As an indie feature, BAOBHAN SITH is a real dud. It's posited as a comedy horror set on a rural island off the coast of Scotland which is said to be cursed. Some women try to break said curse. This literally feels like a bunch of middle-aged women travelling to a tourist destination and shooting some random clips with their video camera. The bit with the woman jumping up at the window for ages is undoubtedly the low point here, but there's zero reason to tune in and no reason at all why this was released as a 'proper' film. I cringed.
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Slow-moving home movie style
Dezi9r30 January 2021
This film is so overall terribly lit, it is difficult to watch. Hot spots on all the characters faces and awful flare. The acting is marginal and there's odd fiddle music that hums through most of the scenes in the background. Odd collection of creative work. Dialogue is slow and the camera work looks like done with a hand-held VHS practically.
Babvanshee
trevormfenning25 February 2023
Baobhan Sith (pronounced "Babvanshee" is an off-the-wall comedy horror film with a home-made feel or a student project that cost perhaps £50 to make - not unlike Monty Python and the Holy Grail perhaps, or Father Ted, or Carry on Screaming, or even Dark Star, where it is the very amateurishness of the production that makes it work.
Initially this creates an amateur-Panto feel, which I assume is deliberate, but the film has a quietly understated humour that steadily grows on you. I should add that the second half is better than the first, so stick with it.
In summary, Baobhan Sith is a real hoot and has the makings of a cult movie. A real winner, but possibly not to everyone's taste.
I'm not 100% sure where it was filmed, but I recognised the (now demolished) chimneys of the old Longniddry power station just outside Edinburgh and Bass Rock just off the coast, but I'm curious where the house itself is.
Initially this creates an amateur-Panto feel, which I assume is deliberate, but the film has a quietly understated humour that steadily grows on you. I should add that the second half is better than the first, so stick with it.
In summary, Baobhan Sith is a real hoot and has the makings of a cult movie. A real winner, but possibly not to everyone's taste.
I'm not 100% sure where it was filmed, but I recognised the (now demolished) chimneys of the old Longniddry power station just outside Edinburgh and Bass Rock just off the coast, but I'm curious where the house itself is.
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