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(2009)
Directed by Owen Carey Jones
Starring Rebecca Pitkin, Pietro Herrera, Amber Hodgkiss, Julia Curle, Laura O’Donoughue, Steve Murphy, Steve Smith, Luke Dickson, Kristy Bruce, Thomas Frere

Usually when we get a low budget or independent film, it’s the acting that has us crawling the walls. But we have been trying to be a little more forgiving with this and try to focus on the movie itself, such as the story and the way the film was made. Which brings us to THE SPELL, a new occult thriller “based on true, documented events”.

Well, the word “thriller” is not one that I would use to describe this movie. In fact, the word “story” is not a word I would use either. I was amazed at the sheer lack of a overall plot here. The movie starts out leading the viewer that the story is going one way, but then never goes anywhere. We have a few different sort of plots going on, with none of them every really being flushed out or given any sort of detail. So what we have is a mish-mash of a few different ideas that never come together in any sort of an in-coherent storyline. With themes of witchcraft, black magic, and the power of God and the church all come into play, but not one of them are ever given any explanation to if any of these conditions have really have anything to do with the main character.

Rebecca Pitkin stars as Jenny, who has gone back and forth between her divorced parents, living with each of them until she’s not wanted anymore. Even with her troubled upbringing, she does not come across with a character that we are going to like or even empathize with. So when she starts to either go crazy, become possessed, or is haunted by a spell that was cast, we just don’t car.

Bad movies can even be entertaining. Even the ones with the lowest budget and lack of talent possible can create something so bad that at least it can make you laugh. But a film that is worse is one that is just plain boring and dull. And that is what you have with THE SPELL.