{"id":417498,"date":"2022-03-17T16:01:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T13:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-the-cellar-review-elisha-cuthbert-toplines-a-lethargic-horror-film\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T16:01:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T13:01:27","slug":"watch-the-cellar-review-elisha-cuthbert-toplines-a-lethargic-horror-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-cellar-review-elisha-cuthbert-toplines-a-lethargic-horror-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;The Cellar&#8217; Review: Elisha Cuthbert Toplines a Lethargic Horror Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e1f93384d6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e1f93384d6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-cellar-review-elisha-cuthbert-toplines-a-lethargic-horror-film\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98The_Cellar_Review_Elisha_Cuthbert_Toplines_a_Lethargic_Horror_Film%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;The Cellar&#8217; Review: Elisha Cuthbert Toplines a Lethargic Horror Film&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-cellar-review-elisha-cuthbert-toplines-a-lethargic-horror-film\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98The_Cellar_Review_Elisha_Cuthbert_Toplines_a_Lethargic_Horror_Film%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;The Cellar&#8217; Review: Elisha Cuthbert Toplines a Lethargic Horror Film&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-cellar-review-elisha-cuthbert-toplines-a-lethargic-horror-film\/#optional_screen_reader\" >optional screen reader<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-cellar-review-elisha-cuthbert-toplines-a-lethargic-horror-film\/#Read_More_About\" >Read More About:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98The_Cellar_Review_Elisha_Cuthbert_Toplines_a_Lethargic_Horror_Film%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;The Cellar&#8217; Review: Elisha Cuthbert Toplines a Lethargic Horror Film&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98The_Cellar_Review_Elisha_Cuthbert_Toplines_a_Lethargic_Horror_Film%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;The Cellar&#8217; Review: Elisha Cuthbert Toplines a Lethargic Horror Film&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n                        Not a nadir in recent horror cinema, but well below average \u2014 and sea level \u2014 \u201cThe Cellar\u201d is a logy contraption whose basic elements seem all too obviously determined by international co-production requirements, rather than any internal logic. Toplining scream queen Elisha Cuthbert as a mother who unwittingly moves her family into a house of supernatural peril, this West Ireland-shot thriller, made in conjunction with Belgian interests, is technically polished. But writer-director Brendan Muldowney\u2019s latest lacks the thick atmospherics that might have punched across a sketchy screenplay, which falls short in expanding the premise of his 2004 short \u201cThe Ten Steps.\u201d RLJE Films is releasing this SXSW premiere to North American theaters on April 15, simultaneous with its streaming launch on Shudder.<\/p>\n<p>Muldowney\u2019s ten-minute short is basically recycled as a first act here, with a tad more setup. Married advertising professionals Keira (Cuthbert) and Brian (Eoin Macken) have moved to a rambling old manse in the Emerald Isle countryside for the sake of work. Which doesn\u2019t make much sense, any more than Dad sharing an Irish accent with grade-school son Stevie (Dylan Fitzmaurice-Brady), while Mom and sullen teenage daughter Ellie (Abby Fitz) sound pure Yank. Nevertheless, the family\u2019s principal issue is initially dealing with said teen\u2019s bad attitude, which <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently predated the move she\u2019s now very unhappy about. Left alone to babysit Stevie while the parents have a business dinner, an already-spooked Ellie finds the lights going out. Instructed by phone to go downstairs and find the circuit breakers, she descends into the dank cellar\u2026 and disappears.<\/p>\n<p>Police assume she\u2019s a runaway, but Keira believes something else is going on. Her research into the house\u2019s puzzling past excavates a tangle of ominous gobbledygook encompassing 12th-century alchemists, Knights Templar, Schrodinger\u2019s Cat, mathematical equations, and a Biblical sea monster, all somehow adding up to that generic menace \u201can ancient evil.\u201d This evil wants this family \u2014 but what for, or why, \u201cThe Cellar\u201d doesn\u2019t bother explaining.<\/p>\n<p>Even such rudimentary \u201cdemon bad, family good\u201d dynamics might pass muster if the undercooked narrative were flavored with enough creepiness in mood and setpieces. But aside from a few adequate jump scares, the film stubbornly refuses to develop any suspenseful grip. There are far too many scenes (particularly burdened on Cuthbert) in which characters over-act fear while practically nothing is happening at all, even as Stephen McKeon\u2019s original score labors to suggest otherwise, complete with \u201cOmen\u201d-like quasi-Gregorian chants. Even a climactic leap into fantastical imagery somehow comes off as lacking energy and imagination, like much else here: Hell appears to be an endless queue of somnambulists.<\/p>\n<p>Worse still, it turns out the thin story\u2019s terror trump card is having people recite numbers aloud as they count steps down to the cellar and\/or a mysterious other dimension. This device is only moderately shiver-producing the first time. By the third or fourth, it\u2019s a somewhat laughable reminder of the film\u2019s inability to raise a fright, or even engineer basic suspension of disbelief. Meant to induce dread, hearing \u201c1, 2, 3, 4\u2026\u201d instead becomes this lethargic chiller\u2019s hypnosis-like call for the weary viewer to nod off.<\/p>\n<p>An uneven cast manages to be unconvincing in different ways, their performance modes ranging from histrionic to uncommitted. Sometimes the leads barely seem to be in the same movie, let alone the same fictive family. It\u2019s a pity, since \u201cThe Cellar\u201d has the external materials needed for a spooky good time: The real-life historic home utilized as the primary location is impressive, and the surrounding scenic splendors are handsomely shot by DP Tom Comerford. Last year another Irish horror, Damian McCarthy\u2019s \u201cCaveat,\u201d eked an ingeniously skin-crawling experience out of a cottage\u2019s few dingy rooms, but this film can\u2019t seem to find its own pulse \u2014 or raise ours \u2014 in a comparatively deluxe setting perfect for Gothic frisson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-tags \/\/ a-children-icon-bullet lrv-u-font-family-primary u-letter-spacing-012 lrv-u-line-height-large lrv-u-color-brand-primary\">\n<h2 id=\"optional-screen-reader\" class=\"lrv-a-screen-reader-only\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"optional_screen_reader\"><\/span>\n        optional screen reader  <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<nav class=\"o-nav  o-nav lrv-u-border-b-1 u-border-color-brand-secondary-40 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-padding-b-025 u-padding-t-050@desktop u-padding-t-050@tablet u-padding-t-050@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-t-2 lrv-u-margin-b-2\" data-dropdown=\"\">\n<h4 id=\"\" class=\"o-nav__title lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-font-family-secondary o-nav__title a-content-ignore u-line-height-140 u-letter-spacing-0002\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Read_More_About\"><\/span>Read More About:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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