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The Abandoned

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2006 | 99 min | Horror, Thriller

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz and middling reviews (38% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and horror fans. If you loved Bring Her Back or Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, start here.
The mood
Scary.
The pace
Fast-moving, at 1 hr 39 min.
What might put you off
Rated R: expect violence.

Marie, a film producer, returns to her native Russia to find her birth parents. She quickly learns they are dead, and she has inherited their long-empty farmhouse. At the farm, she meets Nicolai, who claims to be her twin brother. Events take a terrifying turn when the two spot a pair of ghastly doppelgangers and the house itself seems to propel them toward a fate they should have met 40 years earlier.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsBelow par

    38% on Rotten Tomatoes, 42 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesBelow par

    5.5 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $5 million worldwide on a $3 million budget; spent 1 week in Netflix's global Top 10; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 16K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Nacho Cerdà

  • Anastasia HilleMarie Jones
  • Karel RodenNicolai
  • Valentin GanevAndrei Misharin / Kolya Kaidavosky
  • Paraskeva DjukelovaMarie's Mother
  • Carlos Reig-PlazaAnatoliy
  • Marta YanevaNatalya
  • Jasmina MarinovaPatriarch's Wife
  • Svetlana SmolevaBearded Patriarch's wife '1966'
  • Anna PanayotovaBearded Patriarch's daughter '1966'
  • Monica BaunovaEmily