This is the biggest weakness in the film. The script lacks any kind of sharpness or hook. The films uses tropes we’ve seen many times before and it’s easy to follow along. ![]() The girls must work together to find out who is picking them off, one by one. ![]() The film pivots and to becomes a slasher/murder mystery with supernatural elements. But they have little impact on the story, as it turns out. Camille encounters strange phenomena from her very first night. Séance starts as a haunted, boarding school film. The girls perform a séance in the school basement. Camille has her own agenda and secrets, although weakly developed in the film. She comes with a strong backbone and grit. In a familiar cliché of new girl versus popular girls, Camille becomes their newest target, The newcomer, however, proves to be a tougher target than expected. They prank and tease each other as an outlet for their boredom. Alice leads a gang of bored and over-privileged teenagers, stuck within the walls of a boarding school. She is the bitchy spokesperson for the group. Alice, performed by Inanna Sarkis, rudely bullies Camille for their favorite lunch table, along with the other main characters. On her first day, Camille crosses path with the snobby clique of girls who conducted the doomed séance. Upper left, Ella-Rae Smith and to the right, Suki Waterhouse. From lower left to right, Djouliet Amara, Madisen Beaty, Inanna Sarkis and Stephanie Sy. As a result, Camille takes the open slot and joins the elite female student body. The incident happened minutes after her school mates conducted a prank séance. This chance comes up when a previous student falls to her death from the dormitory window. Synopsis:Ĭamille, played by Suki Waterhouse ( The Bad Batch), nabs an opportunity to enroll in a very selective and prestigious boarding school, Fairfield Academy. It hits all the expected beats, but with little effect and just manages to lead you through the story adequately. In his first feature directorial project, Séance, Barrett takes on a boarding school horror film that doesn’t pan out as strongly as his previous projects. His most notable works include You’re Next (2011) and The Guest (2014). Simon Barrett became a favorite of the festival circuit as a screenwriter. This is Barrett’s feature length directorial debut. RLJE Films will release Barrett's Seance in select theaters + on VOD starting May 21st this summer season.Cinema Scholars’ presents a reviews of Séance, the 2021 supernatural slasher by Simon Barrett. Produced by Russell Ackerman, Isaac Clements, Tomas Deckaj, & John Schoenfelder. Seance is both written and directed by the American writer / filmmaker Simon Barrett, making his feature directorial debut after directing the "Tape 49" segment of V/H/S 2 he has previously written the scripts for many films including A Horrible Way to Die, You're Next, The Guest, Blair Witch, Temple. But before morning, one of the girls is dead, leaving the others wondering what they may have awakened. Soon after her arrival, six girls invite her to join them in a late-night ritual, calling forth the spirit of a dead former student who reportedly haunts their halls. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Simon Barrett's Seance, direct from YouTube:Ĭamille Meadows is the new girl at the prestigious Edelvine Academy for Girls. I was expecting this to look better than it does, it's not so scary. Starring Suki Waterhouse, Madisen Beaty, Ella-Rae Smith, Inanna Sarkis, Seamus Patterson, and Marina Stephenson-Kerr. This seems like a much darker, supernatural twist on The Craft, or maybe it's something else. Soon after her arrival, six girls invite her to join them in a late-night ritual, calling forth the spirit of a dead former student who haunts their halls. Camille is the new girl at the prestigious Edelvine Academy for Girls. If you're sensitive, you can pick up on it…" RLJE Films has released an official trailer for an indie horror film called Seance, marking the feature directorial debut of writer Simon Barrett (of You're Next, The Guest). "If someone dies in a bad way, the energy imprints on the surroundings.
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