 Thanks for checking out this movie review video. This is for the 2015 film the black coats daughter. This is an 824 film So I'm you know 824 the way they do horror. I particularly like it I know there are a lot of people out there who don't really like it They have a they do a lot of stylistic things with the film which a lot of times makes it a lot slower The other thing is they like to Make sure things aren't straightforward. They like to confuse things a little bit and make you do a little bit Extra work, so I understand why some people really don't like that, but I personally really like it I know some other people who do now. This is a spoiler review So if you have any sort of interest in the black coats daughter Don't continue with this go watch it first and then come back and watch this review Because I have a lot of good analysis on this. Well, I think it's good Anyway, I watch this on Netflix when I'm putting this review together. So The black coats daughter was written and directed by Oz Perkins who did other films such as removal Cold comes the night the girl in the photographs, which I have heard of and I've been meaning to watch and also I am the pretty thing that lives in the house I've also heard of that heard good things that is also on Netflix and I need to check that one out Like I said, it's an 824 film. So, you know, if you typically don't like them, maybe you won't like this But I'd say give it a shot film filmed in Kemptville, Ontario, Canada Oz Perkins brother Elvis did the score for this film and actually he struggled a lot with doing it Because he had never done a score before he was a musician He done plenty of musical stuff before but he felt like the per having the parameters that he had felt very Confining for making this but I will say even though he struggled with it. The score is really good The music is really good. I do think it gets a little bit heavy-handed at times Maybe tells people a little bit too much about what's going on and how they're supposed to feel I'm big on being pretty restrained when it comes to the soundtrack of films, but overall I thought it was good I thought that when they used it it matched I just thought sometimes it was a little too loud a little too forceful, but good overall The beginning nightmare in this film. Yeah, I don't have a whole lot of backstory on the film itself The beginning nightmare in this film or daydream or whatever you want to call it I feel like it's potentially an indicator that the character of cat Because at this at this point early on let me say this at this point early on we don't know that she's possessed We don't know this is a possession film which by the way I love the fact that this is a kind of secret possession film because I would not intentionally watch a possession film For the most part. I mean I intentionally watched the Exorcist some years ago for the first time because I've heard so many great things about it And I'm glad I did but I've seen other possession films and just they don't work for me I don't like them and I think an aspect of that is the fact that You know what you're getting like they usually telegraph what they're what they're going to be and as soon as you hear possession film You know that they're gonna use a lot of stuff that was in the Exorcist and things that are similar And you basically know exactly how it's gonna go, you know some things change here and there But for the most part you know what's gonna happen So I I feel like there's never any surprise with it and for me It's just boring and that's why I don't really like possession films But I liked this because it tricked me Into watching a possession film that I didn't get was a possession film until towards the end of the film Which I thought was a great way to structure it and that's the thing. It's all about structure. This is a Very interestingly structured film that does a lot of good for it And I'll talk a little bit more about that in a bit But in the beginning we don't know that cat is possessed So when we're getting like the flashes of like the car accident in the snow We're thinking oh, maybe she lost a parent I mean, that's what I initially thought but then when you get towards the end of the film I was like, you know, this may be an indicator that she killed her parents that either her parents were already dead and It was because of an accident and that's how she came to be at this Religious school boarding school, I guess religious boarding school and Either that's the way or maybe she killed her parents well mean not her but the demon So the way it's like flashes would lead me would leave me to believe most that the demon Inside of her made her kill her parents and caused that accident that killed her parents And when she's just getting those flashes of it as kind of like a daydream slash nightmare thing It's because the demon inside her knows that it killed her parents But her the actual cat in that body doesn't know it So she gets flashes from the demons Recollection of what happens so she just gets bits and pieces which would make sense going forward for why she's always like Oh, I don't know if my parents are coming. I don't think they're coming Because that indicates that she doesn't she doesn't know they're dead But she's got this feeling that they're just not gonna be coming there And that's because the demon knows he killed them and they definitely won't be coming So I thought that was that was a strong indicator of what was actually going on with that And I like that they have that with the opening or interaction with the priest You get the idea that cat is a very solemn person now initially you just think that she's kind of weird She's kind of distant But then you realize after you've watched the film that that's because she is possessed And that's probably why she's here and it seems that they kind that they probably know that she is possessed And they're kind of working with her and I think that's why when she has that first interaction with the priest Which initially seems just weird. He's kind of like Gets a glimmer of hope when he sees like oh, are you are you smiling and she's like, oh, no It's like a it's like he sees a glimmer of the real cat coming through