I think we can all agree that whether you liked the movie or you didnt, the blair witch project had lasting effects on horror movies and what a small group of people with a couple of good ideas can do on an incredibly small budget. Newlyweds molly and tim move into molly s deceased fathers house in the countryside. Of course, molly s loved ones and us as the viewer have no idea if her ghostdad not played by bill cosby is even really there at all. The film follows molly gretchen lodge and her husband tim johnny lewis as they move into molly s fathers house. Soon, she experiences unnerving and impossible things.
Its incredibly well directed, acted, scored and written. Lovely molly keeps the tradition going with plenty of pizazz and intrigue. Nothing, its just there because the house needs it. Goodlookin joanie just wouldnt have the same ominous ring to it. Tessa says thats a kids game, but molly explains not the way that they play. An exaddict with a deeply troubled past, molly is strong in her new life of recovery.
Whatever happened, she says in a quivering voice, it wasnt me. The movie opens with the molly pressing a knife to her own throat as a home video camera rolls. The genres of the film, lovely molly, are drama and horror. Mar 08, 20 molly s behaviour became erratic, killing people and hurting her husband if you remember at some time in the movie and during the night molly was walking inside the house and when she was about to go inside this weird room she stopped before going inside, from then on she wasnt the same person. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. It follows a girl who is murdered and watches over her. She shivers and shakes, ready to make her confession. The horse element is never fully explained, though, which makes it all. Lovely molly is a film that i knew absolutely nothing about, beyond the fact that it existed, and was directed by eduardo sanchez, director of the blair witch project.
Sep 11, 2012 unfortunately, not everything in lovely molly works. The film initially had a working title of the possession but was later changed to lovely molly. Lovely molly was a striving, expertly crafted, dread filled, frightening and moving film. Sep 14, 2015 the trailer scared the crap out of me, so im thinking going in, i am not going to be able to handle this movie. The traumatic horror of lovely molly by chris evangelista molly stares into the camera, a woman undone, with bleary eyes close to the color of the red rec icon tucked away in the top right of the screen. Lovely molly seems to suggest that through rehabilitation and her confrontation of her fathers sexual abuse, molly is made worse rather than better. Newlywed molly moves into her deceased fathers house in the countryside, where painful memories soon begin to haunt her. I cant say that i would recommend lovely molly to the casual viewer. When newlywed molly reynolds returns to her longabandoned family home. Lovely molly, directed by eduardo sanchez and starring gretchen lodge, alexandra holden and johnny lewis, reveals a horrific but predictable story.
Lovely molly nude scenes 12 images and 5 videos including appearances from gretchen lodge. Aside from a few cheap jump scares near the beginning, lovely molly is treated like a highclass horror film with deep shadows and stark contrasts. However, when hannah says that, the film pulls another. Im going to be honest, i dont know if i really liked it or not. Theyve moved in to molly s deceased parents house out in the country. Molly asks her where the craziest place she ever had sex was. Oct 29, 2012 lovely molly, the new film for the codirector of blair witch, tries to buck the trend by merging both foundfootagefilmed footage, with the normal movie narrative. Sep 10, 2012 posts about lovely molly explained written by grimmsq. What does the horse head mean in the movie lovely molly. This is basically the debut of the unknown gretchen lodge and she delivers a topnotch performance.
Everything you need to know about lovely molly movie 2012. It loses a bit of traction for us with some of its later plot elements, but even with those faults that irked us so much, this movie is one that we really dug. It displayed a stand out performance by gretchen lodge and it stayed with me long after it was over. Its revealed that after molly and hannahs mother died, their father changed for the worse. Lovely molly had a quiet release and didnt get much attention, even within the horror community, but it remains a fascinating character study. Her behavior start to change pretty quick to get violent, in attacking her husband. The film follows molly gretchen lodge and her husband tim johnny lewis as they move into mollys fathers house. Filming for lovely molly began in late 2010 in hagerstown, maryland, with dahlgren chapel being one of the locations filmed soundtrack.
With gretchen lodge, johnny lewis, alexandra holden, field blauvelt. The movie as a whole was just so amazing, and definitely one of the best horror films of the last twenty years, definitely of the past decade. The title track lovely molly is an arrangement of the folk song courting is a pleasure roud 454, a. The film essentially focuses on molly gretchen lodge and her terrifying descent into a complete and mortifying breakdown. Of course, being that it is a horror film, blood must be shed and. Theyve moved in to mollys deceased parents house out in the country. Sam lee performs lovely molly at the bbc folk awards bbc. As a horror movie fan who prefers his movies as dark as possible, and preferably laughfree, the overall bleakness of lovely molly is definitely. Lovely molly is a disaster or a movie on all levels. Lovely molly is a 2012 horror film directed by eduardo sanchez.
