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EvilMissQB 2012-05-23 11:44:31

Unmitigated crap.

I was flipping past a channel that had this on the other day so Idecided to TiVO it. I always enjoy a silly horror movie. Unfortunatelythis movie isn't just silly it's slooooow and stupid and boring. I'mnot sure why they had to shoot it in a foreign country and dub a lot ofthe English in - it's not hard to tell it is not an American made filmand this added to the crappy cinematography make what might have been amoderately bad movie in to a very unwatchable piece of trash. What ashame to see Andy Serkis's talent wasted.It isn't creepy, it isn'tsuspenseful, it isn't entertaining. Rosemary's Baby is a betteralternative if you like this kind of film.

s-laing 2012-05-22 15:39:54

Polanski should sue!

I hate to say it folks, but Roman Polanski ought to sue for plagiarism."Blessed" is a poor cousin to the classic 1968 Polanski film"Rosemary's Baby". If you have seen "Rosemary's Baby" my advise is givethis one a miss. If you haven't seen it, then watch it on TV or watchit if someone else pays for the rental of it, but don't expect much.You will be bored out of your gourd if you are expecting anything closeto a psychological thriller or horror. Even the special effects paleand fail when compared to the original of 35 years ago. The only newoffering to the plot here is the science of en-vitro fertilization andtwin Satan spawns rather than the one son of Rosemary. I must say, Ifound the acting weak too. The characters had none of that quality thecaptivated the viewer... The Castivets and Woodhouses were far morethree dimensional than the bland, unmemorable folks in "Blessed".Finally, I found an overall lack of horror value in "Blessed". I didnot once focus my eyes two centimetres below the TV screen (a techniqueI developed as a child when a movie got "too scary", yet I didn't wantto miss the scene) as I did a couple of times with the original.

2012-05-20 11:15:16

A decent direct-to-video

Originally I thought this movie was going to theaters, but apparently Warner Bros. is only aiming for a DVD release, and after viewing it I don't blame them. Although the film is a slightly above average direct-to-video, it still lacks in terms of story. It's really nothing we haven't already seen done countless times in the past. Looking past that you'll find some fairly decent performances and a number of familiar faces. The story is basically about a young couple who decide to visit a relatively unknown fertility clinic after it's revealed that Heather Graham's character is unable to have any children of her own. Much like Godsend, the couple has to move to a small town in order for the people to monitor the growth of the child. As usual, everything seems perfect until they learn of a mysterious black-hooded man who has been stalking and murdering those who live and take part in the fertilization from the clinic. We later learn that the hooded man believes the mothers are injected with the devil's DNA. Now the couple not only has to be weary of the man, but also fear for what it is they're really bringing into the world. Honestly I don't know why people still make movies like these. They're all pretty much copycats of Rosemary’s Baby, with some minor differences here and there. Never-the-less it's still a decent movie. It kept me interested and curious as to what's going to happen (like I couldn't predict it anyway) and the performances were above average from a DTV. You'll probably recognize the guy opposite Heather Graham's character, as he was "Spence" from Resident Evil. In the end the movie falls into your typical evil-baby theme that has been a number of times in the past. OVERALL A decent direct-to-video, but nothing original story-wise. Worth a check if you like movies with the Rosmary's Baby-theme, but avoid otherwise.

KEELING1985 2012-05-19 20:45:03

Slow...