pushing past the demon that's in her body And that kind of gives him a little bit of hope but then it gets you know repressed So I think that's an interesting scene because of how it makes you feel initially We're just like this is weird and then how you view it after you've seen the film The introduction of rose indicates that she's actually supposed to be somewhat of an opposite to cat And in a way she is because cat is possessed by a demon rose is not possessed by a demon But they give you an idea early on that like she's the bad girl and part of the rate How they do that is she has a darker look from cat And you would think that cat would be the one on the lighter side because she seems very permanent proper She seems to be doing what she's told So they kind of fool you into thinking that she's the good one in a sense And maybe if anything goes wrong, it's going to be because of rose Especially when they throw in the whole aspect of you know Her parents meeting Joan and telling her that she had died and then you're just like oh She a ghost like what's going on here? And that's the thing it causes a lot of confusion and once again I'll talk about that a little bit later But I like how they kind of portray her like that like you know The the opposite image of cat is supposed to be rose But you you end up finding out by the end that it's the opposite of what you think they kind of are the opposites But it's reversed and rose is the good one and not the bad one even though she's bad Socially because she's smoking she's having premarital sex and cat is not so you would think socially She's the good one, but she's evil because she's being Possessed by a demon. So I think that's an interesting play on things They set up a creep factor when cat goes into Rose's room and is touching her stuff with a very emotionless look The music was an unbelievably heavy indicator here I think this is one of those moments where I would have liked them to kind of pull it back a little bit But I think that helps with the creep factor. Just you know kind of bring it down a little bit Kiernan Shipka's Performance as cat is quite good. I feel like she just ends up with these types of roles Yes, she is Sabrina in the Sabrina series on Netflix, which I do watch and I think is pretty good. It's like, you know light, but you know So much happens in the dark, but they managed to get enough of light in so you can actually see what's happening I think it's good because it keeps a very solemn dark creepy Atmosphere for the film that like everything is in the dark. There's barely anything that looks light at all and Actually, when you think about it the the moments that look kind of light seem to be the moments where cat the actual cat is coming through somewhat in In her own body and kind of pushing past the demon and taking control of her own physical body So I like that they chose to shoot it pretty much dark But they do an excellent job of making sure you can still see what's happening There's so many films out there that they shoot in the dark and everything's dark And you can't see what's happening like prime example the second alien versus predator film AVP Requiem that's unwatchable because you cannot see what's going on everything is in the dark and it's fast They didn't light things enough so you can really see what's happening So that's the way you don't do it. The black coat's daughter is the way you do it and do it effectively They move between cat Rose and Joan and with how much they move between them You're really like what is going on here? Like what is the connection and that's one of the great things about this film is it drives a lot of interest by not giving You too much it really plays like a thriller because it doesn't give you too much at once It doesn't like I was saying about typical possession films. It doesn't tell you up front This is a possession film. You're waiting to find out what's really happening now I know that can be a turn off for some people because they want to know what they're getting into They want to know what they're really watching here. I like it when I don't know where I'm going like I'm kind of fumbling through the dark But I'm just getting bits and pieces and I'm trying to piece things together And then that aha moment towards the end or at the very end where I'm like Oh, this is what it was all the time And then that makes me look back and kind of look at all these other things and be like well This was probably indicating this that has better context now now I understand what this was supposed to be because I've watched the whole film. So I just like that kind of thing When Joan and Bill are talking in the hotel room after, you know, Bill and his wife pick him up pick her up I you they really build the tension to make it feel like those two are gonna have sex And then they break it in a really good way And this is kind of something that happens throughout the film where like you feel things are are Potentially working towards a certain thing and then they break from it and they kind of like make you like oh, okay So it sets up the expectation that you can't expect certain things like you don't necessarily know what's gonna go on And that's great for the audience experience because anything could happen It really keeps you engaged in and that makes it like I was saying more of a thriller film When Rose asks if there's anything she anything else she can get cat Cat says quote. No, you had your chance now. This kind of indicates to me Even before I knew what what was really going on in the film that indicated to me the way She said it that she was going to harm Rose the cat was going to harm Rose It was the delivery of how she said it and the specific words that were chosen because as we all know Words are chosen very intentionally with scripts actions are as well What's actually in the film are intentional? So if there's something in the film most of the time, it's intentional to indicate something or set something up And this is clearly one of those moments because obviously, you know cat kills Rose This is your first big indicator that something was coming What if I put what is going on? I was so confused at this point when Bill and Joan are talking