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The Haunting Of Helena (2012/aka Fairytale/Vivendi DVD)


Picture: B- Sound: B- Extras: C Main Program: B+



Sophia is professor of history, is always logical, believing in reason and with her daughter Helena has just moved into a new apartment, but they aren't alone as it would seem. T,heir new home hides a terrible and dark secret. After Helena looses her teeth, a mysterious tooth fairy always comes for her teeth. At first, Sophia thought it was her imagination, but soon realizes something is possessing her daughter and she begins seeing things too. As they struggles to find out the past to break the curse, the truth might be darker than anyone knew...


Christian Bisceglia and Ascanio Malgarini co-directed The Haunting oF Helena (2012) and somehow keep this one together enough to make it work in the script's own logic. This includes the build-up as Sophia begins seeing the ghost of a dead toothless woman and child. Searching for her tooth, the ghost possesses her daughter Helena, and is willing to kill anyone in the way. As Sophia tries to uncover the past, she discovers the first of many horrible secrets that will alter their lives and they will have to fight to survive.


This was a great horror movie, with just the right amount of horror, special effects and scary truths and back story, with each new piece of the tale the story takes an unexpected twist and horror. All is even more horrible is when no one believes you and yet nothing can stop it. Not bad at all and an Italian film making its U.S. debut on DVD.


The anamorphically enhanced image and lossy Dolby Digital sound are as good as they are going to get, which makes one wonder why this is not on Blu-ray too. Extras include behind the scenes, cast and crew interview, special effects breakdown and trailer.



- Ricky Chiang


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