I had put it off for the last 3 weeks because other films were out, buttoday, I finally lifted it off the Rental store shelf and took it home.I'm not really a fan of any actors/actresses casted in the Movie so Istay totally neutral in this verdict and say - apart from the Moviesslow pace, it was very interesting. I'm a 20 Year old lad who lovesAction movies with lots of base so when my mates saw what movie I'dpicked, they went home and left me to watch it alone. I cant say I wasbothered as I cracked open some Wine (No beer in) and began to watch...The Movie is slow. That has to be said has I wasn't even expecting theslowness. The characters, Samantha and Craig are introduced right awayof course but their decision on having a baby was so quick, if you'dlooked away, you'd have missed it! Anyways, they quickly head off to afertilising clinic has Samantha cant get pregnant and they dive rightinto IVF. It works. Now, I was expecting the story to speed up alittlebut it didn't. Other characters start to appear and before long,everything is all-so perfect! In fact, Samantha ain't just having onebaby, but shes getting two! Good deal? No it ain't because the babiesshe's expecting have been injected with Lucifiers blood during thefertilisation. When the egg and sperm were put together, the blood wasalso injected into the equation leaving a very messy situation! Thestory follows Samantha through the Highs and lows of pregnancy. As wellas that, we see Craig - the Author, float to the roof as he becomes abig name in the book industry. The twist to the story is in there. Thefunds from the book deal which go towards the Move from the City toLake View (Where the Clinic is based) all come from the man who ownsthe Clinic. Sam and Craig don't know this, only Craigs agent did butshe was killed off once she found out. It all makes sense and the onlycharacter who wasn't used to full effect was Andy Serkis, the Priest.He featured heavy at the end but the character was bland and basicallymeaningless in what happened. Then there's the ending. I personally thought it was good apart fromthe poor kid who died due to his skin burning off and his eye ballswhich sunk into his skull. That part didn't really shock anyone in themovie, even though there was 30 something guests in the room. The fearcould have been captured right there and then, but it was sadly lostand for that scene, my score is 6, but it could have been 7.All in all, I wasn't disappointed. I was extremely satisfied! TheActors/Actresses were great. The story was alittle under used but stillinvolving and Lake Views community gave this uneasy feeling as if theywere all waiting for something. I am still unaware at this time but Ithink they were all in on it ;)

wes-connors 2012-05-16 10:48:59

Damned

Sexy teacher Heather Graham (as Samantha "Sam" Howard) and novelisthusband James Purefoy (as Craig Howard) are having trouble makingbabies. They go to a fertility clinic where she gets pregnant. Aftertheir New York apartment is ransacked, the expectant couple moves intothe sleepy little neighborhood near the clinic, which doubles as acloning institute. Eerie music plays as Ms. Graham is stalked by asatanic black-hooded stranger. Just like the husband in RomanPolanski's "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), Mr. Purefoy's career takes offwhile Graham experiences womb kicks from Hell… There are some nicely photographed locations, but "Blessed" willprobably leaving you looking for an abortion (or the original"Rosemary's Baby"). It's dedicated to David Hemmings, who died duringproduction. Looking (appropriately) ghastly, Mr. Hemmings is thedevilishly-browed book publisher "Earl Sidney". If you're familiar withHemmings from "Blow-Up" (1966), prepare for a shock. Also creepingabout, and unintentionally muddling the plot, is priestly dramatic AndySerkis (as Carlo). Handsome 1970s hunk Andrew Stevens produced; hissexy 1960s mother Stella Stevens plays "Betty" the Realtor.*** Blessed (5/16/04) Simon Fellows ~ Heather Graham, James Purefoy,Andy Serkis, David Hemmings

2012-05-15 15:48:25

This deserves no stars.

One of the worst movies I have ever seen. Completly unscary, absurd, trite, and badly produced. The DVD has zero extras, not even english subtitles. Garbage.

Yecheng 2012-05-10 12:18:50

Worst movie ever

don't even bother renting this movie.. it is one of the most unoriginal movies that I have ever seen. The plot is very predictable.

Richard Kairnes 2012-05-10 03:53:34

Rental (Barely)

This movie is worth renting “if” there is nothing else on the shelf and you have nothing better to do.Highlights:(1)A hot blonde with ample breasts bounces around in this movie.(2)The scenery. I wonder where this movie was shot?A very, very, very low budget movie. Don’t expect any special effects. Mostly, the entire move centers around this “hot blonde” who, in nearly every scene, wears a tight tank top.Even though this movie is “terrible” it wasn’t the worst movie I ever saw. It’s “bearable” but just barely. I think it would be a great movie to snuggle up next to someone with when you’re not really interested in watching a movie. Don’t worry, you can get up and take a shower, you won’t miss anything.This movie’s plot is “slow” moving.

Alex-372 2012-05-01 17:05:21

Too Awful For Cinema

Why was this atrocity ever made? This is a terrible rip-off ofRosemary's Baby, which at least had John Casavettes as the husband.Where to start? First, the absence of intelligent dialog. There is anabsence of any plot - the movie just goes from vignette to vignette.The whole movie seems to be put together to get Heather Graham nakedand into an IF clinic. This is a terrible little misstep for an actresswho is not only beautiful, but actually quite intelligent. She has abeautiful body, and Bette Davis eyes, but here she is simply abusedbecause the writer and director were too lazy and incompetent to comeup with a story, dialog and a plot. Other than ripping off a 1968movie, of course.Then, almost all the actors have British accents, even though this issupposed to be set in upstate New York (one of the road signs at thebeginning of the movie reads "Albany"). That is the kind of "detail"that someone looking for clues as to how the story is going to developsimply can't overlook.What is worse, there are no discovery, no 'aha' moments, no payoff atall. Oh yeah, this is the before last role of David Hemmings, which isa crime in and of itself.Skip this travesty of a horror movie at all costs.

