The Manor is a decently average supernatural thriller written and directed by Axelle Carolyn. Barbara Hershey is in the lead role of Judith Albright, and the cast includes Bruce Davison, Jill Larson, Fran Bennett, and Ciera Payton.
Judith is a charming, elderly woman who is recovering from a stroke and learns that she is suffering from Parkinson’s disease. She decides to move into a nursing home which is in an isolated manor. Of course, the place is surrounded by thick woodland. Judith starts noticing more than usual peculiar behaviors from the fellow patients and staff. She has dreams of a terrifying creature lurking in her room and menacing her roommate. Judith and her grandson start to investigate the history of some of the patients and the manor. Something ancient and grotesque is stalking the residents of this home, and Judith has stumbled into a nest of secrets, and some of her fellow residents are not all they seem.
It’s kind of an interesting film with a protagonist who is rather unusual. Judith has a kind of spunk I can respect. The performances were fine, but nothing too remarkable. The creature Judith sees when she is half-asleep is actually pretty well created and suitably grotesque.
This wasn’t the most expensive movie ever made by a long shot. I thought Hershey did pretty well in the lead.
The film is mildly interesting and manages to not be the dregs of the horror genre. I wish I could have a more enthusiastic report to give, but it’s not to be.
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