Marrying elements of CARRIE with SILENT HILL, JUNE stars Kennedy Brice as a young girl offered by a cult as a sacrifice at birth. Years after the failed attempt, June is adopted by Lily (Victoria Pratt) and Dave (Casper Van Dien) after her inner demons caused destruction in her previous home. Unfortunately for the Anderson’s, June still has her demons and battling with another personality may well tear the family apart.

 

The trio of Brice, Pratt and Van Dien make a believable family unit and as the events unfold, their concern for each other naturally grows leading to a satisfying conclusion. Amongst the great camerawork and compelling storyline are some interesting set pieces that are innovately delivered amidst the modest budget.

 

With this should lie a really riveting film that despite its lack of originality, would appear to be a solid entry to the genre but instead JUNE lacks the drive to make it any more appealing than a second rate CARRIE clone.

 

The issue with JUNE is that the film lacks any atmosphere to match its story-telling, no soon has something supernatural occurred does the film drop for one its quieter moments and it’s these quiet moments that drain the film of any resemblance of a horror film. The screenplay is a tragedy that really makes JUNE the failure that it is as behind the film is a decent movie but when the only thing that manages to save this from the garbage heap are the ability to above average visuals then there really isn’t much going for it.

 

The worst part of reviewing movies is not necessarily watching the bad ones as they at least resonate in the memory for some reason or another, when a film turns up with wasted potential then that is an infuriating battle. To invest time in a movie only to forget the last 90 minutes even happened and having to justify that is like walking into battle with a pen knife expecting it to be a sword.