Hanah’s Gift 2008 123movies

Watch: Hanah’s Gift 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – A thriller captured in real time from the point of view of a six year old girl named Hanah. Through the eyes of Hanah, we experience a normal, almost boring evening for Hanah and her friend Toby. It starts with laughter as a group of bickering, cranky anger management members gather. Hanah’s night suddenly turns to screams as the group is methodically attacked and killed. Hanah and Toby, protected by a female firefighter, Tyler, escape and journey through a remote area in macabre game of hide and seek..
Plot: A thriller captured in real time from the point of view of a six year old girl named Hanah. Through the eyes of Hanah, we experience a normal, almost boring evening for Hanah and her friend Toby. It starts with laughter as a group of bickering, cranky anger management members gather. Hanah’s night suddenly turns to screams as the group is methodically attacked and killed. Hanah and Toby, protected by a female firefighter, Tyler, escape and journey through a remote area in macabre game of hide and seek.
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Ratings:

	5.0/10 Votes: 98
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	N/A Votes: 3 Popularity: 0.75 | TMDB

Reviews:

A character-POV movie years before “Hardcore Henry”, in pseudo-real-time; underrated, unique, and entertaining ultra-low-budget indie horror/sci-fi
Interesting — looking at the user ratings as they stand now, this seems to be one of those love-it-or-hate-it movies with big spikes at 1 and 10 stars. Personally, I thought it was really great for what it was. What it was was quality ultra-low-budget indie horror/sci-fi. If it were me, I’d even add “/comedy” to that.

“Hanah’s Gift” (note when searching that unusually, there’s only one “n” in “Hannah” here) takes the overused horror film device of the “found footage POV camera” and instead makes it the POV of the title character’s eyeballs, or other characters’ eyeballs, when autistic Hanah uses her psychic powers to have an out-of-body experience where she temporarily does a ride-along in someone else’s brain (accompanied by simple but very satisfying visual effects). This was years before the more high-profile “Hardcore Henry” did the first-person POV thing. The makers of “Hanah’s Gift” did a very nice job of disguising the multiple takes they filmed this in as one seamless real-time 90-minute take, especially since they couldn’t use the usual “dissolve across a camera whip-pan” trick, since we’re seeing out of the eyes of a relatively catatonic little girl walking around rather than a camera that’s being swung all over the place by an adult being chased by a monster/ghost/killer.

The dialogue was obviously semi-improvised (which is great for the realism of the first-person POV style), and not all the actors in this small independent production were equally up to the task. There are definitely one or two actors that may make you groan; my least favorite performance was unfortunately from the main antagonist, whose line deliveries sound like just that to me (though it is possible to buy it as just a really weird, possibly drug-addled affect), and who doesn’t really sell her deranged mental state until the second half of the film, but the majority of the players are great. I kind of fell in love with (twentysomething) Victoria Mayers-Gray, who plays a hypercheerful teen with ADHD. She won the Rising Star Award at ShockerFest 2008 for this role, and she definitely deserved it. I found her portrayal of the unsinkable Toby to be as hilarious as it was adorable, and she’s almost solely responsible for the “/comedy” I’d add to the genre list. I also really enjoyed Melanie Wise’s naturalistic portrayal of a cynical suspended firefighter who fate wedges back into the role of badass heroine. (The main fight scene, choreographed by a stunt coordinator working under a pseudonym due to this probably being a non-union production, was particularly satisfying.) The score is by writer/director Zac Baldwin (who no, is not the fifth Baldwin brother they kept locked up in the basement), and I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that one long talking scene is scored pretty badly — a schmaltzy and meandering synthesized string solo that sounds like it’s from “Ken Burns’ Civil War” as directed by Roger Corman. I enjoyed the end-credits music, though, and other than those two instances, it didn’t really register, so though I think Baldwin is a much better writer and director than a composer, that could’ve been worse.

The last thing I wanted to mention is that the mostly audio-only backstory rendition at the beginning of the film is one of the most effective film openings I’ve seen (even though the backstory didn’t really end up being important to the plot in any way).

So, if you’re a fan of non-studio productions and can forgive them their faults (the only glaring example of the low budget for me was the ski goggles they tried to pass off as next-generation night vision goggles), definitely check out this underrated little gem of a B-movie. I’m just sorry it’s not available on DVD, and only (AFAIK) via Amazon Prime Video, as I’d love to own a future-proof copy of it. (Update: See Melanie Wise’s reply to the copy of my review on Amazon — she apparently has the only DVDs of the film in existence, and is willing to sell them.)

Technical artistry delivers suspense
Got a recommendation to watch this movie, and I’m glad I did. The movie follows the tried-and-true formula of a group of people getting killed one by one, but a couple of things make this one stand out. First, centering the film around an anger management group is a refreshing departure from the ordinary run-of-the-mill films I’ve seen in the genre. Secondly, the point of view and camera-work really add to the suspense. Tight shots and closeups make you feel like you’re right in the middle of the action. This kind of movie doesn’t work if the audience feels disconnected from what’s going on with the characters, so the camera-work helps create that connection (and ultimately the overall atmosphere of suspense). Lastly, the score really is well done. That’s the kind of thing you only notice when it’s especially good or especially bad–in this case, it was definitely GOOD!

Halloween is coming up, and Hanah’s gift is the perfect choice for a movie marathon.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Horror, Thriller
Director Zac Baldwin
Writer Zac Baldwin
Actors Melanie Wise, Victoria Mayers-Gray, Brandt Wille
Country United States
Awards 2 wins
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio 1.78 : 1 / (letterbox)
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Negative Format N/A
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Printed Film Format N/A