film, but clears up at the end, he is visited by his estranged sister-in-law, Lolita...no wait Laura (Laura Spencer) because Lolita would be too obvious.

Laura, our red headed hot nymph, is a bit of a spiritual flake, which makes her susceptible to demonic possession, just like dabbling in the occult as a child. The film description gives too much away.

Rallo is the name of the demon. It is also the name of a hockey player. There is a hockey player by the name of Satan. Could there be a connection?

If you are really into the faith based stuff, go ahead, it has a happy Jesus filled ending.

Parental Guide: No f-bombs, sex, or nudity. Laura acting sexy in a bra.

Propaganda

[ant36au · 2/10 · 14 December 2019]

Nothing irks me more than religious propaganda disguised as horror,and that is exactly what this movie is,without the horror.The acting was average at best and just slowly got worse until,by the end it was just awful.The only thing that was good about this movie was seeing the oh so cute Laura Spencer,pity she had to lower her skills to take part in this dull and ultimately boring religious diatribe.Give it a miss,save your soul.

In some way awesome!

[urx-795-910129 · 9/10 · 19 July 2010]

At the beginning i was skeptical about this spirit stuff. After introduced Laura character i was amazed. I must admit Laura Spencer played good role and i really had strange feelings like Sam character could feel. If i would be in this situation in real life, it would make me crazy in good way:) It is always important to have some kind of feeling from movie and it did exactly that! Even the concept itself was a bit silly, the human part was played well. Also there were good technical details. How people handled things, it felt very realistic. One thing i didn't like was the end part, it was too unrealistic for me and for a moment i lost feeling being in movie. After all it is possible that i will watch this movie again later just to get this strange feeling again.

The Familiar was very interesting to say the least.

[sallyannchadbourne · 20 October 2011]

My husband and I have watched The Familiar several times. The film deals with a very interesting and difficult subject matter. Could this type of activity happen in real life? We believe so. Which makes this movie scary stuff to think about. The acting was good. I think both main characters did a very good job of playing their parts. It was convincing enough to make the story come to life. I wouldn't recommend young children under 12 watching it. It is just a scary enough movie to be a little too disturbing for younger viewers. We found it strangely enjoyable. Most films dealing with this subject matter go somewhat over the top with too much violence and disturbing imagery, but that wasn't the case in this movie. It was a a lot more believable in our opinion without being too graphic.