and Bill says his daughter died nine years ago You assume it's gonna be cat I assumed it was gonna be cat But then he shows the picture and it's Rose and I'm like what is going on here because cat seems like the one that's really Disconnected and and out of it. So you're like, oh, she would be a ghost probably and that's probably what's going on That did make me think though that it could be a ruse For Bill to ease Joan's mind when he actually has something nefarious plan now This kind of illustrates how my mind is just going in all these different places when I'm watching the film Because it didn't tell me already what it is, which like I said is a great thing for for me when I experienced films I love that. So this was This was good the way it was set up when cat throws up at the dinner table It did at that point start to feel to me like, you know what? I think this might be a possession film because she seems even more out of it The throwing up aspect maybe think back to the exorcist because that was a clear indicator of what was going on of the Possession and that's you know a link amongst a lot of possession films So that made me start really paying attention to cat and then I started thinking is this secretly a possession film? And I ended up being right at that point But it took quite a while before we got to that point where I could guess that and then the way it you know Played out wasn't a straightforward possession. They actually didn't focus a ton on like Exercising the demon or anything which I was happy about that was a pretty quick thing I think the moments of cat listening to the phone And you know like she can't like you don't know what she's doing listening to the phone And she seems really out of it and giving kind of like vague answers And then that moment where you actually experience from her perspective Just hearing like muffled things going on and then later on you hear muffled from her Which is you know when when she's found with those severed heads in in the boiler room and the police officers They're gonna shoot her you You kind of Get the idea that Those things are kind of linked somehow because the way Him yelling at her sounds is very similar to the way it sounds when she was on the phone Now that would indicate to me that that's a moment of the actual cat in that body hearing something and Experiencing it behind the filter of the demon basically so when she's on the phone I think that's her trapped in her body And just hearing things kind of filtering through the demon to the actual her Inside her body and then I think the moment where we see her hearing things that way with the police officer about to shoot her I think that that is an indicator that that's what was going on when she was on the phone It links those two things so Just a theory there and then the other thing that well, I'll talk about it in a little bit I don't want to spoil that aspect of my of my idea This is the type of possession film I can get into it didn't it did its own thing and lets you keep guessing instead of having all The information up front kind of already talked about that There's an indicator of when the demon takes over when cat is bathing So when she's in the bathroom and then you see like the the bathroom tile There's like a close-up of bathroom tile with like some Condensation on it and then there's some light and then you see like a little shadow kind of appear on it That's the moment kind of indicating that it's a full takeover of her body pretty much now When you're watching it, you don't necessarily know that that's what it means But you know something's a rise something's going on something's weird here and then looking back and be like Oh, that's the kind of indicator moment that it has taken over It appears Joan is possessed By the same demon Since she does the same thing the cat did You know she kills people she cuts their heads off. She takes it to the exact same boiler room She sets them up also her hair I think is meant to be an indicator a connection to cat their hair looks the same they both look died Which I think they are I think that's supposed to be a little indicator that the same demon that was possessing cat possesses Joan now We know at this point when we're seeing Joan that this is nine years after the actual events of Rose and cat So it is the same demon. It's kind of just showing you the two the two the two timelines of This is what happened when this demon possessed cat and then killed Rose and those other two people now nine years later the same demon possesses Joan goes and kills Rose's parents, which is kind of finishing the job of the killing that bloodline and Actually and that raises a question was Rose the daughter. Oh, so yeah, so bill is A clergyman Yeah, I believe bill is isn't isn't he someone put it in the comments He might be so that could be kind of an indicator of what black coat's daughter is the kind of going after that bloodline But anyway, so Joan is possessed basically I'm going back to that and one of the other indicators other than you know her freaking out too because that's another thing I think the moment of her at the very end where she's flipping out and she's crying Is the demon has basically left her either left her or let her Take control of her body again and she knows at that point what she's done and that's the actual her finding out what she's done and just Realizing oh my god. This is what my physical body did. I didn't do this the demon did this But this is what my physical body did and she just loses it Another clear indicator. Well, not clear another little indicator that I think shows that Joan is possessed is Earlier on when she first gets picked up by bill and his wife and she's at the hotel there's like she showers and there's you see these um You see the scars on her And the scar it's like a shot like a a shot like she was shot with a bullet And there's like a flash memory of someone shooting her and when I look back. I think that's the same as The moment where that police officer shows up and were led to believe shoots cat So that would indicate that it's the same demon Uh possessing these two bodies because that memory That memory is the demon's memory because the demon was in