Not much going on throughout the movie... or I simply stopped paying attention. Alexandra Daddario is a beautiful actress with quite a few big movie roles under her belt; however, in this movie her character wasn't very bright and would progressively become more and more annoying (with the way she acts, she should've been dead 40 minutes in). The protagonist, Allison, pretty much becomes that one girl who is always going to be endangered no matter who comes to save her or how many times she escapes because of a villain known as MR. BAD PLOT... and I guess her own stupidity. How does she react when the killer or something bad appears? "Ahhhhh!" or she starts to cry. Next time try not to be so loud when your goal is to survive in a horror flick (SPOILER: Allison doesn't get another chance to redeem herself RIP). I swear I saw her going for a run early on in the movie, so why isn't she running now? (Rule #1 of horror 101: RUN RUN RUN!) As for the villain, he's... well, he's kind of lacking as he doesn't have a strong presence (he's not scary). The killer also didn't have a real advantage over any of the other characters, so I'm not sure why none of them were able to fight him off (seriously, it's just one guy). The guy seemed slightly below average in size (body mass), why is he overpowering everyone with such ease (1 jab knocks a girl out cold). The supporting cast didn't really add much substance to the narrative either and I didn't really care when or how they bit the dust. Another major character in the film is a boy named Martin who is kidnapped by our killer and latter becomes his successor in the movie Malevolent. This makes Bereavement a prequel that tries to explain why Martin turns into a murderer but fails to explain why this actually happens. How does the kid somehow inherit the killers traits? How does seeing a goat-head-thing translate to him gaining the mindset of a killer? Why was his transformation so quick (he did a complete 180)? These questions are never really answered, it just kinda happens because... you know... PLOT. The story failed to convey a smooth viewing experience, in fact, it was pretty bland and just seemed to drag on from start to finish (a bit slow for my taste). Overall the story deserves a 1.5 star, but the girl is quite the looker *cough* with massive assets *cough* and her aunt and uncle seemed like really cool people so I added another 3.5 stars.

Alright, this movie is your basic gore fest. It had so much potential and really could have explored in more depth how this boy became a serial killer. The killing scenes are pretty good, especially when that noisy annoying girl gets roasted in the furnace. I know any kind of movie requires some suspension of disbelief, but you are kind of amazed at how totally stupid some of these victims are. I was impressed with how much screaming there was. One scene the annoying girl screamed for at least two minutes. Funny stuff. Anyway, I liked it. I just wished they could have gone more into the psychology of the psycho killer. Also, it would have been better if some of the victims weren't so stupid where they basically offer themselves helplessly to be killed. I mean, they had no survival instinct at all, so you really didn't feel sorry when they met their ultimate fate.

I only watched this movie because Michael Biehn was in it. It did not take long to figure out this movie pretty much sucks! Oh, and then I recognized actor John Savage. These two guys are good actors! But the chick playing Biehn's niece is so annoying and such a bad actress, that's the real horror here. The plot is pretty much non-existent: a serial killer slaying a bunch of women in front of the kid he's kidnapped. (and now I get it that this is a prequel. That knowledge didn't help the quality of this film). Oh, and parts of the story made no sense. The victims' and their excessive screaming, but lack of fighting. The teenager telling her cousin to stay put in the upstairs bedroom as a fire burns downstairs. Geez! It was just ridiculous. But, of course, I had to watch the sequel. I'm watching it now and it's just as bad.

I was a big fan of the fllm Malevolence of which this film is a prequel too. Well despite some better production values it doesn't even hold a candle to that film. Filled with an unnecessary amount of violence overkill we learn the roots of how the killer in the first one came to be. The other actors/victims in the film are decently developed and are surprisingly solid for a genre film. The direction and screenplay are the problem film. Besides looking gorgeous the film doesn't any real gratification the killers story is somewhat developed but the real truth is never explored. The film is kept as realistic as possible and is very mean. Building characters only to tear them down brutally for no real reason. the evolution of the events aren't very satisfying and the over abundance of shameless gore and pointless nudity feels crude. The best thing I can say about the whole downer experience is that it's well made and looks pretty besides that there's not much to offer here that you haven't seen before and explored more in depth and less bitingly.