Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Leofwine_draca ANIMUS is in fact an indie reworking of Edgar Allan Poe's THE TELL-TALE HEART, here turned into a modern day revenge story with thriller aspects. As is usual for this genre of filmmaking, the general lack of available funds makes it something of an amateurish mess, although it's not without merit. The story is slow and unremarkable, but the photography is clear and the colour palette a good one. It's a pity the narrative feels so disjointed with the cod psychology failing to grab the viewer's attention. In the end, ANIMUS is a bit too arty and obtuse for its own good.

patrickconventional-34713 I Loves this film for the 80's Horror Retro take on the Edgar Allen Poe tale, so many people when re-imaging this old story, make it take place in a modern and dreary location. The set designs where literally out of this world, and the editing style made me reminisce of the 19080's horror films that I loved to watch on VHS back in the day. The story follows Edgar as he begins to unravel a mystery that is in his head and a guilt that he carries with him and the actors are awesome. The on camera talent literally pulls out all the punches here and the performances where what makes an independent film like this stand out in today's over full indie scene.

emilymcmorris I really really enjoyed this film. I am a fan of 1960's and 1970's horror film sensibilities and I think the cool thing about this picture is that there was a sort of flashback of homage to that style of filmmaking. The cast was actually shockingly good. The reason I identify the cast is because, most independent films suffer in casting when you lack the money to attain a name actor, but these actors came out of excellent theater or TV. Rick Dethlefsen's Edgar was absolutely spellbinding. The classic and vintage plot of Poe's story was re-told with brilliant success as it was adapted to a modern day small town America. I am eager to see more from the director.

Claudio Carvalho When Jonathan (Axel Harney) kills his girlfriend and cuts her body in pieces, her father Edgar (Rick Dethlefsen) becomes obsessed to revenge his beloved only daughter. He seeks out Jonathan at his father real estate in an isolated area and when he finds the man hidden in the barn, he commits suicide hanging himself. Edgar has nightmares and listens to Jonathan'voice, affecting his personal life. He decides to revenge the death of his daughter killing Jonathan's father Mr. Nelson (Bruce Spielbauer); however his colleague and friend Caroline (Dana Blackstone) feels that Edgar is becoming deranged and follows him. They stop their cars on the road and Edgar kills Caroline. Then he breaks in Mr. Nelson's house and kills him. Then he cuts his body in pieces and hides them beneath the floor. Out of the blue, two police officers arrive at Mr. Nelson's house and interrogate Edgar about the whereabouts of the owner. What will Edgar do? "Animus: The Tell-Tale Heart" is a lame tale of revenge, madness and murder. The flawed plot is boring and I have unsuccessfully tried to watch this film since last Tueday, but I slept all these days. Today I have finally succeeded in watching but I regret. The story is annoying; the direction and performances are bad; the edition is irritating. My vote is two.Title (Brazil): "Busca de Vingança" ("Seeking Revenge")