Leofwine_draca THE AFFLICTED is an example of the 'misery lit' genre writ on film. It's an indie drama that follows a quartet of siblings as they're subjected to abuse by their religious, crazed mother. Aside from the presence of Jason star Kane Hodder in the cast, this has no horror content and is merely depressing. If you just like seeing people getting abused for the entire running time then you might just enjoy it; otherwise, if you're looking for proper plotting, character development, etc. then I'd recommend checking elsewhere.

markfromindy-55972 loosely based ( and I mean very loosely) on Theresa Knorr's story, this film is just a depressing , idiot plot mess. There are several times during the movie the children have opportunities to fight back, and even overpower the abusive mother. But they never do, because if that happened the story would be over. Characters do things in this cat box of a film JUST BECAUSE the writer wanted them to. The resolution of the story also feels tacked on. The writer/ director spends lot of time showing the girls being tortured, killed and even raped, but the resolution happens in the very last 10 minutes of this thing. I want the hour and 23 minutes of my life back that was wasted watching this.

fracpa That was about all it did. Made me mad. I seriously fast forwarded after Carla was killed because I just wanted to see the mom beat. But during the movie, I didn't understand how 4 teenagers wouldn't fight back more. At least after Cathy was shot. I feel like natural instinct would be to do everything to save your sister. And they were all old enough to realize that there is no way she could take down even 2 of them if they stuck together. It was overall a decent movie acting and plot, but it just makes you mad and sick. Child abuse is disgusting. The movie definitely portrayed it well, I just think the whole situation is kind of far-stretched. I'm sure it has happened, it just seems to me that it would be more likely of younger children or children who grew up with it. The movie made it seem like she had a sudden change so the kids knew the difference. Also, if a kid goes to a guidance counselor bawling, they don't take the parents word lol

carmelahayslett I really liked this film! Don't get me wrong... it's not enjoyable or an easy film to watch but I highly respect how disturbing and depressing this film was. I originally wanted to watch it on Netflix because I saw Leslie Easterbrook is in it (I'm a big fan) and what I found was a riveting, well-performed thriller. Some elements of the film were a bit hard to believe but all in all I wasn't disappointed. If anyone gives this movie a lousy rating just for being disturbing than they don't understand that it was supposed to be disturbing. This isn't a happy family film. In fact, it's a hopeless film all the way through. There's no playing with emotions here. This is a heartless story about a human monster.