The Haunting
Francesca is a pediatrician who is dedicated to both motherhood and children, married to another physician, Pedro. Following the birth of a new child, Francesca begins to suffer from postpartum depression. Following the advice of friend and psychiatrist Jean, the couple move to a new home away from the city. But Francesca's obsession with her new baby engulfs her. Regardless of Pedro's and Jean's attempts to help her, she seems to drift dangerously close to madness. And to make matters worse, she is starting to hear and see things. Furtive figures and ghostly shadows start tormenting her. The large house in which she and her family live alone seems to hide terrible secrets. Both the cellar and the attic are locked and barred to the family, and it is from both these places that Francesca receives nocturnal visits that are slowly driving her mad.
Stephen Guerrero
3.5
The intro attempts to do its best at keeping you overloaded with unrelated scenes and then follow up with hints as to something all together, not good, going on either in the background or in the past. The story is slowly evolving, and there is a shadowy strangeness unfolding for our main character. Only now am I coming to the realization that what appears in the shadows might just be happening and is likely much more than I could imagine. The nature in which the story has finally evolved is incredibly reminiscent of 60s horror tales, but this is engaging like not many before. I'm rather pleased that our primary actor is no longer going about this alone anymore, and I'm not sure even others will be able to resolve the mishaps of the past. Such Horrendously Vile circumstances were unveiled, and somehow, a rather Beautiful story developed and brought a smile to my face at its conclusion.
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