![]() ![]() ![]() Barrett works the school setting for all its worth, with almost the entire film playing out within the halls of the building. Once you decide to suspend belief regarding the cast’s age, you can start to enjoy Seance. Seance isn’t the first film (or television series for that matter) to cast more mature actors, it’s actually quite common, but here it’s so obvious, especially with them all clad in school uniform, that it becomes a distraction for the viewer and pulls them out of the moment. This is especially true when we’ve seen both Waterhouse and Sarkis play older characters in the past. The actors all play their parts well, but given that they are all in their late twenties to early thirties, it’s very hard to buy into them as a group of 16 – 18 year olds. Where Seance missteps horribly is in its casting. Their attempt contacts something, and soon after, the bodies start to build-up. After ending up in detention together, the girls chance upon a Ouija board and decide to reach out to their lost member. A few months later, new student Camille (Suki Waterhouse) arrives, is assigned the recently deceased girl’s bedroom, and promptly makes enemies with the leader of the girl gang, Alice (Inanna Sarkis). It’s part of a prank that most of the group are in on, but it results in disaster as one of the girls flees and has a fatal accident in her panic. It opens at 3:13am as a group of friends play a variation of Bloody Mary in the bathroom. The story, also devised by Barrett, is set within the dark halls of an all-girl boarding school. It’s not Barrett’s first foray into directing having previously created a few shorts as well as segments in the V/H/S franchise. Simon Barrett, the writer of genre gems such as You’re Next, Blair Witch, and The Guest, turns director in soon to be released Seance. ![]()
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