The Daisy Chain 2008 123movies

Watch: The Daisy Chain 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – Martha is an emotionally fragile mother who moves to a remote Irish village with her husband Tomas following the tragic death of their baby daughter. Whilst there, the couple decides to take in a disturbed and orphaned autistic girl called Daisy. Uncommunicative and greatly scarred by the violent death of her parents, Daisy gradually warms to her new surroundings. But, as a series of strange occurrences begin to be linked to the little girl, Martha and Tomas begin to hear rumors from the locals that Daisy might be something far more malevolent than she seems..
Plot: A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village in the wake of their baby daughter’s death. They soon take in an orphaned autistic girl, only to become involved in a series of strange occurrences.
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	5.1/10 Votes: 1,529
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Reviews:

Wait, did I just watch “Orphan” ?
Just a nice film. The location was really good, characters was just ok, the plot was basic. It wasn’t creepy a lot. The ending was kinda weird. That movie really remind me of “Orphan”.

Q: Do you believe in fairies? A: No, I don’t.
The above Q and A took place after last night’s debut screening at the Raindance film festival in London, an abrupt exchange between an audience member and the film’s director, Aisling Walsh. And frankly, for me, her disbelief is the problem. For if she doesn’t believe, how can she expect us to?

(I have not included spoilers for the film’s ending; I only tell the basic set up.)

The Daisy Chain is set in a remote corner of Ireland, but even here the locals (bar your one token nut who nobody’s ever going to listen to) do not believe in fairies anymore. Nonetheless, living amongst them is a ‘fairy changeling’, an autistic 10-year old Daisy who, with no more reason than that of a petulant child, is using her supernatural powers to kill off anyone who would get in the way of her mission to find someone to play with. Schoolteacher (Stephen MacIntosh) returns to his hometown with his heavily pregnant wife Martha (played by a heavily pregnant Samantha Morton); they are escaping from London, where their first child died aged only 3 weeks. Very soon Daisy’s little brother and parents die in mysterious accidents and Martha, against her husband’s escalating alarm, is stepping in as foster mum. If you think you know where this is all heading by now, you’re probably right.

Comparisons with The Omen are inevitable. Apart from the setting and substituting a fairy-changeling for the Devil, this is basically a copy, with pretty much the same clichéd twists and psychological ‘thrills’. The difference is in the level of belief. OK, so The Omen was made in the Dark Ages (1976) when many people still at least half-believed in the Devil. Today nobody does. But however silly the story, every highly-researched detail of The Omen carries utter conviction in its pompous, claustrophobic self so that even today, the viewer is still compelled to suspend disbelief and take that ride.

The Daisy Chain clearly lacks belief in itself (or much apparent research) as is evident from unnecessarily sloppy plotting, and from supporting characters and subplot strands that insubstantially manifest out of nowhere and go nowhere. Ironically, Ms Walsh (the director) seems to have lost sight of all this as a result of herself being mesmerised by the beguiling face of promising newcomer Mhairi Anderson (who plays Daisy), just as Martha in the film falls helplessly under Daisy’s spell. Mhairi’s perfectly fairy/urchin-like face and unsettling stare dominates the film but, as effective as she is, this cannot make up for the lack of scripted thrills. I sensed that much of the audience’s enthusiasm afterwards was projected toward Mhairi’s presence. Certainly, those around me with stretching necks looked eager and relieved to confirm that Mhairi is actually a sweetly charming and not-at-all evil young lady. Phew!

The post-viewing Q and A session held one other surprise that possibly explains some of these problems but prompts other questions. Watching the film, it was immediately apparent that Samantha Morton (whose films I usually always love) was heavily pregnant during the making of the film. Was Samantha boldly (and unsuperstitiously) taking method acting a step beyond? No. It turns out that in the original script Martha was NOT pregnant, and that the script was re-written at a very late stage to embrace this casting coup. This revelation left me reeling. For, as the film now stands, Martha’s pregnancy is absolutely central and essential to the entire story. In fact, without it, there would be nothing left but Daisy’s face.

And I still don’t get why it’s called The Daisy Chain.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 29 min (89 min) (UK)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
Director Aisling Walsh
Writer Lauren Mackenzie
Actors Samantha Morton, Steven Mackintosh, Mhairi Anderson
Country Ireland, United Kingdom
Awards 3 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor
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Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format 35 mm