Do you know what a demon is? Well you're about to find out! Magnet Releasing has unveiled the trailer for Romola Garai's creepy horror movie Amulet, which caused a stir at Sundance earlier this year. Following an accident that leaves him homeless in London, former soldier Tomaz (Alec Secareanu) is brought to the rotting home of Magda (Carla Juri), a lonely woman in desperate need of help as she looks after her dying mother. Though at first resistant, Magda eventually welcomes him into their lives and allows him to help her care for them. But as he worms …
Romola Garai has been entertaining audiences as an actress for the last two decades in films like Atonement and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (underrated and she is delightful in it,) but with the upcoming horror movie Amulet, she makes the leap behind the scenes. Written and directed by Garai in her feature debut as a filmmaker, Amulet stars Alex Secareanu as Tomaz, a homeless ex-soldier trying to cope with his trauma when he finds hope in the form of a woman (Carla Juri) living with her ailing mother, who agrees to let Tomaz live with her free of charge …
The horror genre can be a very powerful vehicle for exploring challenging, often timely themes and topics in a riveting fashion. Weaving those concepts into a narrative in a blunt manner could certainly work well, but what makes Romola Garai’s feature directorial debut especially effective and unforgettable is how those ideas sneak up on you. Amulet sucks you in, challenges you to try to put things into focus and then smacks you with a wallop of an ending that’ll leave you needing a few moments after the credits. The movie stars Alec Secarneau as Tomaz with the narrative …
William Friedkin's 1973 classic, The Exorcist, features a strange relic known as the amulet of Pazuzu, which is closely connected to the film's demon.
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