The Abandoned (2006)

R09/11/2006Horror, Thriller1h 39m
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Death never runs out of time.

Overview

Marie, a film producer, returns to her native Russia to find her birth parents. She quickly learns they are dead, and she has inherited their long-empty farmhouse. At the farm, she meets Nicolai, who claims to be her twin brother. Events take a terrifying turn when the two spot a pair of ghastly doppelgangers and the house itself seems to propel them toward a fate they should have met 40 years earlier.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Anastasia Hille

    Marie Jones

  2. Cast 1

    Karel Roden

    Nicolai

  3. Cast 1

    Valentin Ganev

    Andrei Misharin / Kolya Kaidavosky

  4. Cast 1

    Paraskeva Djukelova

    Marie's Mother

  5. Cast 1

    Carlos Reig-Plaza

    Anatoliy

  6. Marta Yaneva

    Natalya

  7. Jasmina Marinova

    Patriarch's Wife

  8. Svetlana Smoleva

    Bearded Patriarch's wife '1966'

  9. Anna Panayotova

    Bearded Patriarch's daughter '1966'

I am honestly surprised that this film got such a high rating on this site and many other sites, for that matter. It seems like I may be one of the few who didn't like it and even though "The Abandoned" is a watchable horror/drama flick that can be mostly appreciated for the nice imagery, I mostly found it redundant and tedious. To me, it was like an hour and a half of pointless sequences and bogus scares and while I do appreciate creative and artistic dark imagery, it can become ineffective when the story is not held properly. I mean, directors like Dario Argento can get away with plain stori...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$3,000,000.00

Revenue $4,529,892.00

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