The Sigil and the Power of the Off Button!: A Movie Review

*full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by director Brandon Cano-Errecart.

Director: Brandon Cano-Errecart.

Writers: Nathan Dean Snyder.

Cast: Macklen Makhloghi, Nathan Dean Snyder and Carl Wawrina

And the amateur filmmaking hour continues with the indie project The Sigil. This is a terrible movie from beginning to almost end. This reviewer turned off the film at the hour mark after one of the actors or actresses screamed into the microphone for the umpteenth time. Other problems developed in the script, the characters, the story and production. In other words, this film is unwatchable!

The story, if you can call it that, involves a Satanic cult, which lived in a run down Los Angeles apartment. Members of the cult killed others and then a documentary crew turned up to investigate. From here on in, you will get the shaky camera as melodramatic characters investigate Devan's brother's murder. This reviewer felt like he was being murdered by shrill screams and a jerky shooting style. Make the pain end!

And it did end thanks to the off button. The Sigil lacks dialogue. Characters fight for no apparent reason; maybe they just forgot their lines. The acting is unprofessional all around and the film crew seem to be experimenting. This film should have stayed on a shelf somewhere. Unfortunately, a copy of this film made its way to 28DLA and now this reviewer will burn it and stomp all over its flaming remains.

Overall: 2 out of 10 (scriptwriting is absent or weak, shooting style is absolutely atrocious, poorly made and poorly planned, completely unwatchable.)

*if you are a family member of the cast and crew, then you can watch The Sigil premiering at The Los Angeles Fear and Fantasy Film Festival on Thursday, May 17th at 6:00PM. Others will want to stay far, far away from this theatre.

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