Martha Marcy May Marlene

IMDB
First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Amberly

I've always been fascinated by cults. Here we see a young girl desperately trying to adjust to normal life after escaping and writer/director Sean Durkin really manages to get the audience in her mindset by the end of the film.

An amazing performance from Elizabeth Olsen who is indeed the younger sister of the Olsen twins from Full House. I believe she will also be staring in the remake of Silent House which now has me slightly more intrigued to see it.

John Hawkes is great as ever, and really creepy to boot, as the charismatic leader of the cult. Also Hugh Dancy is as gorgeous and British as ever. My god that man is handsome.

The film manages to make you really fear for this poor girl. You do get a sense that the she may eventually get the help she desperately needs but the ending of the film is probably it's greatest jolt and really lets the paranoia set in within the mind of the audience.

It's a slow and quiet film that builds tension almost without you being aware. I really enjoyed watching this one and it managed to work the crowd in the cinema rather well too. Very intriguing.