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Worst movie ever

posted 15 years ago by pliten2
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This movie seems like it's made by a bunch of unexperienced 15-year olds. The plot is stupid and nonlinear and it feels like they just built it up scene by scene, instead of coming up with a certain plot beforehand. One example is the hot usherette, that tall girl with the long curly hair. At first, I got the impression that she was a part of the plot, but they just killed her off, as if she was one of the guests, completely unaware of what was to come. And then the ending... Obviously they weren't creative enough to figure out a way for the main characters to get out of the cinema, so they sent a chopper from the sky. And then the bad guy got killed with no effort, and you had to guess what his intentions were. But considering he was stalking Cheryl at the beginning of the movie, it's quite obvious that she was meant to be the only survivor. And when Cheryl suddenly turned into a demon, this was another pathetic attempt at being original and shocking. I mean, wasn't she supposed to make it? Wasn't that what the guy with the metal mask wanted? That's the movie in a nutshell, everything is just a contradiction. And then they turned the whole city into a demon-infested hell-hole, which contradicts the "haunted cinema" theme.

And on top of all this, the soundtrack was just horrendous. Why would you play early Depeche Mode-ish synthpop in a scene where a girl is being chased? And why would you play Motley Crue in a scene where ppl are being chased by demons? These guys obviously doesn't know how to create a mood, and the bad soundtrack treatment erased any potential horror value, which was low as it was. It was just mindlessly gory.

[–] ilon 12 years ago

This movie seems like it's being reviewed by a certain viewer not experienced in the 80s horror. I understand all the points made by the OP, but it only could be applied to a mainstream or to a tipical masterpiece movie treatmet follower. And by masterpiece I mean those movies that are said to be masterpieces in the aseptic "intelectual" way.

[–] Trioxin_Zombie 12 years ago

Enough said!

"Watch your tongue boy, if you like this job!."

[–] DannX68 12 years ago

Nonlinear...?? No.
And if this is the worst movie you ever saw, consider yourself lucky.

...just sayin'...

[–] Jump 12 years ago

Worst troll ever ;-)

[–] ununchanged 12 years ago

agreed... worst of all was the helicopter conveniently crashing into the cinema without tearing down the whole building, but instead a small climable hole... that kinda was the point where it all went beyong stupi, and started to turn into: "Is this supposed to be a joke? Nobody can possibly be this stupid."

[–] ununchanged 12 years ago

as great Suspiria is, as bad is this movie... it's just the regular bunch of "cult"-followers that will consider anything made by their hero plain fantastic...

[–] oyster_without_soul 12 years ago

Of course a movie like this will have opinions divided, someone will like it, others will not. It is full of flaws and that can make it garbage in someone's eyes, yet it has that b-movie fun factor a lot of people will appreciate. It is my guilty pleasure I must admit. Some scenes are just so over the top, like helicopter scene, that can make you laugh in delight and some are just so well executed like the ventilation shaft escape that I must give this movie some points. All and all it is a well done b-movie flick, not a Citizen Kane of Horror films.

[–] DannX68 12 years ago

Calm down, folks, I never ever said it was high art - it obviously isn't - but I and others were entertained for 90 minutes. That's more than can be said about a lot of other movies with big names and big budgets.

Don't mistake hate speech for free speech. Remember, hate speech kills!

[–] ununchanged 11 years ago

i think i tend to overreact in my judgement shorty after i've seen something, i agree it's not supposed to be deep anyways.

[–] cbarnes91 12 years ago

Pretty much agree it was more silly than scary. And what the hell does Nostradamus have to do with infernal demons?

[–] BrokenMirrorsbrokenMinds 12 years ago

Nahhh, OP must have only seen about 6 movies in his life. Far worse films than this, namely "The Devil Inside", "Paranormal Activity 4", "Texas Chainsaw 3D".

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