The New Daughter
Anchor Bay Films | Release Date: December 18, 2009
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Calmaff11Sep 16, 2014
Spoiler alert!!! This movie sucks ass!!

I have seen Oculus which was a terrible god awful **** but this...this piece of garbage, this piece of rotten, festering dog turd. I have seen awful, AWFUL!!! As of recently I thought Oculus was theSpoiler alert!!! This movie sucks ass!!

I have seen Oculus which was a terrible god awful **** but this...this piece of garbage, this piece of rotten, festering dog turd. I have seen awful, AWFUL!!! As of recently I thought Oculus was the worst I've seen in a good while, but this takes the cake on worst film I've yet suffered through.

The plot...the plot is retarded. I really wish it didn't have a plot, because it thinks it has some sort of real story. It's like a kid standing there with **** in his pants screaming, "I'm a real movie!!" In reality the plot is so terrible, so god awful, so heinously bad that it should have never been written in the first place. The writer needs to have his teeth punched out with his awful script.

The acting was so bad that if I watched Cops on late night T.V. I'd get better acting. With such a stale and unfelt performance from EVERYONE I felt I'd get more attached to a talking cardboard box then these tools. I hated them...hated them all. I really wish I had never watched this...it's so bad.

The badness was so bad it needs it's own segment. This turd fest was so far into crapville that it could have been called Crap the Movie and that title would have been more appropriate. It's badness is off the charts it's so bad. It's so bad it's wrong. It's so bad and wrong that only a stronger word will suffice for this movie. This movie is badong. (Bad + Wrong = Badong)

If you love torture and you hate yourself...watch this. If you're planning on suicide and want to lose all faith in mankind to make it easier, watch this movie. If you hate having money and like to spend it on the worst things imaginable...buy this movie. If you want to slay a small bit of your soul as the movie slowly trudges on into a sludge of boredom, lameness, and terrible plots then get this.

If you, like me, however still have your soul and aren't a sadomasochist then please...avoid this.

This is...a piece of filth. Filth is nicer. Eating filth through a sewer tube is nicer. Eating filth through a sewer tube while someone plucks out your nose hairs with a **** chainsaw is nicer!! In short...worst...movie ever. It's slow, it's boring, the acting is terribad, and the plot is so up it's own ass that it can't see the light of day. I'm now going to use this movie as charcoal for my mother **** grill.… Expand
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thelordoffilmAug 13, 2010
The New Daughter is one of those direct to DVD's movies that are rarely good. I can only name a few where I actually enjoy. It's not the best horror movie out there but it's creepy enough to pass a Sunday evening. The New Daughter stars KevinThe New Daughter is one of those direct to DVD's movies that are rarely good. I can only name a few where I actually enjoy. It's not the best horror movie out there but it's creepy enough to pass a Sunday evening. The New Daughter stars Kevin Costner as John James a novelist who gets divorced and has to take care of his kids on his own. He decides to move to the country to write his book and to be more interactive with his kids. His daughter Louisa (Ivan Baquero) and his son Sam (Gattlin Griffith) meet the required elements of kids in a typical horror movie just watch The Haunting of CT. Everything seems to go well a little hostility from Louisa but things are looking brighter. One day while exploring the kids find a huge mound at their backyard. Sam is terrified by it but Louisa is drawn to it and starts going there everyday. John notices it and starts as well to notice as well her changes in mood and behavior. The more John begins to uncover the truth, the worse it really is. The movie is recycled stuff I know but you know what, for being a direct to DVD movie is well made, well acted and I started to enjoy it. There is no Oscar winning performances here but everybody did what their roles needed. The director was able to maintain a good level of suspense and tension to produce the scares. Although the ending, I felt that they cheated. It's not a movie to run to the rental store or the retail store to buy it, but it's a good movie to spend the time catch it netflix or redbox.… Expand
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MickeySep 11, 2010
I hesitated to pick this film up at the local video store--the synopsis made it sound run-of-the-mill haunted house/family in peril fare. Sure enough, the initial moments of the movie proved me correct. But midway through, something happened.I hesitated to pick this film up at the local video store--the synopsis made it sound run-of-the-mill haunted house/family in peril fare. Sure enough, the initial moments of the movie proved me correct. But midway through, something happened. Aside from being well-acted from top to bottom (and I'm no Kevin Costner fan), the direction, lack of cheap gore, and genuine atmosphere of dread grabbed me. This is a film that creates terror not by constantly throwing "boo!" moments at its audience, but one that plays off the modern horror found in the demise of the "safe" family. No one knows how to protect their children any more. And this leads to one of the most horrific endings I've seen in years. Don't pass this one by. Will it change your life? Certainly not, but it's a heckuvalot better than most of the crap masquerading as horror fare that gets a theatrical release these days...… Expand
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MikefromAngusJan 26, 2014
The movie is very slow, sometimes even boring. Yet I watched the movie till the end. Hoping that the ending will reward my time I spent watching this movie. But I was wrong, it goes from mysterious to just plain silly and dumb.
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momoanaFeb 11, 2012
Actually, the movie was not bad. The plot is quite simple and it's about a divorced father moved with his two kids to an isolated house which unknowingly haunted by Indian spirits. It's not as horror as I thought but it's creepy enough.Actually, the movie was not bad. The plot is quite simple and it's about a divorced father moved with his two kids to an isolated house which unknowingly haunted by Indian spirits. It's not as horror as I thought but it's creepy enough. I'd say It's a mixture of M. Night Shyamalan (beginning to the middle part of the movie) and Stephen King (the middle towards the end).… Expand
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HaithamBayazeedJan 19, 2013
It is a great creep out of hell idea, done terrible, this is what this movie is, it starts familiar, gone bad, the worse, then...TERRIFYING, the acting was bad compared to other horror with kids like signs, the pacing is so BAD! Good God, IIt is a great creep out of hell idea, done terrible, this is what this movie is, it starts familiar, gone bad, the worse, then...TERRIFYING, the acting was bad compared to other horror with kids like signs, the pacing is so BAD! Good God, I wanted to turn of that movie! But the near ending sequences stopped me and interested me, the ending was great, for me, but, for the last part I would've give it 10, but I need to judge the movie as whole so I say 5.5 out of 10, 2/5 and 49 out of 100… Expand
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GypsyPeachSep 17, 2014
I originally watched this in a psychology class which was the only thing that makes it a 1...

