Friday, April 29, 2022
Spell
It’s shades of “Misery” with some black magic when Marquis Woods (Omari Hardwick) wakes up locked in the attic of a crazy old lady, Ms. Eloise (Loretta Devine), after his plane crashes over rural Appalachia Kentucky. He & his family were headed to his father's funeral when a bad storm brought their small plane down. Ms.Eloise is into voodoo magic & wants to keep him there. It’s a contrast of rich, entitled, privileged thinking versus backwoods hillbilly ways. Can Marquis outwit the controlling Ms. Eloise & does he have to fight fire with fire? This horror thriller is fairly predictable but is silly fun to watch the tormented rat run through his maze. It’s not realistic but how many from this genre ever are.
Alien gives it 2½ “Boogity under the Blood Moon” stars out of 4.
