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Review of Cassandra

Cassandra (1987)
5/10
Great set up and mood, terrible plot
1 May 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Cassandra (Tessa Humphries) is having bizarre nightmares about her childhood, seeing a woman shoot kill herself with a shotgun. Her parents (Natalie McCurry and Shane Briant) are worried, but only because they feel Cassandra may unearth some buried family secrets. Things get worse when someone starts stalking them and the seemingly psychic Cassandra can see the murders happen in her mind. This is a frustrating Aussie horror flick from Colin Eggleston (LONG WEEKEND). Frustrating in the sense that the film has a giallo-esque style with smooth camera work and great editing, but a terrible flimsy plot. You will guess the killer and twist 20 minutes in. How? Well, there are only 5 major characters - 1 is the lead, 2 are shown being stalked, 1 is the obvious red herring, and 1 is there for no reason. I've had more suspenseful games of Clue. Also, the film has a wacky logic like when, after the first murder, neither of the parents see fit to tell the cops that Cassandra's twin brother (who is the killer) was released from a mental home just a few weeks ago. D'oh! This is made even worse when Cassandra talks to him at his job and he utters lines like, "I feel like I've known you my entire life." A real shame as this is an extremely well mounted production.
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