Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Selfmageob This was not a good film.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

chicagoslim Brother and dead sister sexual tension with a "wait, was that the ending?"

boonhianng First review on imdb.Ayla is a mind-boggling show that is heavily dependent on the actors' expressions. It would seem insane that a man is haunted by the death of a lost sister but it could happen. Even though the mother has been over the grief of the loss, his son does not seem to be over it and is constantly plagued by the memory, to the extent of self-mutilation.My takeaway is that loss of a family can lead us down to extreme needs of longing. Certain people predisposed to mental illness can become so absorbed in the acute sorrow that they cannot escape. And even upon bringing the dead back, many of the people living around us would not be able to cope either. Thus, it is most important to let go. Let go of the past and know that everything has its place and is meant to be. Be kind to others and yourself. Do good with the limited time we have on earth.

Savre Savre I watch an hour of this film which I will never get back. The cover makes it look like an Insidious type title. I expected some horror but it was dull and uninspiring. In the hour I watched next to nothing happened except some weird sex scene. I wanted so much more but it didn't deliver.

deathbyradiatin Ayla is a profound and mournful little film dwelling on loss, grief and mental illness. A man can have a supportive family, a girlfriend who loves him, and still be plagued by his own personal demons. Elton is obsessed with the life he never had with his sister who died tragically when she was four. This plays into his own mental health issues that cause him to self-harm. In a moment of bizarre fantasy he is able to will his sister into being. But how does this grown woman who has miraculously appeared in his life even know how to be his sister? Many of us think about those in our lives we miss or wish we could have known better but when death separates us, what is it that we're actually bringing back?This is a low budget movie funded through Kickstarter so don't expect grandiose special effects or lavish sets and settings. Instead you get a deeply committed cast willing to do what it takes to make these feel like real, sympathetic characters that you can relate to. Ayla is a film that is as much a family drama and a meditation on grief as much as it is a horror film. Much is left to the audience to interpret and figure out how they feel about what happens, it's taken me most of a week to be able to really process what the film is about in my own head. If you get a chance to see this on the festival circuit please do, you're not going to find much else at there quite like Ayla.