This weekend marks the much-noted 50th anniversary of “The French Connection’s” release. “The Manor” perhaps inadvertently stirs memories of another William Friedkin joint, 1990 horror “The Guardia…
, who hasn’t had one in some years. But the story of a new resident’s discovering sinister doings at a nursing home proves pretty tepid in terms of suspense and thrills, to the point where a few unintentional laughs might have been welcome. Completing the current “Welcome” package, “The Manor” makes its Amazon Prime bow alongside “Madres” on Oct. 8.
At the facility, Judith is a little taken aback by some of the fine-print conditions she’d unknowingly agreed to, including a no-cellphone policy, and the fact that residents are not allowed to walk the grounds on their own. While some staff are nice, others strike more Nurse Ratched-like notes of imperious control.
There’s an attractive visual polish to “The Manor,” its principal setting landing somewhere between vacation resort and “Dark Shadows” as shot by DP Andreas Sanchez, with Tracy Dishman’s production design also a plus. But these and other factors don’t actually add up to much in the way of ominous atmospherics. The odd clumsy stab at a jump scare aside, Carolyn doesn’t demonstrate much affinity for, or interest in, building tension.
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