Elizabeth Harvest

Started ok but my interest waned about a third through the movie. The cast was fine. The script was just to complicated with all the cloning stuff and flashbacks and explanations I still couldn't get into it. Quite a bit of nudity which was quite nice to see particulary from Carla Gugino. Abbey Lee didn't overly impress me much. Movies like this tend to do my head in a bit. I think it was trying to be clever. The running time was long for me. I was looking at my watch about third through. Still it was nice to see Carla in something new even though it was a bit boring and complex.

"Moon" starring Sam Rockwell explored this ground better. The movie starts well enough but the big mystery is revealed and promptly gets lost in a love triangle/quadrangle (not sure which) that feels contrived. It may not have seemed contrived, or labored, had editing been more disciplined. Abbey Lee has a Jocelin Donahue-like beauty and acting ability, which are real positives. All the acting was excellent.

Did not have great expectations for this unknown sleeper of a horror movie. Starts off slow as this old man and his "way too hot/young for him" wife arrive at his secluded modern and rich estate. She seems half drugged and it is weird that a bride wouldn't have seen her new husband's estate before. Looked like some "same old" garbage but the plot twists soon enough and it grabbed me from then out. The bride's "goofiness" is explained slowly but surely. There are several holes in the plot that bugged me a bit but it was still a cut above most schlock horror junk! Weird and bizarre like good horror should be! Spoiler alert(don't read on): So, in the diary flashback, when Elizabeth #2 escapes and the cop Logan comes to the house for an explanantion, Claire and Henry say that she is Claire's cousin ( or some relative ) and she's mentally unstable and prone to make up things etc. They cut away and we are to "expect" that Henry paid Logan off to cover-up the matter. But later in the timeline, Logan treats Elizabeth as Henry's young bride and asks where she is etc. So what happened that Logan went from being told she was Claire's unstable cousin to "accepting her" as Henry's wife? Kind of a big leap to not explain! Also, the son/clone Oliver was way way too adept for a blind guy. Not just shooting and killing Logan with Elizabeth #5 in close proximity - how did he know he wouldn't hit her? But he floated around without any hint that he couldn't see anything. Just a gauze. Too handi-capable for my tastes.

I am not sure why this movie has received such a low IMDB rating. I got hooked from the very first scene and since then it was a quite intense ride indeed. There was never a moment I felt bored. I especially found cinematography, editing, and score really fascinating. Setting of the movie in an isolated location only adds to the intrigue of the story. Beautifully done thriller all around.

Well it's supposed to be clever & unusual, but it just comes off as being confusing, sick, twisted & weird. Too many fragments make the story line jump around, and in the end, you have no idea who is who, or what happened when. Dont bother!!

"Elizabeth Harvest" is an intricate indie thriller which does a great job at building up suspense and unease throughout. We are introduced to Elizabeth (Abbey Lee) a beautiful new bride, being taken to her new high tech home by husband Henry (Ciaran Hinds). She meets the housekeeper, uptight Claire (Carla Gugino) and the blind, flower picker Oliver (Matthew Beard). As she tours the grand home, one room in particular catches her eye to which Henry forbids her from ever entering. Shocking discoveries and dark truths are what lies past the frosted glass door, but will Elizabeth enter? Abbey Lee has had small bit parts throughout the past few years and so I was surprised at how great she was in the movie, although the British accent falters somewhat (she's Australian), she maintains our interest as the lead character. The rest of the performers are all on fine form too. Quite a few twists and revaluations happen quick and fast, and these kick off pretty quickly actually (after the first 30 minutes). Overall, I'd recommend this indie thriller.