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Judith soon notices select residents suffering apparent night terrors, then gets a considerable scare herself upon glimpsing some kind of creature bent over AnnetteвЂ™s bed late one evening. On the upside, there are several livelier personalities present, three of whom invite her into their little social clique: Ruth (Fran Bennett), Trish (Jill Larson) and the flirtatious Roland (Bruce Davison).

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As Judith remains in full charge of her faculties, it is disconcerting for her to be housed alongside those pretty вЂњfar gone,вЂќ like her mentally and physically feeble roommate Annette (Nancy Linehan Charles). While some staff (such as Ciera PaytonвЂ™s attendant Liesel) are nice, others (notably those played by Shelley Robertson and Stacey Travis) strike more Nurse Ratched-like notes of imperious control. Three months later, sheвЂ™s insisted on moving into a luxe elder-care facility, explaining вЂњWhenever I become вЂ¦ diminished, I donвЂ™t want my family to see me like that.вЂќ That decision is upsetting to grandson Josh ( Nicholas Alexander of вЂњAdamвЂќ), though it seems just fine by his mom, Barbara (Katie Amanda Keane), who resents the bond forged between him and her mother after her own husband died.ДЄt the facility, Judith is a little taken aback by some of the fine-print conditions sheвЂ™d unknowingly agreed to, including a no-cellphone policy, and the fact that residents are not allowed to walk the grounds on their own. 8.ДЄt her 70th birthday party, still-youthful widow Judith (Hershey) suffers a mild stroke.

Completing the current вЂњWelcomeвЂќ package, вЂњThe ManorвЂќ makes its Amazon Prime bow alongside вЂњMadresвЂќ on Oct. But the story of a new residentвЂ™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. Writer-director Axelle CarolynвЂ™s second solo feature (following 2013вЂ™s ghost story вЂњSoulmateвЂќ) provides a welcome starring vehicle for Barbara Hershey, who hasnвЂ™t had one in some years. This addition to the second вЂњWelcome to the BlumhouseвЂќ quartet of genre features likewise offers an evil tree-entity, to perhaps less campily absurd results - which is both a good and a bad thing. вЂњThe ManorвЂќ perhaps inadvertently stirs memories of another William Friedkin joint, 1990 horror вЂњThe Guardian,вЂќ which was so disliked by the director that he omitted mentioning it in his otherwise fairly comprehensive memoirs.

This weekend marks the much-noted 50th anniversary of вЂњThe French ConnectionвЂ™sвЂќ release.

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