control of cat When the police officer shot at her and then You know, it's still that memory is still there when the demon is in Joan And then I guess the the scars there as well. That's the only way I can Explain that little portion of the film and also like I said, you know, everything's there for a reason So why would that little portion be there? It's intentional. So Okay, so I looked it up and black coat what a black coat is is a disparaging term for a clergy member So what I really think is that the black coat's daughter refers to cat and the black coat in this Uh situation is the demon that possesses her now the derogatory term for a clergyman Meaning basically like the inverse in this case of a good clergy person being a bad clergy person And that's what the demon is the demon is basically it's not satan, but it is A bad clergy person that is taking over bodies and doing satan's bidding basically So that's my idea of where black hoods daughter comes from So some things to kind of wrap up about this film the cinematography is really good in this one Cinematography is done by I want to call out her name. I think I have it up on my phone real quick I think her last name is Kirk. Well Julie Kirk Kirkwood Julie Kirkwood outstanding job on the cinematography really really good A lot of interesting ways of framing the characters, especially early on there are a lot of shots where There are interesting shapes to the sides of the characters and also behind the characters So it's you're not just looking at them You're also looking at what else is going on in the environment and it creates a really cool atmosphere Also the aspect of what I was saying about the use of light Which is tricky. Um is really really good Cinematography is great directing is really good as well acting Very good The way the soundtrack is the soundtrack is it makes every character seem suspicious At least early on in the film when you don't know what's going on This is actually a good way to keep the audience guessing and keep the audience a little bit paranoid about Who is who and and what they're actually getting at because honestly watching this film before I knew what was really going on I was suspicious of everyone like the way the film plays out Everything feels weird. Everyone feels suspicious. Everyone feels odd Another thing kind of playing into that is that the dialogue is sparse And when it happens it actually doesn't indicate a whole lot of what's going on Which gives you this whole feeling of being a blank canvas not really knowing what's going on and just being very cryptic Kind of like saying It's like the film is saying to you let me lead you but i'm not going to tell you what's going on Let me take you through this haunted house basically with your eyes closed And you just feel things out and i'll let you know what's going on as they happen Um so interesting way to do it This film is slow So I could see where people actually wouldn't like it from that from that aspect But I think it really helps to build the atmosphere. It builds the dread It builds the tension the uncertainty and the other thing is it gives you time to kind of Start thinking about what's really going on and kind of creating your own theories in your head So I like that about it Why do they have it broken into the chapters of the girls is my question Because they because cat is introduced first So, I mean, I do kind of understand first of all, I okay, let me re let me go back I don't understand why they broke it kind of in the chapter So they didn't need to do that where they have it come up and it says rose then it says jone then it says cat um, I I don't know why they did that. I don't think it was needed, but uh It confused me at first because I was like well Why is cat the third one because cat was the first character introduced And then I get it because cat would be the last one because that's that's the origin of the real story itself um, so then I don't understand why rose was first though because You know, I don't know it didn't really make a whole lot of sense to me why they did it that that way So what happened with rose and cat was in oh, so not is not a question So what happened with rose and cat was actually in the past And what happened with jone and bill and the wife was in the present so This is one of the great things about how this was set up And I'll I'll read I'll read a little thing about it how we realize at the end That the events we thought were current with cat and rose because that was introduced first Is actually not current that was nine years in the past and what we're seeing as current is jone that's what's going on and It it feels weird just because usually with a film we get chronological order That's what we assume we're getting into so whenever, you know a curve ball is thrown out like this It really messes with your head it creates confusion and in this case it does it in a good way So this speaks to how important sequence sequencing is because it's a very straightforward story it is But how they confuse the timeline timeline is what actually makes it a thriller and creates so much interest for the audience Had they just done this in its regular chronological order? It still would be a good film, but I don't think it would be would be as interesting I don't think it would be as engaging. I don't think it would play as much like a thriller as it does otherwise This speaks to the whole a 24 horror thing where it's we're going to make you work a little bit harder We're going to confuse you We're going to immerse you in the story and lead you through something But when it's done you're going to have to figure out some stuff And once again, that's something I love, but I understand not everyone does So anyway, I I quit did quite like this film. I didn't think it was a perfect film Like I said, you know the music was a little heavy handed at times Like I said, it's a simple story. Um Yeah, I mean, it's a good film. It's a very good film So with the possible five stars half stars in play, I'm going to give us a very solid four and a half star rating I think this is very good. Uh, I'm going to be watching more a 24 films horror films. 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