2012-05-01 15:02:06

unacceptable

What in the WORLD happened? Blessed? Yeah right! It sure wasn't a blessing watching some of the most terrible storytelling I've ever seen. This movie has no atmosphere whatsoever. No drama, no suspense, no horror, no *anything*. It's very bland and ordinary. It's exactly this kind of rubbish that makes me wonder what goes through the minds of Hollywood writers sometimes. Did they really expect a masterpiece when they made this film? I sure hope not. I hope this movie was just some quick cash-in as part of some contractual agreement or something. The thought that some time and effort was actually put into this would be... hard to believe.I've seen terrible films before, but this one takes the cake. The first 1 hour and 10 minutes of film is pure trash. That leaves 15 minutes for an ending that's actually alright because at least something good is shown near the end of the movie that *almost* makes the movie feel different from all those cheesy Lifetime Movie Network films and comparisons. I was so bored while watching this film, and Heather Graham's character does absolutely nothing for me either. This movie was doomed right from the beginning thanks to whoever came up with such a "genius" concept. A pregnant woman walks around with twin evil babies in her belly. *The entire film* deals with the mother worried about her twin babies. She constantly goes to the doctor for check-ups, but the thing is... what were WE supposed to get out of these constant visits? So what? She's having twins. I certainly didn't sense any evil presence lurking. So BAD. The storyline would have been significantly better had it focused on the babies actually being born and THEN doing evil things to other people. Then the movie would have actually built some kind of suspense. Maybe the movie writers thought such a storyline has already been done plenty of times before, but surely it would have been better than what we ended up with. And her husband? And the guy at the restaurant who tried warning her about the babies being born? Any suspense here? Nope, none whatsoever. I recommend (rather strongly in fact) AVOIDING this movie.

2012-04-27 13:13:49

Horrible

Hands down the worst movie I've seen in all of 2004. Seemed like a movie bent on attacking the thought of cloning and had a cop out ending because too much time was spent through the pregnancy. No explanation for half of the events and absolutely no direction or clear plot.

2012-04-27 01:56:29

Rosemary's Baby? NOT!

Once again here is a dumb movie that starts out with potential but can't live up to it past the first thirty minutes. I watched this because it was supposed to be based on Rosemary's Baby. Maybe it is but it is the lame, watered down, completely unscary version. To give you an idea, think of this as a made-for-cable TV movie equivalent of Rosemary's Baby. You have Samantha (Heather Graham) and I can't even remember the husband's name played by James Purefoy. It doesn't matter because his name like anything else is completely insignificant. Well Samantha is a school teacher (who went to work probably once the entire film), the husband is a struggling writer (how creative!) and they are desperate to have kids. Every time Samantha sees a child she longs for her own. Teaching kids all day makes it hard since she cannot have one of their own.The couple decides to go to a fertility center and Sam is implanted by, (gasp!) the Demon Seed! That's right. The fertility center has impregnated her with two twins both spawns of Satan himself. Meanwhile the husband gets a literary agent and publisher (both in less than a week!) and the publisher is so ridiculously creepy down to his horn-shaped eyebrows that Stevie Wonder would know this is supposed to be the devil. Yet Sam and her husband have no idea. The man shows up and makes all of the husband's dreams come true. Suddenly his book is doing so well he's going on a book tour! Sigh. Being a writer, the way they portray how easy it is to get an agent and sell a book in these movies is sickening but I held my stomach and kept watching. After all this wasn't the worse thing about the movie.Soon after Sam's pregnant strange things begin to occur. She sees funny faces when the woman does her ultrasound. She hears growling coming from her stomach. Her babies are clawing her from the inside out and a strange man in a black hoodie begins following her. Despite all this, Sam is only concerned for about five minutes then she's back to singing "Skippidy Do Da" like nothing ever happened.After an hour of nothingness we finally get to the core of what's happened but by then it's too late. A three year-old could tell what's gonna happen before the end. The movie was tragic and the ending was pathetic. This film was wrong in so many ways. The main characters had no chemistry, were boring and unbelievable. The husband acted like he couldn't care less what happened with the babies and never did anything with Samantha while she was pregnant. You've wanted kids for years and your wife gets her chance and all you care about is your book? Completely unbelievable. The writing was dull and the terror was nonexistent. There was nothing scary about this movie. Rosemary's Baby was such a hit because of how it captured you with such underlying suspense and creepiness. This film wished it could be half as brilliant as Rosemary's Baby. I've seen comedies scarier than this!Please do not buy this movie. It's not worth buying even from the used section! I wouldn't pay 5 dollars for this unless you're just a big fan of the actors. Watch it on cable like I did if you must but take it from me, you don't have to.I don't recommend this movie to anyone. This is the dumbest, most lackluster, pitiful excuse of a thriller/horror I've ever seen. I could've excused some of the silliness if it had at least been scary.

