Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Joey King
Budget: Unknown
Directed By: Veena Sud
This movie is one of four horror films made or selected by Blumhouse for Amazon Prime over the October period. I'll be reviewing each one with my thoughts on each film, next up:
The Lie, well what can I say this must have been made on a very tight budget indeed, little to no special effects. One thing I did like however is The Lie is solely based around one aspect, The Lie, it's all about it. I may sound like i'm talking in riddles but once you watch this film you'll get it.
The Lie perpetuates a feeling that is in a child's innocence something they would do to achieve the goal they want, especially when they get the desired effect. Enough with the riddles now.
Two divorced parents are trying to get their daughter (Kayla)to a retreat she apparently goes on every year. It falls to the dad to take her. Along the way they see and pick up Kayla's friend who is also going at a bus stop. These something up with Kayla and Brittany right from the beginning, there even seems to be some weird tension between the dad and Brittany too when he says she's good looking.
Though this is only brought up once more later on, though it is a reason why Kayla does what she does.
Anyway Brittany needs a pee, Dad doesn't really want to stop but does both of the girls run off to take a piss. They take a while so Dad goes looking, he hears a scream then see's Kayla on a bridge without Britt. She says she pushed her off due being jealous, it was and accident she didn't mean to kill her.
Dad looks for Britt's corpse but only finds her purse with cracked mobile/cell inside. He doesn't want to hand his daughter in so they hide from a passing truck then go back to mum's. Mum's horrified but goes along with the lie that Kayla was ill and they never went.
Over the course of the film now the lie grows, keeps getting added too, though it strangely brings the mum and dad closer together again. I'll leave it there as any more explanation will spoil the ending.
Overall okay, again not really a horror movie, more of a thriller again in my eyes. The twist?
I had this sussed from almost the beginning unfortunately, It was still a good watch with some good acting pulled off by Peter Sarsgaard and the mother too, Kayla was just wooden and one note sobbing all the time, though might have just been her character. Like I said earlier little to no practical or special effects apart from blood and a dream shot of dead Brittany.
THN awards The Lie a weak 3 out of 5 stars watch if there's nothing else on.
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