It all depends on what you are looking for.Abandoned features beautiful cinematography, an interesting score and excellent photography, but will infuriate any viewer who, like myself, expects a logic, coherent storyline and sensible dialogs. Besides, it is so drawn out, repetitive and full of false scares as to compromise any entertainment value. It works best for those interested in a piece of art or those who like kaleidoscopic, almost hallucinatory atmospheres packed to the brim with nonstop frantic action and explosive sounds, allowing the spectator no pause to come up for air and/or think about what's happening.

THE ABANDONED is an admittedly eerie but ultimately disappointing Spanish horror film, one that's been filmed in Bulgaria. It sees an adult brother and sister visiting a haunted home where they are subjected to attacks by spirits and hauntings related to their past. As a whole the film is much less than the sum of its parts; the storyline feels flabby and unfocused and the film as a whole has far too much of the characters just wandering around and not doing much.Nacho Cerda has the ability to shoot a dark and decrepit-looking movie and there's atmosphere here in spades, but it's the lack of a decent storyline which put me off. Lest us not forget that this is a guy who came to prominence for AFTERMATH, a video nasty of a corpse being subjected to an autopsy. Cerda still doesn't have much more to say about anything than that. Other than a performance from the reliable Karel Roden (HELLBOY), THE ABANDONED doesn't have much to recommend it at all.

I can't say this is the worst horror movie I've seen but it may be the second worse. It's a complete mess. Nothing makes sense, the main female character is awful - the sort of person you'd regret having got stuck talking to at a party. Sort of hard-faced, foul-mouthed, miserable, whiny, hysterical and childish. I really didn't care about her or her ridiculous incomprehensible story. The main male lead is slightly more sympathetic but he's completely pointless as is almost everything in the movie. You learn nothing about either of them other than she has a kid and he has a possibly ex-girlfriend/wife/whatever. There are bits and pieces all over the place that don't seem to fit in anywhere and have you shaking your head wondering what they mean. (ultimately they don't mean a thing!! Honest!) There are even characters early on who are made to look sinister and important when we first meet them and then they never show up again. Did the rest of their involvement get cut from the final print? Or did the director get so confused by his own messy hotch- potch of scenes that he didn't realize he'd forgotten them?It felt like the whole tedious non-story was just a set up to get to that one revolting scene that the director hopes would be it's selling point. Well sorry Nacho old boy. One disgusting not-at-all-scary & ludicrous scene does not make for cult status. The script is poor. The acting is lazy. The direction is sloppy. There are some nice scenery shots & one or two clever camera angles. But that's about it. There was no suspense & nothing to be frightened of, you knew from the start what's going to happen to the main characters but you never find out why and it took a lot of nonsense and time to get to it. One character tried to make a stilted explanation of what's going on at one point but it didn't help make sense of anything and sounded kind of dumb. I don't think the actor was very convinced either to be honest! There was a bit of suspense early on but that soon dissipated as the events from then on just became repetitive and boring. I don't think the director knows how to make a horror movie or thriller unfortunately. Don't waste your time on this. You'll just get half way through and - if you're still awake - you'll spend the rest of the film saying "what in the blue blazes is going on?" (only in stronger language) and wondering why you should care anyway and getting more and more bored. Then you'll be relieved coz you'll think "Praise the Gods!! The movie has finished at last" even tho it still doesn't make a lick of sense. But wait....it's not the end! It just keeps going. So you think "Oh OK. So maybe if I stick with it there'll be something like a point to this movie" but then you will be sad because there isn't. Then after two or three more excruciatingly slow, dragged out senseless endings, when you finally reach the last one - assuming you're still watching (you poor thing) - you will want to slash your wrists because it makes no sense of anything and delivers no thrill or interest whatsoever.Pointless drivel.

I decided to watch this movie based on its description and reviews it received. It sounded promising and seemed like it'd be a good movie for Halloween. Turns out, the writers were high on crack and put a bunch of images together that made no sense.A lot of money was wasted on the ambiance in this movie. The lighting was decent, though it had way too many dark scenes with zero visibility. The colors used in the movie truly depict a gloomy existence. The music fits the scenes very nicely and created a great feeling of suspense and fear when needed. Both actors in this movie did a fantastic job. All the atmosphere of the movie was excellent.The reason I give this movie a two start rating is because it makes no sense at all. You have a woman going to Russia to get her inheritance or something that she didn't even want in the first place. If you don't want it, why are you there? Turns out, her long lost twin brother is there too, for the same reason. Her brother disappears and then comes back and then disappears again. All the while, their ghosts are with them. I didn't understand the purpose of their ghosts.If you're bored but are the mood for a horror movie, but this is the only movie available, go find a comedy movie. This movie was a total waste of my time. The ending was about as climatic as watching water boil. I hope they don't make more garbage like this.