Rosewood Lane Is Pretty and Disappointing
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| Rosewood Lane (2011) |
Details
Release date: October 15, 2012 (ScreamFest Premiere)
Director: Victor Salva
Writer: Victor Salva
Cast: Rose McGowan, Ray Wise, Lin Shaye, Lauren Vélez
Genre: Horror, Drama, Thriller
Runtime: 97 minutes
Well, this is my second time to write a review. Now, this movie is starring the Grindhouse actress, Rose McGowan, and is horror-thriller movie by Victor Salva, Rosewood Lane. There's nothing fun than watching the always charming Rose McGowan on screen. But, it's a pity, that Rose takes this movie with the postponed worldwide release dates start from 2011 until 2012. With this movie, I was so sure with the co-star, that's Lin Shaye. Lin Shaye, I think she made an good performance in Insidious (2010)! With the addition of Rose as the main role, no doubt this movie was going to be fun.
This movie, actually, has a good story, less creativity! Director and writer Victor Salva is failed to make a good horror-thriller movie since his best for Jeepers Creepers (2001). With the terrorist of this movie, that's the paperboy called Derek played by Daniel Ross Owens, he was actually trying to make himself mysterious but he couldn't. For example, the paperboy came to Sonny's (McGowan) to offer about the newspaper, then gave a sort of terror by acting like a lunatic person, that was actually just menacing and horribly nonsense! The acting of the paperboy was so freak with a laughable terror, only terror with no action. Some scenes with the other cast members, too, look so lame without any sense of seriousness with the movie and the script also feels awkward. Rose McGowan as Sonny Blake, the psychiatrist and host of radio talk show, I think the only one who managed to bring up this movie, she was the only one with the powerful acting, seriousness, and perfect role for herself.
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| The second time for Rose to get through a cat door, after "Scream" (1996) |
Also, the director Victor Salva, I think he couldn't direct perfectly the whole casts, so that there would be a perfect mix for the conversation. Rose has done all perfect for this movie, she cried with sadness, she shouted with power, she frightened in fear. Just because of the other casts that had bad reactions to what Rose said. The only scene where I can praise the paperboy, is only the final part, when he finally died. The final scene also the only scene with a bit fright and thrill. But, again, Rose managed for it! Also, with Lin Shaye in this movie, she only had small role and without any continuation or a relation to the next scenes. But, Lin gave her total performance here and she actually should have more scenes. Basically, Lin Shaye's performance couldn't remove the badness about this movie.
I think Victor Salva wants to make an unusual story about a woman who is being terrorized by a paperboy. But, instead, he failed to make it new, it's just like some other horror movies, the basic formula. For a conclusion, there was not much mysteriousness about the main horror, too many proves about the horror. A failure to credit good casts into wrong roles. Too little factors to cover the disrepute. Rosewood Lane is a malfunction of twisted plot, ended with a nonsense plot.
Rating: C
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