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What a nice surprise! Excellent!

posted 9 years ago by wrongview
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Fantastic little horror diddy. Also, contains one of the best electronic scores I've heard in a good while. Just superb all around. I'll be watching for this director's filmography in the future.

[–] DarknessKicks 9 years ago

First hour or so was pretty great and nicely disturbing viewing, but I didn't like the last 20 minutes. Film just fell apart with by-the-book thriller cliches, all psychological edge whimpered away and the finale just wasn't what film as good as this really deserves. With a better ending I'd give this a strong 8, but now it's 6/10.

[–] imatosser182 9 years ago

Yeah good first half, as soon as she slaughtered maggie it fell apart, not sure if they lost the script or something

[–] therefdotcom 9 years ago

agree. for me it dropped from 8 to 3 though.

[–] Legion_89 9 years ago

It was decent, but the ending really screwed the film over imo. Nice build up with no real payoff. Sarah Bolger is a great actress, though.

"Martyr me for Cordis Die."

[–] mahou_fancy_lala 9 years ago

The second half was just mediocre. I kind of regret continuing to watch after the hamster scene.

[–] Thrill_KillZ 9 years ago

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and film is subjective to the viewer and I respect that, but I have to ask. You believe that the plot in this film made sense in some way?

While it started off quite well with mystery and an edge of your seat atmosphere, the whole, what kind of game is she playing sorta thing. It fell to pieces when the facts were revealed. Imo the actions and motivations between Emilie and "man in car" were far beyond comprehension considering their end game plan.

[–] Motoko_Kusanagi 9 years ago

Agreed, horrid little film! Had some plot issues but they didn't bother me so much.

[–] sforrester-3 9 years ago

Each to their own but I thought it was pretty bad and will not be watching for this director's filmography.

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[–] srkmishsrikant 9 years ago

Maybe you haven't watched great thriller movies (most of them are not english movies). Watch sleep tight, the uninvited guest, memories of murder etc. A long list of great foreign thriller movies await you. This movie was not even mediocre, it was bad, uninspired writing.

[–] bludgeon565 9 years ago

It may also be a surprise to learn that you have terrible taste.

[–] jonnypenn84 9 years ago

The OP obviously works for the movie

[–] jjparish 9 years ago

The OP obviously works for the movie
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He must do. This was absolutely atrocious. A weak script and hilarious back story, its boring, predictable and as scary as a new born puppy. Sarah Bolger, i am afraid for your film career.

[–] pata-7 9 years ago

I liked it, and no, I don't work for the movie :D
Why is it so hard to believe and accept that people just are different, and so are their tastes?
Comparing to all the other horror films I have seen lately (The Boy, Hush, Darling, Intruders, Southbound, The Witch, The Invitation) this was the first after a long time that got under my skin and made me feel very uncomfortable and on the edge. Sure, it had a lot of weaknesses, but at the end of the day all that matters is that disturbing feeling, and I rarely can find it in modern horror/thrillers.

(Sorry for my English, not my native tongue)

[–] GaryGreg 9 years ago

if you liked this score, you should watch "High Tension" which is a far greater film and the score is of the same vein, but also much better.