If you try to Cloudshift your creature to save it from a mass-removal spell like Day of Judgment or a sufficiently large Bonfire of the Damned, you won’t get your way. Note that this trick only really works for dodging targeted removal. So, when Oblivion Ring’s trigger tries to resolve, it can’t find the object it originally targeted, shrugs, and fizzles. Once Avacyn gets flickered, it looks exactly the same as it did earlier to you, but the game can’t link THIS Avacyn to the one that was just on the field. But why? It’s right there! The answer to that is the fun fact that whenever an object changes zones, it becomes a new object with no memory of, or relation to, its previous self. In response, I cast Cloudshift targeting Avacyn. Ronny casts Oblivion Ring, and targets my Avacyn, Angel of Hope with the trigger.
But why are both of these things true? Among other things, it’s the fact that they can be used to dodge removal very easily. Partially because it was a house at the prerelease, and partially because Momentary Blink is one of my favorite cards. Follow him on Twitter via for regular updates on the world of entertainment.I’m excited for Ghostly Flicker. Hasitha Fernando is a part-time medical practitioner and full-time cinephile. Spell is guilty of a great many things, but its failure to deliver on the scares as a horror film certainly ought to take the proverbial cake.įlickering Myth Rating – Film: ★ ★ / Movie: ★ ★ The rest of the cast didn’t make a lasting impression either. If it was put there to make us ‘feel’ for Hardwick’s character, all I can say is, it clearly didn’t do what it was supposed to do. There are flashbacks of an abusive childhood and a toxic patriarchy, but why it was included into the narrative is unclear. Omari Hardwick ( Power) however, failed to really connect with me as the film’s protagonist. As the duplicitous, scenery chewing matriarch of this backwoods horror-drama she really was quite the scene stealer. Sadly, that isn’t what happened here.Īs far as the performances were concerned Loretta Devine ( Grey’s Anatomy) was the obvious standout of the bunch. The film could have benefitted much if Tonderai let his imagination run riot and thought of more ingenious ways to ratchet up the tension and unease, without being confined by Wimmer’s paint-by-numbers script. Part of Spell’s inability to deliver on the thrills can also be blamed on Mark Tonderai’s uninspiring direction. If Spell actually embraced the inherent absurdism of its premise instead of playing it too serious and straight-faced, the end product at least would’ve packed an entertaining punch, but that’s just my opinion. But unfortunately, it comes a little too late. Blood soaked, action packed and ridiculously over-the-top, the finale is the much-needed jolt of adrenaline the film needs. However, the third act is when things get a little interesting, when the proverbial excrement starts hitting the fan. But none of these contributed in anyway whatsoever to instill even a sense of dread or an ounce of tension, throughout the proceedings. I’m talking about creaky floorboards, perpetually inclement weather, rusty door hinges, creepy looking props-the whole shebang.
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Kurt Wimmer, whose best effort thus far has been the Orwellian sci-fi actioner Equilibrium, has crafted an extremely formulaic and generic script simply enamoured with ticking the boxes of every possible horror movie cliche imaginable. In a way it’s rather refreshing to not see that trend also being shoehorned here, but the issue with this film is, there’s not much else it offers to its audience either. Also, if you were expecting some form of timely socio-political commentary to be weaved into the narrative, as is the case with most flicks with a predominant black cast, think again.
So anyway, Hoodoo practices and grotesque doll play factor in a major way into the film’s premise. Voodoo is a religion or belief system that centers around gods, while Hoodoo concerns the magic derived from the teachings of Voodoo which operate independently of gods or any religious trappings. For the uninitiated let me briefly try to outline the differences between Voodoo and Hoodoo.
Because in a lot of way it’s pretty much that, with some Hoodoo thrown into the mix. I certainly wouldn’t blame you if the first question that’d pop into your head was, ‘Is this a rip-off of the classic Stephen King adaptation Misery?’ after seeing the film’s trailer and reading its synopsis. At Spell School, Tom and Twigs are chosen by Treetog to learn a new kind of magic with the mysterious Red magic. But the real troubles begin, when he awakens. While flying to his father’s funeral in rural Appalachia, a freak storm causes a man to lose control of the plane carrying him and his family. Starring Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, Lorraine Burroughs, Hannah Gonera, and John Beasley.