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Jessabelle

Jessabelle

  • Status: Released
  • 07-11-2014
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Score: 5.426
  • Vote count: 828

A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.

Sarah Snook

Jessie

Mark Webber

Preston

Joelle Carter

Kate

David Andrews

Leon

Chris Ellis

Sheriff Pruitt

Ana de la Reguera

Rosaura

Brian Hallisay

Mark

Larisa Oleynik

Samantha

Amber Stevens West

Dead Girl

Vaughn Wilson

Moses

Fran Bennett

Mrs. Davis

Paul Garrett

Christophe

Barbara Weetman

Nurse

Jason Davis

Surgeon

Lucius Baston

Mr. Woods

Charles Black

Old Creole Man

Elizabeth Rowin

Aunt Sylvie

Nick Basta

Party Guest

Chiek Sisoko

Voodoo Singer

Kevin Patrick Murphy

Paramedic #1

Gabrielle Davis

Paramedic #2

Kevin Hall

African American Voodoo Disciple

Kamurai

Empty watch, won't watch again, and can't recommend. I basically gave this a shot because Sarah Snook looked cute and it was a horror movie I hadn't heard about. I had really expected it to get a lot better from there. Sadly it doesn't. The opening sequence is an odd choice, but it's just a mechanic to get her in a wheelchair, which I really wanted to love, but it is used a cheap way to debilitate her and add to a fear of helplessness when it sort of does the opposite. As someone who has had to use a wheelchair before, it separates the character from most of the audience because they don't have that frame of reference: it's alienating usually. The movie has to be really good and draw the audience to relate to the character before they can overlook things that seem foreign to them. There are some really good sequences with the ghost, and it actually reminded me of "Evil Dead" quite a bit, but it did sort of devolve into what looks like two girls mud wrestling, so I'm hoping that wasn't a factor. The story is all jumbled and clunky in how it's told so it ruins all the parts that would make it interesting, but even with a good mystery / twist, I think the movie would have been average at best, and instead it's a waste of time. There are so many better movies out there to watch.

Wiccaburr

<I>Jessabelle gonna get what's coming to you.</I> Some southern spooky times in this film along with a mystery that'll try to throw you off the path of what seems to be predictable coming close to the final act. The reveal isn't a bad one and in fact it was pretty clever. Some might be disappointed in the reveal if they found it early. The effects were mild but pretty cool.