The Haunting of Helena is the story of Sophia. A recently divorced woman who moves with her young daughter, Helena, into an old apartment building in Italy. Sophia soon becomes concerned when Helena, after losing her first tooth, becomes obsessed with her loose teeth and says that the Tooth Fairy wants them. Helena then gets into trouble in school when she buys teeth from her classmates. At the same time, Sophia discovers the dark history of their new home, which includes a murder that took place in the 1940's. Before too long, it becomes clear that Helena's obsession with her loose teeth and the macabre history of the house are intertwined. And when the full scope of the haunting is revealed, the results are deadly.
In the most frightening scene of the movie, Sophia pushes a heavy bureau against the closet door before going to bed because she hears a strange banging coming from inside the closet. Several hours later she wakes up when she hears the bureau being dragged away from the closet and into the hallway. When she gets up to move it, unseen hands push the bureau against her and pinning her against the wall. She then watches helplessly as the ghost of a murdered woman makes her way out of the closet and slowly moves down the hallway toward her. Sophia is able to move the bureau just in time to escape the ghost, grab Helena and run out of the house. The next scene picks up 18 months later. Sophia and Helena are struggling mentally and still trying to come to terms with what they saw on that frightening night.
Overall, I liked The Haunting of Helena. I can't say it's the scariest movie that I've ever seen, but it did have it's moments. The sound quality was not great, but so many horror movies are now made that way. The conversations are barely a whisper, so when you turn the volume up the action/scares are are so loud you jump out of you seat! I hope that people watching this movie will get past the fact that even though it's not an original story-line (single-mother-with-peculiar-child-living-in-a-haunted-house), it has enough scares (and a twist at the end) to keep them interested and wanting more.
In the most frightening scene of the movie, Sophia pushes a heavy bureau against the closet door before going to bed because she hears a strange banging coming from inside the closet. Several hours later she wakes up when she hears the bureau being dragged away from the closet and into the hallway. When she gets up to move it, unseen hands push the bureau against her and pinning her against the wall. She then watches helplessly as the ghost of a murdered woman makes her way out of the closet and slowly moves down the hallway toward her. Sophia is able to move the bureau just in time to escape the ghost, grab Helena and run out of the house. The next scene picks up 18 months later. Sophia and Helena are struggling mentally and still trying to come to terms with what they saw on that frightening night.
Overall, I liked The Haunting of Helena. I can't say it's the scariest movie that I've ever seen, but it did have it's moments. The sound quality was not great, but so many horror movies are now made that way. The conversations are barely a whisper, so when you turn the volume up the action/scares are are so loud you jump out of you seat! I hope that people watching this movie will get past the fact that even though it's not an original story-line (single-mother-with-peculiar-child-living-in-a-haunted-house), it has enough scares (and a twist at the end) to keep them interested and wanting more.
