What’s It All About
The 1 Sentence Summary of The New Daughter
A single dad, his teenage daughter, and his young son move to South Carolina where the daughter’s personality starts to drastically change.
Cast and Director
With an A-list name like Kevin Costner, this movie had our hopes up. Also starring Ivana Baquero (Pan’s Labyrinth) and directed by Luiso Berdejo (Quarantine), unfortunately, it left us flat.
Spoiler Alert
We’d much rather you watch the movie than read some of our favorite and least favorite parts about it. But if you have to know, check out our breakdown below.
Choosing a favorite scene is tough as this movie was slow. It wasn’t until the end that anything really started to happen. So, if we have to choose a favorite scene, it would have to be the very end. Kevin Costner’s character comes to the realization that he can’t save his daughter so he sets fire to the Indian burial mound she’s become obsessed with as she’s lying on it.
The Walkers. We don’t get to see them until the end of the movie but when they finally show up, things start to get good.
At one point in the movie, Louisa (Ivana Baquero) convinces her little brother Sam (Gattlin Griffith) to go up to the attic with her. He climbs the ladder and sticks his head through the opening of the attic. We can see Louisa walk across the room on the other side just as something runs right in front of Sam and he falls off of the ladder.
This movie is slow. While I love Kevin Costner as a doting, single dad to two adorable children, that’s not what I signed up for when I pushed play.
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Summary
Scare Critics Say: Skip It
Scare Critic Review
This film relies on a faux mythology plot to carry it slooooowwwwwllllyyyy to it's big finish ending.
Scares Breakdown
- Mythology
- Possession
- Teenager
Good
- Good acting
- Ending with Closure
- Delivers on scene setting/atmosphere
Bad
- Slow Plot
- Not enough action or build through majority of film
