THE WOMAN

THE CLEEKS APPEAR TO BE YOUR TYPICAL FAMILY: MOM, DAD, TWO DAUGHTERS AND A SON.  THEN ONE DAY DAD CAPTURES A FERAL WOMAN WHILE OUT HUNTING, LOCKS HER UP IN A ROOT CELLAR AND ORDERS THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO PARTICIPATE IN "CIVILIZING" THE WOMAN.  HOWEVER, THINGS DON'T GO QUITE AS PLANNED, AND WE BEGIN TO LEARN THAT THE CLEEKS HAVE SOME VERY DARK AND DISTURBING PROBLEMS IN THEIR FAMILY.
THIS MOVIE WAS DIRECTED BY LUCKY MCKEE AND WRITTEN BY MCKEE AND JACK KETCHUM, SO YOU KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE SICK, TWISTED AND PERVERTED.  IT DOES NOT DISAPPOINT.  THERE ARE SCENES WITH THE FAMILY THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, THERE ARE SCENES BETWEEN THE WOMAN AND THE FAMILY THAT WILL MAKE YOU SQUIRM AND QUITE POSSIBLY FEEL DISGUSTED AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER SCENES THAT ARE SWEET AND INNOCENT, IN A FREAKY KIND OF WAY.  THE ACTING IS SUPERB, ESPECIALLY POLLYANNA MCINTOSH AS THE WOMAN: HER PORTRAYAL IS TERRIFYING AND HORRIFIC, BUT THEN THERE IS TIMES WHEN YOU WILL FEEL SORRY FOR HER.  SEAN BRIDGERS AS THE FATHER IS SOMEWHAT OVER THE TOP, BUT STILL CHILLING; ANGELA BETTIS AS THE MOTHER IS SUBSERVIENT TO HER HUSBAND UNTIL SHE DECIDES TO STAND UP TO HIM, WHICH HAS A TRAGIC RESULT FOR HER AND ALSO SETS OFF AN UNSTOPPABLE CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT LEAD TO A VIOLENT AND BLOODY END.  THIS IS A HORROR FILM, BUT THE HORROR DOESN'T LIE IN THE IMAGES AS MUCH AS IT DOES IN THE STORY AND THE SITUATIONS THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE WOMAN FIND THEMSELVES IN. 
RATING  3.5 OUT OF 5

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