[ImmortalSlasher]

Siren -

This should be a good movie. The premise alone in a modern setting should inspire writers to come up with something good. I like ancient stories and myths of Sirens and other creatures. And I thought there were going to be three Sirens. I think the original myth had three of them. I can't remember. But anyway this movie isn't a good one. They found pretty actresses for the two lead roles. The actress who plays the Siren has an old world exotic look and her performance has a lot of mysterious and beguiling characteristics. The song she sings is beautiful too.

The setting is good. But the male leads are forgettable jerks. For example, when they are stranded what do they decide to do? Start drinking and have fun. Horror movie 101 stuff that doesn't belong in this situation. For some reason I missed, the movie starts out with the lead actress role playing as a low end hitchhiker / street walker type. I don't know why either. It's like they want to foreshadow a twist with her but it's stupid and pointless. It's like they tried to create some kind of tension in the relationship between the two main characters to the point of having the third person be an ex-boyfriend that still wants the lead actress. But it goes no where. It's like the whole movie is a low budget, experiment or something. I didn't see the box art before watching this but I can see how reviewers on IMDB feel mislead too.

I think the whole element of the Siren, with the good casting of the actress could have been so much more. There is a scene near the end that reveals something of the damage she causes. But it's no where near the scope I would imagine. I guess that could have been a budget issue. But if I directed it, if the characters made it to the other side of the island there would have been cliffs and an old temple. Plus ruins of all kinds of different boats. In Siren the reveal is fairly tame.