The spiritualist begins powerfully with some prowling shots of a very striking Gothic location and kicks off a plot about a strange but real illness. Top notch acting from Ian Reddington and Jasmyn Banks and a whiff of "The innocents" as they discuss her mother's condition as a figure stands on the balcony behind them. As the daughter reacts to events in the house and other cast members gather, you aren't quite sure where things are going, but a truly creepy seance scene gets the chills going again. There are some really nice back story touches here that raise some real and intelligent scares. The last third of the film is then hell for leather to a twist ending I hadn't seen coming. It's rare to find a horror film these days that makes you think and it's nice to see a terror film that isn't about teens being waylaid by inbred hillbillies on a country road . Julie T Wallace is good too and makes her presence felt throughout.
Review of The Spiritualist
