Review: Finders Keepers

Review: Finders Keepers.

Director: Alexander Yellen
Writers: Jeffery Schenck (story), Peter Sullivan (screenplay)
Release: 2014
Rating: R - because of violence and gore.
Runtime: 88 minutes

Finders Keepers is horror thriller released in 2014. It’s based on a divorced mum’s daughter who is possessed by a doll that belonged to the family living before them in their new home. This followed the conventions of its genre. For example, there were many jump scares and of course, people were being killed. Also most of the stuff happened in the dark at night time, which identified it as horror even more. This got me tensed and scared which would be the intended thought of the director. The lighting was dim and there was black fade ins throughout the movie which created a dark setting and atmosphere. The doll was supposed to take away all the worries of the child but instead hurt the child and possessed them.

Overall, I would rate this film 3.9 out of 5 as it was immensely scary because of the doll's possession and the violence. This satisfied the conventions of horror (in my opinion) and allowed me to use the uses and gratifications theory for escapism. However, now a lot of films are being released with dolls as being the main demons and antagonists in the film, for example Annabelle, which is a more well known and successful film. 

This wouldn't be the unique selling point for this film if it were to be released in 2017 or 2018 or in the future.