Directed by Christopher Alender
Cristina, a journalist of Mexican origin, travels to her ancestral home in Veracruz to investigate a story of sorcery and healing. There, she is kidnapped by a group of locals who claim she's the devil incarnated.
Ritos Ancestrais, Las formas antiguas, Eski Yollar, Raízes Macabras, 驱魔古法, Древние ритуалы, 디 올드 웨이즈, Dawne rytuały, Nghi Lễ Cổ Xưa, 古祭, המנהגים הישנים, Dávné rituály, Старі обряди, Régi hagyományok, Las Formas Antiguas, วิถีหลอน ดับวิญญาณ, 特權之惡
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It started out really good, but I wish it was longer and more detailed. I do not think the main girl was very great at acting. Her acting wasn't believable. Left loose ends.
Coming into this movie, I didn't know what to expect. Due to Repo's good rating and review, I was very intrigued.
To be fair, this film does a really good job of blending the conventional tropes with some fresh twists and turns. For instance, the exocism has less of a religious connotation and adheres more to the culture. It's less about God and more about identity, about people leaving their villages and their customs and embracing them, departing from who they really are (in this case due to trauma) and how this eventually comes to haunt and literally possess you.
Having all of this taking place in one place was for the most part well used, although I felt the…
Who can resist a movie poster thumbnail like this one? I'd like to think no horror fan can.
Another Netflix horror flick that is frankly pretty damn good. That's about 4-5 in a row in the last month, which has to be a record for any streaming originals. This also makes me realize that I rated Demonic way too high.
The Old Ways is a solid debut from newly minted horror director Christopher Alender, whose previous claim to fame was a few Muppets shows. He delivers a compelling possession story with some decent body horror, all wrapped in Mexican-Aztec folklore. And a veteran filmmaker like Neil Blomkamp gets a chance to direct again and it's frankly dog shit in comparison…
that goat’s milk be hitting different huh
Sadly pretty underwhelming possession/bruja horror; inconsistent, derivative, predictable and illogical, just too damn many distracting flaws 😐
I'd rather recommend to watch The Shrine or Impetigore: similar story, much better execution 🧐
Well good. Little bit of slowness at the start, but once we all believe the show can begin, and when it does it's a beaut.
Get these girls setup with an excorcism series. They've got the book, and they've got the look, the old ways look.
Want this poster a lot.
This was good I was surprised, felt fresh for a possession story.. It’s genuinely creepy and intriguing with some excellent effects and humorous at times too. I definitely reccomend it 👍🏼☠️😈 my negatives would be it’s a little repetitive at times, parts of the story aren’t fleshed out completely and feels too polished looking .. But I still say check it out if your interested, way more good than bad here .. and what a cool poster eh 👻
Such wasted potential. I had no idea what story they were trying to tell, but unfortunately that lead performance was very distracting. The no sabo Spanish was killing me
I wonder if this is getting a pass and being mistaken as "elevated horror" because it's about the roots of a culture not often shown in film, and that unique representation may help some ignore that it's the same scratchy, contorting possession bullshit with lame grossout horror that the movie doesn't even have the convications to sticking with, oftentimes pulling back as a vision, that all of these painfully derivative horror movies deliver
The poster > the movie
Current LB poster is so damn cool! The film itself is just decent. Typical exorcism/demonic possession setup only this time its set in a small Mexican village and there's a bruja instead of a priest doing the exorcism. The small cast was solid. The practical effects were decentish. The body horror elements were efficient. The demon looked kinda cool but was barely seen. Once the demon was revealed, it was destroyed way to easily.
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“Now, how about some milk?”
Basic moral of the story here, you do not want to get possessed by a demon if you’re lactose intolerant.
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