Starting off 2017 with a movie thats been requested quite a few times. Lovely molly takes up where blair witch project left. Ill admit that its more of a whileitlasts type experience than a film that delivers substantial payoff, but it hits. Starting out as a psychological thriller heavily inspired by roman polanskis repulsion, its subject matter including child abuse and drug addiction makes for an unsettling character study of a young womans repressed memories taking over. Jan 15, 2017 starting off 2017 with a movie thats been requested quite a few times. There are plenty of tense, scary moments that would make anyone jump, but the narrative is jumbled, and there is no real conclusion to the story. The rest of the movie features scenes of only molly seeing the ghostly father and her running from or getting attacked by him. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing lovely molly near you. Lovely molly was released in 2012 on friday, may 18, 2012 in limited movie theaters. The horror genre ends up rearing its ugly head in eduardo sanchezs lovely molly.
I would think having ones name so closely associated with the movie that sparked an. Lovely molly is an exercise in claustrophobic tension and psychological terror from the. Molly is a 1999 romantic comedydrama film about a 28yearold woman with autism who comes into the custody of her neurotic executive brother. Maybe youre one of those movie goers that like tripping, confusing, is it all in their head. Molly suggests that they play a game of truth or dare.
It will definitely freak you out in places, but it remains a mostly unsatisfying story with a lot of promise and no followthrough. I have just watched a uk 15 certificate release of the movie lovely molly after initially watching a version from an online renting company the scene where molly leaves the house at the end was totally different in the 15cert version i bought can someone please explain. In addition, the film is reacted r because it has some graphic sexual content and there is some violence in the film. Therefore, initially, observers unfamiliar with sanchez and his cinematic philosophy may find lovely molly more confusing than frightening. Richly exploring the parallels between psychosis, addiction and demonic possession, lovely molly is a gripping look at how the traumas of the past come back to haunt us. Lovely molly is an ambiguous horror movie where it is not clear whether molly is possessed by the evil spirit of her abusive father or whether she is mentally ill, after an incident with tim and a neighbor a couple of days after her birthday. The movie is pretty creepy throughout, but the last 25 minutes is where it really builds and gets scary. Whats happening to molly can either be explained as an actual supernatural attack, or mental illness. After festival screenings, and an extremely limited theatrical run, opinions varied greatly. May 19, 2012 in the horror thriller lovely molly, a happy newlywed named molly gretchen lodge returns to her longabandoned family home with her new husband johnny lewis, only to find frightful reminders. The way the story is told is if it were one of those dreadful lost footage movies. Recently married to tim johnny lewis, the couple moves back into molly s rural home where she grew up. Tessa is noticeably uncomfortable and asks to pass, and molly picks up on it. She kidnaps and kills the daughter as revenge, and kills her husband for the same reason.
Contains strong language, sexual scenes, violence and gore. The film follows the mental downfall of lovely molly after a postmarital return to her childhood home. Lovely molly had its world premiere to critical acclaim at the 2011 toronto international film festivals midnight madness and had its u. The plot follows newlyweds molly and tim as they move into the brides childhood home, where painful memories soon begin to haunt molly. In the house lies an evil force that will pull molly and all those around her into darkness and death.
Lovely molly is the latest movie from director eduardo sanchez of the blair witch project and, like that film, relies heavily on found footage. Newlyweds molly gretchen lodge and her trucker husband tim johnny lewis move into mollys now deceased parents old house. Jace asks tessa truth or dare, to which she chooses truth. If im not feeling generous its a mess of a film that tries to be clever by leaving the audience guessing as to whether events are genuinely the result of supernatural activity or the imaginings of a. Dont forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share. Lovely molly is a portrait of either spiraling madness or a haunting, and it deftly handles the slow erosion of its title characters consciousness. I just watched lovely molly and would to discuss some. Having recently conquered her heroin addiction, pretty and strongwilled molly gretchen lodge marries hardworking truck driver tim johnny lewis. I lost my shit when molly walked out of her house and that ghost thing hugged her i get freaked out thinking about it as i type this. She getting married and move back into her parents home. Its somewhat formless plot structure and somnambulant pace makes its 90minute duration seem much longer than it is, and it could be argued that sanchez stretches his genre ambiguity out a little too far, serving up a conclusion which leaves too many plot threads dangling to truly satisfy. And i thought the horse head photo album at the end was quite haunting. This is basically a pov movie filmed in mostly in third person perspective with some bits of pov.
