Dark Fields
Closed CaptioningDouglas Schultze
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Plot Summary
When the drought-stricken farming community of Perseverance resorts to child sacrifice to bring healing rains to their land, a terrible curse is unleashed, that haunts their bloodlines for generations. More than a century later, one of their descendents is struck by a horrible affliction and must commit an unspeakable act of murder to remove the curse once and for all.
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This is a tricky one to review...
Unlike some who leave reviews on a film they've only seen the trailer for..... After watching Dark Fields I find myself rather conflicted. That's probably because the film itself is as conflicted as my would-be review. The film starts out as a Carradine Western (that in and of itself may be enough to drive certain viewers away). The opening scenes were strange enough to capture my attention and make me want to watch more. But then the film began jumping back and forth across three generations of families afflicted by an Indian curse, revolving around rainmaking, cannibalism, and a horrible drought that doesn't just dry up the land.
It was clearly a B movie, an indie on a shoe-string budget. Carradine and Lynch were the only reasons I even rented it to be honest. Looking up Schultze's previous work I was unimpressed with his two earlier films, at least from the synopses and reviews. Dark Fields (according to IMDB) was shot for $80,000, so that should give you an idea of what is coming. The visual effects and makeup were poor at best, and almost laughable most other times, The acting ranged from a VERY bad B film, to sometimes quite adequate, a B+ if you will. It seemed as though given the budget restraints, Schultze was afraid to re-shoot anything. The story was a bit disjointed, and you never really got a feel for the characters. I wouldn't necessarily classify this as Horror either, as there were no real terrifying moments, albeit the subject matter was definitely dark. The script was ... odd. Not David Lynch odd, and not Troma/Lloyd Kaufman odd, but somewhere in between. The strange part is I'm still not sure if that's an insult or a compliment. There was a certain depth to the storyline, but also this feeling like it wasn't fully fleshed out, and something was just ... "missing."
If I gave this film a scathing review, there would be some who would "Flame On" because they loved it. And equally if I gave it a positive review, some would absolutely hate this film and do the same. It's certainly not for everyone. If you've got a couple hours to kill, and you enjoy low/no budget B's, then you may find it time well spent. If you're looking for great (no, scratch that, even GOOD) independent film making, then you may want to look elsewhere. I think I'll leave it in my rental queue and watch it again before the 24 hours is up in order to see if I can better pin down my feelings about it. Good Luck, and please, DON'T leave reviews for films you haven't even seen. It's a waste of everyone's time.
No Thanks
Didn't work for me. Thirty minutes too long. Bad acting, bad direction and bad script.
Dark fields was great!
What a cool film. So greatly thought out. The intertwining of the three generations of the curse was great! I could see splitting it up, but it created a cool concept with all of them coming together in one film. I dont really understand the random nudity... super unnecessary. But thats okay. It was still a great film. See it!
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