An innocent Preachers daughter Evangeline (Kat de Lieva) embarks on a new student life at University. As she begins to form friendships and finds a potential love interest in frat boy Michael Konner (Richard Harmon), she is savagely assaulted by a gang and left for dead in the forest. An ancient demon spirit possesses Evangeline and empowers her to seek revenge. 

 

Whilst watching this film one will automatically make visual comparisons to the likes of ‘The Crow’, ‘The Ring’ and plot lines similar to ‘I Spit on your Grave’. This is not necessarily a good thing if you want to watch something fresh and unique. 

 

The kill scenes were reasonably well executed and this is where I feel writer and director Karen Lam's talent lies. She has provided us with the blood and the guts that most horror fans require, however these scenes need to be supported by the rest of the film, which unfortunately is not the case here. 

 

The main bugbear with Evangeline is that the viewer constantly remains second guessing as to what was going on becoming confusing and exhausting. In addition, the way some of the characters respond to certain situations does not seem to be remotely plausible. I felt that we needed more of a back-story to the majority of the characters, as it was difficult to understand their relationships and fathom out why they behave in the way that they do.  It is unfortunate that the fluidity of the film was not at a constant and the continuity was lacking.  

 

Despite this, I want to see Karen Lam to continue to make horror films as she does have the ambition and drive. But in the case of Evangeline there does need to be more substance and depth to her story telling. She can’t just rely on a compilation of kill scenes to make a film.