Lovely molly is a solid and engaging flick that does most things right for most of its running time. The film was directed by john duigan and written by dick christie of small wonder fame, and stars elisabeth shue as the title character, aaron eckhart as her older brother, and jill hennessy. Aug 19, 2012 lovely molly is a solid and engaging flick that does most things right for most of its running time. Unlike blair witch, lovely molly is not purely a found footage film but. Lovely molly is determined to remain ambiguous, but the title says it all. Lovely molly as film is entirely hinged on the performance of its leading lady. This movie was amazing, and robert eggers is definitely a guy who works hard at his craft. Posts about lovely molly explained written by grimmsq. The lovely bones is a 2009 supernatural thriller drama film directed by peter jackson, and starring mark wahlberg, rachel weisz, susan sarandon, stanley tucci, michael imperioli, and saoirse ronan. The fathers head covered with horse pictures, the horse plaque or whatever she. Yes, lovely bones was based on a true storyevents i directly came face to face with the killer and he was sentenced to the death penalty susie the person that played her was named roberta.
Lizzie higgins sang this song as lovely molly to bill leader in his home in camden town, london, on 5 january 1968. Sep 10, 2012 lovely molly is if im feeling generous a tense psychological horror drama with an original perspective and disturbing finale. Unfortunately, not everything in lovely molly works. Her husband tim is a truck driver and while hes away she starts seeing things and hearing things that she cant explain.
And then the first twothirds arent really all that bad, so im thinking, wow, this is ok, and then the last third is some scary shit. Gretchen lodge, does a superb job as molly, going from sweet and gentle at the beginning of film, before tumbling down the rabbit hole into a dark despair. Gretchen lodge in lovely molly 2011 lovely molly 2011 gretchen lodge in lovely molly. Lovely molly manages to do this in its few death scenes. The score for lovely molly was composed by the chicagobased postrock band tortoise, and recorded at john mcentires soma electronic music studios. A supernatural presence menaces a newlywed couple after they move into the wifes childhood home.
So i watched lovely molly for a second time a couple nights ago. Furthermore, the film goes so far as to characterize her as a product of this violent and sexual upbringing. There were 14 other movies released on the same date, including battleship, what to expect when youre expecting and hysteria. New lovely molly trailer online movies empire image. This recording was released in 1969 on her topic album of scots songs and ballads, princess of the thistle, and was included in 1998 on the topic anthology come all my lads that follow the plough the voice of the people volume 5. So far, the film follows a very standard line of pop psychology to explain its troubled lead. Perfect booty teen slut begs for creampie molly pills buttplug sex cute millennial girlfriend fucks lucky boyfriend pov 1080p 10 min molly pills 776. The country that the film was filmed in was the united states, and so. Jun 01, 2012 in some cases, entire storylines seem like either a dream or just woefully underexplained or overedited. Lovely molly marks her film debut, so i hope to see her popping up in more things going forward. With the fact that sanchez codirected the blair witch project in mind, i felt another foundfootage film was something of an odd choice. Jan 01, 20 if so, i am assuming you liked lovely molly. Basically, a recovering drug addict molly and her new husband move into her parents old house. But lovely molly harkens back to the film that made sanchez a filmmaker to.
Molly s behaviour became erratic, killing people and hurting her husband if you remember at some time in the movie and during the night molly was walking inside the house and when she was about to go inside this weird room she stopped before going inside, from. As early hints give way to irrefutable evidence that evil lurks in the childhood home of the title character in lovely molly, a. But not long after they move in molly starts getting haunted by forgotten memories, or so she thought. They start a new life together in the home molly grew up in, and everything seems idyllic until strange sounds begin emanating from deep in the house and something starts to set off their hightech. So my question is what was the deal with the horses. The screenplay by fran walsh, philippa boyens, and jackson was based on alice sebolds awardwinning and bestselling 2002 novel of the same name. I just watched lovely molly and would to discuss some things. At best it would have made a good short if filmed in pov because thats what this director likes. There are scenes throughout the movie where you watch the neighbor and her kids. The film is grounded in its uncertainty, and therefore the body count is significantly less than its. Lovely molly is an exercise in claustrophobic tension and psychological terror from the blair witch project newlyweds tim and molly move in to mollys childhood home after the death of her parents, but the demons from the past return to haunt her as she spirals back in to drugs and paranoia. Dec 08, 2012 there are scenes throughout the movie where you watch the neighbor and her kids. Lovely molly is a gripping horror thriller that begins as newlywed molly reynolds moves back into her longabandoned childhood home. A former addict begins to have strange episodes after moving into her childhood home.
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