Honeymoon

Damn. I'm so sorry this film doesn't even have a US distributor, because it would have fit nicely into theaters at the same time a comedy of the same title with Jennifer Anniston and Vincent Vaughn was plowing the multiplexes. Honeymoon can ruin your evening quite nicely, in a Cronenbergian kind of way. Again, the B-grade body horror formula frames an ugly breakdown of an individual and a relationship, which works nicely here thanks not only to the skillful dynamic direction, but mainly thanks to the absolutely first-rate Rose Leslie in the lead role. (2014-10-27)

A dirty midnight watch that I don’t really know how to rate. Since I sometimes watch similar horrors when I can’t sleep at night to ruin my mood on purpose, all I got left for this movie is a single star. It technically wasn’t that bad and it created an interesting atmosphere, but once the second half of the movie gets going, it’s a mishmash of unanswered questions and something really gross here and there, which is something that can always grind my gears when it comes to otherwise realistic stories. And grind my gears it did… (2015-06-15)

As a film student’s thesis work, Honeymoon would probably be at the head of the class. As a “grown-up” mysterious horror movie, however, it doesn’t offer anything that we wouldn’t see elsewhere in a technically more professional and directorially more inventive rendering. The gradual psychological alienation of the central duo after a mysterious event works and entertains, but the unimaginative work with genre clichés and the only somewhat surprising point leave behind an impression of disappointment. It would have been better suited to an episode of The X-Files in the nineties. (2024-08-12)

Quite a pleasant surprise. Honeymoon definitely boasts three attributes, namely atmosphere, unpredictability and a decent original premise. The closer the film got to the end, the more attractive I found it, as the atmosphere in the last half hour was very dense. Atmospheric, dark, mysterious and magical. A recommendation worthy affair. 70%. (2014-09-12)

Honeymoon was a very pleasant surprise for me, and although towards the end it may seem a bit overdone, I really liked the originality of its concept and conclusion. Once again, it shows that even with a few people, you can make a film that is suspenseful, horror-filled, and at times genuinely terrifying. Janiak doesn't shy away from gore, but presents it in a way that is generally tolerable. Except for one really gruesome scene at the end, which is extremely important though. (2014-11-18)