White Settlers (2015)
Young urban couple Ed and Sarah are set to begin a new life when they move from London into an isolated borders Scottish farmhouse. After falling in love with the 19th century Castle Farm and seeing its potential as a fixer-upper they are anxious to get started on the renovations. In bed on their first night Sarah thinks she can hear noises in the darkness but Ed is disbelieving saying it’s her imagination playing tricks. Persisting in her fear they are not alone in the house, she forces Ed to investigate. When he doesn’t return after a scarily long period, she goes downstairs to investigate only to be confronted by a welcoming committee of masked intruders. As she desperately searches for Ed, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues with the mysterious assailants. But what do they want and what horrors do they have planned for the two newcomers?
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It wasn't the best movie ive ever seen but it wasnt that bad. People complain about the end but that can be left for your own thoughts. Acting wasnt bad at all.
Two unlikeable Londoners decide to relocate to Scotland. They're shown a house by an estate agent with a Hollywood Scottish accent - presumably because no Scottish actors are available to play Scottish parts - and decide to buy it.On the day they move in, the female lead (who else?) fuses all the lights while trying to wire a plug, and then begins their terrorisation by Scots in animal masks, whose visceral hatred of the English doesn't appear to need any explanation.If you're still sitting comfortably after these helpings of sexism and racism, you're then treated to an extended chase sequence; about two thirds of the movie's' running time. Just to rub in the low intelligence of the female lead, having killed off one of the attackers, she only stuns the next one, then drops a knife on the floor beside his hand, while standing above him looking the other way. That never ends well.Nor does the film: Having spent the night pursuing and torturing the English invaders, the attackers finally close in on them, and the movie cuts to the pair of them lying outside a Manchester tram station, with bemused onlookers. Meanwhile, back at the house, the attackers have scrubbed up, doffed their animal masks and are throwing a party, the suggestion being that everyone lives happily ever after.Because the victims wouldn't tell the police or anything would they?I've never liked the statement "Based on real events" in movie intros, as it's never clear to what extent. In this case I can only imagine that it's based on the real life event of two people driving to Scotland, as everything else presented here is completely implausible.
WHITE SETTLERS is a low grade British horror flick in the same vein as something like THEM (aka ILS) or THE STRANGERS. The plot sees genre regular Pollyanna McIntosh and her husband relocating to Scotland, where they soon run afoul of some pig mask wearing locals who want them gone. The first half of the film is all atmosphere and set-up, which isn't too shabby, while the second half turns into your usual low budget single extended set-piece action-dominated scenario with the main characters attempting to escape from the odds stacked agianst them. I've liked McIntosh in both HAPP & LEONARD and THE WALKING DEAD and she impresses here too, even though the film is pretty predictable and unremarkable in equal measure.
Yet another predictable, been done a thousand times, no story, no depth pile of rubbish. I am so sick of these films, like I say, been done a thousand times before already and soooooo much better. Utterly pointless film, you'll figure it out in the first five minutes and don't sit there hoping for any 'surprises' there aren't any. Ridiculous ending, actually, the film is just full of holes. I endured it to the end and it was then I decided to write this review, I want to save others from the pain!!!!!Don't waste your time watching it, watching paint dry is more entertaining.