The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh

2012 "Faith Is Fragile."
5.1| 1h22m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 09 November 2012 Released
Producted By: Image Entertainment
Country: Canada
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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The story of Leon, an antiques collector who inherits a house from his estranged mother only to discover that she had been living in a shrine devoted to a mysterious cult. Soon, Leon comes to suspect that his mother's oppressive spirit still lingers within her home and is using items in the house to contact him with an urgent message.

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Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
foutainoflife This was so much better than I was expecting. This is was a movie that really pulled me into it. I loved that this was a nice slow burn and it is so refreshing to see a thriller/horror without a lot of cheap jump scares. It had a few moments of creepiness that was just right for making this a thriller. I held me in suspense. The actor played his part really well and even though this is a low budget movie, I only noticed a low budget "feel" a couple of times. I only have a couple gripes about it. I know that "Rosalind" is supposed to characterized as an eccentric personality but I didn't like that there was so much clutter found inside the house. I felt that they could have took some of that stuff out to open up the surroundings a bit more and it would've been just as effective. I also wasn't to crazy about the ending. I totally understood it but the way it ended left me a bit unsatisfied. I would suggest this to a friend.
mwood91 For the true horror lover who sifts through piles of gore and mediocre efforts to find those hidden gems, THIS IS ONE.It is arguably my favorite movie, forget genre.Such a beautifully told story with an inconceivable meaning and plot. So original. It is a piece of art next to other movies, such as The Conjuring, which are good in their own right, but rely on jump scares which pale in comparison to truly terrifying moments of drawn out suspense and fright of the utterly unknown. It is a study in how to use computer effects subtly, so that they are not recognizable as fake occurrences.So memorable. So many moments of awesome.....
Greg Machlin This is a very well-made, slow-burn horror/ghost story movie, but it helps to know what you're getting into. The director, Rodrigo Gudino, made his name with a very creepy six- minute short film called "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Hollow." I strongly recommend watching it here first to decide whether or not "Last Testament" is your bag:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzw8qdXCep8Watched it? Great. You'll notice it was a single-take moving shot of a still photograph, in which more and more information gets revealed and in which inanimate objects take on a horrifying creepiness, sometimes through sheer force of will of the filmmaker. "Last Will" uses similar techniques *a lot.* If you liked "Facts," you'll like the feature. If not, you almost certainly won't.There are large portions of this film that are just tracking shots over tableaux with the late Rosalind Leigh's (Vanessa Redgrave) narration, which is a great conceit for how the dead remember things. There are a few choice scares, and the movie's definitely trying to say something about grief and how we grieve for people we had complicated relationships with. But it's a very unusual film (Aaron Poole is the only actor we see, live, on screen; everyone else is either a voice on a phone or an unseen figure in a doorway or recorded on tape) with an ending that's only semi-satisfying. Your enjoyment of it depends on whether you're interested in a film that takes a lot of risks, knowing that it succeeds at a majority of the time, but not all of it. Me? I loved it, but I totally get why others don't.
homecoming8 There's nothing wrong with a story that starts out slowly with nothing happening yet. But half an hour into the movie you get the feeling that it isn't getting better at all and you're right: we our stuck with one actor in one specific location for the entire duration of this so called "ghost story". That kind of stretches it because it's slow and boring as hell without any thrills or scares. The credits show Vanessa Redgrave as second name but we only hear her voice. Another female character is only heard during phone conversations and when our main character (unknown actor, not bad but not great either and certainly not worth watching every minute) opens the door for a neighbor, (Yes ! Finally another cast member !!) we do not even get to see him. The special effects are kind of limited: we have a Holy Maria statue that opens her eyes and a very poorly executed CGI black wolf that's not scary or convincing and has no purpose at all. Watching this wretched tale end is even more disappointing, because there's no real ending. No thrills, no surprises, no closure, it just kind of stops. And when the credits finally role, you can't help wondering why cheap crap like this is still made. Who's the target audience ? I'm sure the creators weren't aware either, they were just cashing in on the hype of supernatural ghost/horror movies.