TheLittleSongbird Will make things clear right now. This is in no way intended to sound hate-filled or like a reviewer who hates everything review. Quite the contrary. Am actually a fair reviewer with a love of film of all decades, genres and regardless of what the budget is. IMDb's lowest possible ratings are very rarely given out by me, and also have no bias against low-budget films, there are watchable, and even good, ones out there.'The Secret Village' (called 'Salem Witch Hunters' in my country but will call it by the title that in my view sounds more appropriate and more relevant to my feelings on the film) is not one of them. It is actually one of the worst ever examples to me, and not only has a recent viewing for any film been this bad it is one of the worst films ever viewed. Am being serious about this and am imagining the jaws-dropping-to-the-floor-in-disbelief reactions from some right now. Where to begin criticising a film where everything is done so catastrophically badly and where nothing is halfway good? 'The Secret Village' is very ugly visually, especially in the headache-inducing editing, one of the worst cases where a film has made me physically ill. In no way is this intended to be a joke, flippant or malicious, but for anybody epileptic or with any neurological condition, beware, this film should come with a health warning. Apologies if any offense has been caused, that is not the intention. Music is very important to me in film, the music here is dire and perhaps one of the worst ever, even failed composition projects of pre-GCSE music students have written better than what is heard here, a score so inappropriate tonally and in mood and placement as well as sounding cheap it is embarrassing. The direction is non-descript. Have no better news about the script and story, the latter being the worst thing about 'The Secret Village'. The script is horrendously stilted and very intelligence insulting. The practically non-existent story never gets going and never knows what to do with itself in terms of tone or even anything. There is no tension, no horror and no suspense, just non-stop cheese and dullness, and then there is the jumpy structure and constant and often downright confusing back and forth that renders things borderline incoherent, coming from somebody who likes to think that their comprehension is just fine. Regarding the characters, no effort is made to develop them, when they are not coming and going without reason and the few times it's obvious who is who, and they are also really annoying. For a secret village, the film does very little if anything to explore that and make it clearer, what makes this village secret comes over as at the end remaining a secret. The pacing is some of the most erratic for any film, on both spectrums of rushed and dull. The acting is barely worth mentioning, with the leads being atrocious. In summary, incredibly bad and not worth visiting a second time. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Johnny Rawton Not new to telling everyone my opinion but new to doing it here.There is a scene that keeps presenting itself that defies physics, not in a supernatural, or cartoon manner. The story is not slowly bled out in the way a suspense/thriller would in fact there is a defined beginning and the end. No real substance, the acting is poor and the only character i liked was the guy from office space but that's cause he is awesome, actor not character. It was very difficult to make it through this movie. The audio was poorly timed and exaggerated at times, not always but enough that its bad. I will agree with some others that the cinematography was good not great bud good. The story truly had the potential it just needed more substance. I feel very mislead by the synopsis of the film. It was not the worst film I have ever seen I will say that perhaps many others went in expecting the same thing i did and where still holding it to the standards of there preconceived thoughts on what it would be, not what it was. Overall it is a love story, and Disney movies are darker. Please remember this is not dark this is not twisted and there is a lot in place to confuse you from what is really happening. Watch for yourself though and judge it on your own likes.

mollidew This is definitely not the worst movie I have seen in recent years. Thrillers are always slow paced and you get the answers at the end. I haven't seen many that weren't like that. They can be confusing and annoying to people who prefer action movies or straight horror. This was not a horror movie. All the horror was in the mind of the female protagonist. About half way through I started to piece together the call the male lead made at the beginning. I thought the music was fine and helped to give the idea of suspense so that you wouldn't figure out she was imagining almost everything. I doubt she was calling anyone on the phone, perhaps her doctor or boyfriend. If they explained that I didn't catch it. She was poisoned which I figured out early on and having delusions. The locals were trying to coax her to go back with her boyfriend who she had rejected in favor of her delusions, but they couldn't get near enough to talk to her. She became very paranoid. Ergot poisoning was debilitating and often ended in death. It wasn't like a normal break with reality it was a very physical manifestation elicited by the poisoning. The actors plying the two main characters were not newbies and especially the boyfriend. I saw no problem with the acting. Some of the shots made the movie a little confusing but otherwise it was straight forward and people should have caught on when Paul and his friend kept showing up out of nowhere. I feel this one has gotten a bad wrap but if you don't like mysterious slow paced thrillers by all means, don't watch this movie. I personally like them and to see how they spin in the end. The author obviously had knowledge of the ergot poisoning theories in regard to witchcraft trials, especially the one at Salem Village. I personally intend on watching it a second time to see if I pick up details I missed. No I don't know the actors, the studio or writer.

dj_foxi_11-1 I consider myself to be a big movie buff. Regardless of what genre and what grade of movie, I will watch it. I watched this movie under the assumption that it would be good. Anything that is remotely a thriller/suspense movie should be good, right? Nope.Nope.Nope.I lost interest 5 minutes into the movie, barely managed to sit through the 85 minutes to follow but wanted to see what the 'fuss' was all about regarding the ending, and was severely disappointed. The score is quite bad. It reminds me of a pisstake on 80's horror films. The actors had NO probable cause for being on the screen, much less uttering a few lines, moving here and there and I kind of felt sorry for them. The editing is typical of a low budget film, but I've seen low budget films that are 10 times better than this mess. I have read a fair few 'positive' reviews and they all say the same thing 'Non-linear'. This was all over the place. There is no substance, no climax, and nothing is ever clear enough for the viewer to actually understand what is going on. Another thing that annoyed me was those two guys that were chasing the lead character throughout a majority of the movie. As soon as she would 'escape' their clutches, instead of jumping back in the car as she is driving off to pursue her, they keep walking forwards then stop and stand there, as if watching her drive off would somehow give her a change of mind and she may come back. Seriously? Where is the suspense? Def would NOT recommend this movie. I'm sure the actors have to have at least one bad movie in their career and this is one of them.