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The Lodgers (film review) *contains spoilers*

Film: The Lodgers Year: 2017 Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance Directed By: Brian O'Malley Starring: Charlotte Vega, David Bradley, Eugene Simon About: Twin siblings live under a curse in their ancestral home, but one of them is tempted to defy the house rules, angering the spirits keeping them hostage. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltIcW2xMuzs My Review: Wanting to see a horror film in which I hadn't seen before and something that wasn't from America as a lot of horror movies I see are I couldn't resist but to see The Lodgers . The film is about a girl who is trapped into her house with her brother after the house keeps talking to them and their parents die. Not wanting to be there anymore the girl decides she wants to leave but the house has other ideas. I thought that this film seemed familiar to me as in I had seen something similar before however this didn't take away from the movie for me. I liked how the girl reached out and really tri...

Tau (film review)

Film: Tau Year: 2018 Genre: Sci-fi, Thriller Directed By: Federico D'Alessandro Starring: Maika Monroe, Ed Skrein, Gary Oldman About:  A woman is held captive by a scientist in a futuristic smart house, and hopes to escape by reasoning with the Artificial Intelligence that controls the house. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9nrBkQ2YBo My Review: Having heard a lot of things about Tau and having been drawn to it on Netflix I finally gave in and decided to give it a watch and see if it was as good or bad as people were telling me it was. Not knowing Gary Oldman was in this movie till afterwards was a great surprise for me as well as he is one of my favourite actors of all time. Tau is about a man who abducts a girl called Julia to try and get information out of her by doing tests for him. However, as Julia starts talking to Tau the AI in the household she starts to teach him about the world as well as right and wrong, but will she be able to get out of th...