The Child Remains strives to be a unique amalgamation of horror themes, however, it ultimately results in a confounded muddling through mismatched generic set pieces.
The Child Remains
Canada · 2017
1h 47m
Director Michael Melski
Starring Suzanne Clément, Allan Hawco, Shelley Thompson, Géza Kovács
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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An expectant couple's intimate weekend turns to terror as they discover their secluded country inn is a haunted maternity home where infants and mothers were murdered.
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Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
A pair of superb performances — from Suzanne Clément as a traumatized pregnant journalist and from Shelley Thompson as a suspiciously solicitous B&B proprietor — can’t overcome an excess of premise in “The Child Remains,” a well-made Canadian gothic horror film that just has too much on its mind.
Dementedly written, and directed as though it was under the influence of something stronger than cough syrup.
The too-obvious/too-slow “Remains” doesn’t frighten, doesn’t engross and doesn’t remain on the memory much past the closing credits.
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