The Chosen (2015)

The Worst Film Ever

Sadly Over-hyped

Absolutely the worst movie.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

When I found "The Chosen" I had no knowledge about it at all. I didn't know who starred in it or what it was about. I just happened to find it in the horror section. And being a horror fan I needed very little persuasion in order to pick it up and give it a go.I must say that I found the story to be rather interesting. It was a good story concept and there were some rather twisted and disturbing elements to it, such as having to sacrifice your own family members in order for a single person to remain alive and having to pick out which ones to sacrifice. It should be said that the story was rather predictable, so don't expect any curve balls here.The acting in the movie was adequate, although I wasn't familiar with anyone on the cast list. Which, in itself, is a plus for me, because I like watching new acting talents in movies.For a horror movie that involved a hellish entity, then it was a movie that was rather scarce on special effects. Sure, there were special effects and CGI in the movie, just used in moderation. Which was a shame, because it felt like it held the movie back.The movie was in overall adequate, but at times it felt a bit forced and rigid at times. Whether that was because of the director or the writers I do not know. But it was an enjoyable enough movie for what it turned out to be.As for the ending of the movie, well it made very little sense to me, so I guess that whatever the writers were aiming at was lost on me.All in all, "The Chosen" scores 5 out of 10 stars from me.

Another flick that picks in on the genre that is so popular nowadays. The possession. Here we do have a daughter being possessed by a demon only to be exorcised by killing people with the same bloodline.So far so good and the acting was mediocre so on that part i didn't had any problems but it's the CGI effects used that made it a low profile flick. The demon appears in some kind of cloud to attack it's pray. The cloud is done CGI and isn't believable. To summon the demon they have to put a sign on the chosen body with blood. The problem is that the blood used didn't look like blood, way too red. There's nothing scary and the atmosphere build with the grandfather in his wheelchair is a bit lame. Still, it's watchable but once the end credits are running you are already forgotten this flick. Are you the chosen one to watch it?Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 1/5 Story 1,5/5 Comedy 0/5

A curse occurs in a family where everyone's age looks misleadingly too young or too old. It's one of the strange things about The Chosen, the leads seem very young for their characters who are playing the uncle and mother although they're more fitting as siblings. Furthermore, the brief jump scares occasionally turn into unintentional comedy with stiff acting and awkward scenes as though these events are pranks gone wrong instead of genuine haunting.To its credit, the setup for the premise is decent. It's a more unique twist of the usual possession plot. There's a good use of family bond here, the two leads can at least produce on-screen platonic relationships. It's definitely aimed towards the younger audience who can relate more. However, the acting isn't superb all around, thus more character it tries to introduce the more they become like strangers bumping into each other.Any attempt at horror quickly fades. The sudden pop up of random lady or the child staring bizarrely only makes it uncomfortably odd, far from creepy. Later on it relies on cheesy CG and unconvincing practical effects that utter hamper the tension. Drama between the characters is inconsistent, the development sometimes happens too sudden or just inexplicably arbitrary.It's a missed opportunity since there's a good foundation for horror here, but with such shoddy presentation The Chosen is devoid of any thrill.

I have no idea why this managed to score a 7.1 out of 10. How very misleading.The acting is terrible. The story is driven forward mercilessly by a plot that has about as much flexibility as rigamortis. What a waste of 88 minutes.If you love your eyeballs, don't bother watching this movie. Seriously they ought to start fining Hollywood producers/directors/writers who think it's OK to come out with something as poorly put together as this.I hope this review helped.