2012-04-25 12:03:34

I thought it was alright

I think to appreciate you have to have kids. The whole thing is she wanted children so bad that she didn't want to give th children up . you know love your child no matter what. That is what the end is about ( what the other reviewers didn't get) It wasn't the best horror ever. But if you have children if gets to you. especially if your a female and have been pregnant.

El 2012-04-25 03:30:13

it was scary

it was so scary it freaked me out, but i really like that reeper in the movie because he almost killed then and killing the baby but the launage like fuke and bitch you know what im talking about ,will keep up the good work.

Benjamin Gauss 2012-04-24 08:25:04

Sexy Heather is Blessed with Rosemary's Baby

"Blessed" of 2004 is predominantly a shameless rip-off of an absolutecult film of the 60s, Roman Polanski's great "Rosemary's Baby" of 1968.Remakes and clones of other films, especially of good ones, aresuperfluous, of course, and ripping off "Rosemary's Baby" (whichseveral films had already done earlier) was probably the mostunnecessary thing since Gus Van Sant's 'Psycho'-remake. "Blessed" isalso anything but a good film, but yet it is not terrible, and it hasseveral redeeming qualities to make it worthwhile.Writer Craig Howard (James Purefoy), who is gradually becomingsuccessful, and his beautiful wife Samantha (Heather Graham) aredesperate to have a baby. After Samantha is diagnosed infertile, thecouple, who have just moved into a beautiful but somewhat eerie houseby a lake, decide to accept an offer from a mysterious fertilityclinic. The couple have been offered free fertility treatment forSamantha, and after a short time she really gets pregnant...Sure, any film lover who has seen "Rosemary's Baby" will roll his/hereyes more than once, sine "Blessed" is so shamelessly copying it.Putting these factors aside, "Blessed" is actually more thanentertaining to watch. While it is never really scary it has a certainuncanny atmosphere. The settings are also great, and the cinematographyis nicely done. The films greatest quality, however, is the stunninglybeautiful Heather Graham, who is sexy as hell and, as far as I amconcerned, a great enrichment to any film she is in. Not only is MissGraham a ravishing beauty, she is a good actress too, and she onceagain delivers a good performance. The performances generally are thesaving grace for the film. James Purefoy, who is best known for hisrole in the recent mini-series "Rome", is very good as Heather Graham'shusband. One of the most recommendable factors about this film is thatit is the last of the great British actor David Hemmings. Hemmings, whois best known for Antonioni's "Blowup" (1966), and for a personalfavorite of mine, Dario Argento's Giallo-masterpiece "Profondo Rosso"(1975), truly was a brilliant actor, and this being his last film alonemakes it worthwhile. Over-all, "Blessed" is an absolutely unnecessaryfilm, and certainly not very recommendable, but it is not terrible.Good camera-work, a good cast, and especially the ravishing HeatherGraham make it an acceptable film. Still, I can not recommend it. Incase you want to give it a try, do so for Heather Graham, and make sureto see "Rosemary's Baby" first!

collipal-1 2012-04-24 06:50:33

Terrible film with a pathetic ending

This film is pathetic,terrible and totally crap.It is very difficultfor me to find even the slightest positive element in this film.Theending is so bad and pathetic that it is fun.The ending looks like ascene of Scary Movie.And I think this is not a horror movie.I think itis a drama,because it has not got horror.This is an extremely slowmovie.And a question:before she died,J.Lloyd Samuel walked in thestreet and she was weak and near to pass away.Some pedestrianssaid:oh,my god she is dying.Why nobody helped her and took her to thehospital?.This film is totally bad and boring and I do not recommend itand I lost 98 minutes of my life with this piece of crap.

