Amulet (2020)
2.6 of 5 from 59 ratings
1h 39min
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- Synopsis:
- Following an accident that leaves him homeless in London, former soldier Tomaz (Alec Secareanu) is brought to the rotting home of Magda (Carla Juri), a lonely woman in desperate need of help as she looks after her dying mother. Though at first resistant, Magda eventually welcomes him into their lives and allows him to help her care for them. But as he worms his way into their routine and begins to fall for Magda, Tomaz starts to notice strange, unexplainable, and ugly phenomena. Something seems very wrong with the mysterious old woman who never leaves the top floor, and Magda may in fact be enslaved to do her otherworldly bidding.
- Actors:
- Carla Juri, Alec Secareanu, Imelda Staunton, Anah Ruddin, Angeliki Papoulia, Elowen Harris, Joseph Akubeze, Jacqueline Roberts, Yonah Odoom, Perry Jaques, Charlotte Chiew, William E. Lester, Tom Bennett, Louis Jay Jordan, Paul O'Kelly, Amanda Quach
- Directors:
- Romola Garai
- Genres:
- Horror, Thrillers
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Reviews (1) of Amulet
Chilling - Amulet review by sb
Been after a copy of this for ages as it got a very limited release but spotted it as part of the Prime BFI Player subscription - so was it worth the wait? - too bloody right it was.
A real slow burning atmospheric chiller has Tomaz (Secaraueau) a migrant worker in London who we learn in lenthy flashbacks was a soldier in an unnamed European war who undertook a good deed only for it to spiral out if control leaving him wracked with guilt.
The hostel he is living in gets burnt down and he is taken in by a kindly nun (Staunton) who places him with Magda (Juri)as a general handyman as she is looking after her termenially ill mother who lives in the attic.
It soon becomes apparant that there is more going on than at first appears...
That is all I am going to say as you need to experience the rest for yourself - as mentioned it takes its time to build the atmosphere but stick with it as its well worth the payoff.
Excellent cast with a growing sense of dread that can only end one way - 4/5
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