This is because, in a class room..... everyone is making fun of how BAD the story is, how ridiculous the characters are, and all of the peopleI originally watched this in a psychology class which was the only thing that makes it a 1...

This is because, in a class room..... everyone is making fun of how BAD the story is, how ridiculous the characters are, and all of the people actively analyzing the characters within it in a playful silly fashion. It was enjoyable if only because no one was really watching the movie or paying the terrible plot or lifeless characters much attention beyond the analytical, trying to figure out what's psychologically wrong with these people, focus. We were more focused on each other and talking about all the things that were wrong with it (and the characters) as we went along and that part was enjoyable

Likewise, I watched it again with a couple of people and it was in a different setting and therefore much less enjoyable because I was actually watching the plot, the really slow dragging lack of story and to compare it to Oculus like another user in the comments, Oculus was a movie that was too busy sniffing its own butt pretending to be clever. This was a movie that picked it's butt and ate the **** because it liked the taste.

If you are catholic, you'll probably have to go to confession for watching this and the priest will probably tell you there are not enough hail marys and our fathers to help/forgive you. If you go to one of those people who 'slaps the devil' out of people....their slapping arm will probably catch on fire. If you haven't gotten the picture of how bad it is, you might enjoy it! If you get the gist in that this is a horrible movie (possibly fun if you want to torture someone you don't like or send a mysterious evil gift etc but that's different and useful in terms of what you want in that case) then you're smart enough to not enjoy it.... don't watch it unless you feel like torturing yourself… Expand
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NowVoyagerNov 21, 2014
Was initially intrigued by the idea of Kevin Costner in a horror film. But the story was just plain awful. Why does single, sensitive dad not catch on sooner to the fact that something is wrong? Why does the young actress who plays hisWas initially intrigued by the idea of Kevin Costner in a horror film. But the story was just plain awful. Why does single, sensitive dad not catch on sooner to the fact that something is wrong? Why does the young actress who plays his daughter have such trouble expressing anything but dullness? What's with the excessive growling, screeching and other predictably scary noises? And what was Kevin thinking when he signed on? If they pay me, I will come? Many funny Costner quotes may pass through the viewer's mind as s/he watches this disappointing flick. They could've titled it something like Dances With Voles. Yuk.… Expand
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nicholaslopez97May 18, 2015
The New Daughter is a film that contains good actors, but the film is slow at showing the true horrors attacking the house. The only character i cared for throughtout the entire film is, big shocker the daughter. Kevin Costner character is anThe New Daughter is a film that contains good actors, but the film is slow at showing the true horrors attacking the house. The only character i cared for throughtout the entire film is, big shocker the daughter. Kevin Costner character is an unlikable character to me who is sometimes making poor decisions in the film. For example, spoiler!, theres a scene where he wants to get out the car without a gun to investigate a body Being dragged.The cop saves Costner from being a dimwitted cliche by telling him to stay in the car. Seconds later the Cop turns into in oxymoron by sticking his head out and gets dragged out the car window by a mound creature. And the ending will make you scratch your head.… Expand
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SaviorGamingJan 12, 2018
The New Daughter is is a mixed bag, it is a stereotypical story on top of cliched moment after cliched moment, but they are all well done an the ending is a nice surprise.
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