Writer/director Michael G. Kehoe’s THE HATRED (2017) has a
couple things going for it but not enough to elevate it above being anything
other than a passable horror film.
Andrew Divoff stars as Samuel Sears, a man who leaves on the outskirts
of town with his wife and his daughter away from the outside world in total
isolation. When his daughter tries to defy
him, in a fit of rage he murders her and hides the body so that his wife doesn’t
find out. Instead, he claims that his
daughter ran away which doesn’t hold water to his wife. After the police leave there home for further
investigation Samuel is killed by his wife who then, with nothing left to stay,
leaves her home to rot.
Years later, Samuel’s home is resold to a new family. Regan (Sarah Davenport) arrives at the house with a group of friends to see to
the new owner’s young daughter Irene (Shae Smolik) but then soon run afoul when
they discover secret documents claiming that Samuel may be a former Nazi who
was charged with the protection of a magical amulet with the power to harness “hatred”
of those in its possession. Soon Regan
and her friends run afoul of an evil spirit that will unleash all the hatred
that has been building up in the house once lived in by a Nazi and his
reclusive family.
Divoff does the best he can with the material in regard to
the elongated opening of the film (I doubt he was on set for most of the
production). The rest of the cast
actually do a great job, overall, but the film itself lacks credibility and
nuance to elevate it above the typical horror film cannon fodder. The film looks good and I love the costume design
for Divoff’s character but it’s still just an easily forgettable horror film.
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