Nothing Left to Fear (2013)

Dan (James Tupper), his wife Wendy (Anne Heche), and their three kids; Rebecca (Rebekah Brandes), Mary (Jennifer Stone), and Christopher (Carter Cabassa) move to the rural town of Stull, Kansas. Dan is the new pastor joining Pastor Kingsman (Clancy Brown). Noah (Ethan Peck) is taken with Rebecca and then strange things happen.For the first half, there are some things happening. None of it is scary. They are not creepy. They are at best functional horror tropes. The biggest issue is that nothing happens for a long time. The little bits of something are really nothing. Brandes is a little old to play a teen. Nobody in the family is that compelling. The horror only starts after the midway point and it's too late by then. Despite having Clancy Brown, even the scary parts are nothing. This is really a nothing horror. There is a structural loop around the story which could have been interesting but there is nothing connected to the loop. It all starts with the lust at first sight. He's too creepy for that. The only possible good part is still a nothing.

A pastor moves him and his family to a small town to pastor over a church where the existing pastor is retiring. Right away we see the town has a hidden agenda for the family as things aren't always as they seem. Its one of those films where everybody looks guilty of something or they want to tell you something but can't.I thought it seemed like Blood On Satan's Claw meets The Grudge. I was getting right into this one and then boom they start ripping off one Japanese horror film after the other. They first rip off Grave Encounters stretched mouths then Pulse, Grudge, Ringu, Hair Extensions and a few others. It was cool when the thing touched someone they become instantly a mummified corpse which again is ripped from something I just can't think of right now.Mediocre flick at best. Anne Heche does decent job. The only thing left to fear is a sequel.

This is probably a film would make a passable 'first horror' film for a teenager ... however as a thirty something I found it dull, facile and utterly boring. If you like a film with some sort of pace - this is certainly not the film for you. It's a shame as the cast seems promising and the premise is actually quite interesting. The main issue this film has is it is sloooooow to the point of being a cure for insomnia. I'm assuming the idea was to give the viewer plenty of 'getting to know you' room with the characters so we really really care about them, get invested in them. Yeah -that doesn't happen here. All that happens is you find yourself watching the clock waiting to see how long it is before it ends. Adding to that is lacklustre cinematography, dull scripts and painful to watch teen led drama and all in all this film is a fail.

I am not usually someone to write anything but this time I had to warn you guys. This movie was a huge waste of time and I would like to help people save that time for better movies. The plot was very slow, lots of stupid things that did not make sense. Acting was horrible. I would not recommend that movie to people who watched all movies ever created and that one was the last in their collection before they passed away... Sorry for the harsh review but I just hated it. The trailer was great, the movie disappointed BIG time. I was hoping to get a seriously scary movie, I love the adrenaline. Nothing left to fear gave me zero fear. I am so glad I did not waste my money to see this in a cinema.