2012-04-20 17:53:17

Stupid waste of film

I spent an hour watching this boring film, waiting for something to happen and guess what? Nothing happened. Sure, there is a car crash at the last part but I dare anyone to explain the ending to this mess. To make matters worse, they put this thing on DVD - so the poor direction and bad dialog is crystal clear.Its not scary or creepy and nothing is explored in this art-school film contest reject.Poor David Hemmings, his career ended worse than the career of Raul "Street Fighter" Julia.

Jess 2012-04-20 00:51:25

Very Bad

This movie was so bad, I can't even write about it. The ending was one of the worst I have ever seen. I don't even see why anyone would want to go back and see the sequel (which i know was the purpose of ending it that way) because of how horrible it was. Don't waste your money or time to see this.

2012-04-19 07:41:23

WHAT THE F

What was I watching who directed it? Who made it who was paid for it and why? What made "THEM" think of the garbage? The only thing that was good about this movie was the last two minutes. End of story.

sol1218 2012-04-18 17:20:34

A Devilish Mess

**SPOILERS** Utterly ridicules re-make of "Rosemary's Baby" that shouldhave been apply titled "Samantha's Babies" that's so convoluted thatthe film seems to completely fall apart in the last twenty or sominutes. It's not until I realized, by reading the trivia part of thefilm on the IMDb that it's star David Hammings, playing the part of bigshot book publisher and all around international power broker, EarlSidny died during production that it dawned on me that the movie makersrealized that had a king size turkey on their hands. They must have dideverything possible to terminate it even at the cost of anunderstandable, no matter how clumsy, conclusion. Hemmings is sobloated and his voice, which I suspect was dubbed in, so low and raspythat he's both unrecognizable and hard to understand in the few scenes,before he suddenly passed away, that he's in.Having trouble conceiving the Howard's Samantha & Carig, Heather Graham& James Purefoy,go to this clinic in the little town of Westview that'sbeen recommended to them where it's said that miracles are preformed.The clinic is noted for giving women, who are totally barren likeSamantha, the ability to give birth to healthy and beautiful babies.Being artificially inseminated with her husbands sperm Samantha quicklyget's pregnant and to both her and her husbands Craigs happy surpriseshe finds out from her doctor at the clinic Dr. Leeds,DeboraWeston,that she's expecting twins.Craig a struggling writer who earlier in the film was introduced tobook publisher Earl Sidney at a party in New York City is suddenly indemand to get his book published with Earl Sidney offering him$100,000.00 as a first down payment. It becomes obvious to anyone hosaw read or knows about the film or book "Rosemary's Baby" that Craighad made some kind of deal with the Earl. We later learn that Earl isconnected to this church called "The New Light of Dawn" that in effectis a secret Sanatic Order. The church is also being involved with thereproduction clinic that Samantha is being treated at. You know where the movie is going when it then takes a sudden U-turnand we're introduced to this really creepy looking guy that for somestrange reason Samantha, who at the time didn't know that he's apriest, takes a strong liking to a Father Carlo, Andy Senkis. Carloshocks Samantha in telling her that she's carrying the spawn of Satanand that only he with some liquid concoction, that looks like a fizzedout glass of Mountain Dew, can save her. Samantha who seems like she'sgoing through with Carlo's unusual plan suddenly, at his pad orapartment, takes the liquid that she's supposed to drink and splashesit in his face! where it reacts like it was acid burning a bloody scareonto it!Samantha trying to get away from the crazed Carlo is then chased byhim, in a car, all through the reproduction clinic with Carlomindlessly busting through one operation room to another until hecrashes in Dr. Leeds' office! In what seemed to be a prediction ofthings to come, as the gasoline in the car is spilling all over him,Carlotells the befuddled doctor that "He who walks with Satan shallburn in Hell" and then sets himself on fire with a lighter.The ending is so confusing, which like I feel is due to David Hemmingssudden death, that it makes what you saw up to it, as bad as that was,almost entertaining. We get to see the two twin girls born to Samanthagrown up as preschool toddlers. The twins have this weird and spacedout look on their faces and at the same time doing what they do best inbeing blood-relatives to the Devil, or Satan: Creating hell on earthfor anyone that they come in contact with.