Barrett has a knack for finding those kitschy tones that undercut and cross over each fairly flawlessly, keeping our gaze in wonder as we await the inevitable twist. As an acclaimed screenwriter (including Seance), Barrett has crafted some of the finest thrillers of the past decade with You’re Next and The Guest. Making his feature directing debut is Simon Barrett. Let’s just say we get a bit more character depth in the final act. The remainder are plug ‘n play stock characters from any random teen thriller, yet I will reserve specific comments for this review, as to go into depth on specific characters might risk spoiling aspects of the film for the uninitiated. Inanna Sarkis, on the other hand, is given the showier role and wears her snark like battle armor, infusing her character with an abundant vitality. Camille is a reserved and enigmatic character for sure, yet the low-energy performance for the lead we are supposed to be rooting for takes a toll on the narrative as we tread water towards the conclusion. Courtesy of RLJE Films / ShudderĪs for performances, Suki Waterhouse does a fine job, though it is a bit underplayed. Who is behind it all: Camille, Alice, Kerrie’s ghost, Camille’s new crush Helina, the head mistress’s oddball son Trevor who constantly lurks around the school as a wannabe handyman, the other mean girls Yvonne, Bethany, Rosalind, or Lenora? What awaits us is a mystery meshed with a bit of paranormal happenstance and possibly…murder. When they allegedly make contact with the spirit world, and various students begin turning up missing, Seance sets its sights on a slightly tamer version of Scream for the Charmed set. The girls do absolutely no actual work before casting responsibility to the wind in order to enact yet another séance to contact Kerrie and find out what REALLY happened to her. Landry (Marina Stephenson Kerr), as the headmistress promptly sentences the lot of them to a bit of Breakfast Club detention where they are to complete a school project before release. Immediately, Camille runs headfirst into a physical altercation with the head of Edelvine’s version of The Plastics, Alice (Inanna Sarkis), as well as her cohorts. You know, the usual.Īfter the apparent suicide of Kerrie (Megan Best) immediately following one of those aforementioned pranks, Edelvine fills its vacancy by welcoming a new student in the form of Camille (Suki Waterhouse). The Edelvine Academy for Girls is just like any other prestigious school sought after by well-to-do parents lofty academic goals and rewards, mischievous students gleefully playing awful pranks on one another between classes, and the occasional propensity to find a student murdered by a vengeful spirit summoned by a random séance.
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