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<blockquote>and maybe they recruit more people to fight the curse</blockquote>
"It cannot be undone."
<blockquote>...fencing it would cost about $4,000,000. ...so I imagine this would be far beyond their financial means.</blockquote>
Wouldn't the country of Poland be willing to foot the bill to help discourage such a death trap?
<blockquote>If there were a fence, then they would of just found a way around, under, through or over it.</blockquote>
A fence would have required less plot disbelief without affecting the main plot, since only a few would try to trespass. With just a fog as a deterrent, strangers would have had to be killed almost weekly instead of the handful we saw in those coffins. The unusual fog would have been an attractive death trap.
<blockquote>avoid looking at it.</blockquote>
Keep in mind that Carmen heard Sara's false voice and a growling sound even before she saw the shrine. You're already doomed before you see it.
<blockquote>At the end, when he knows what the outcome would be, <b>and will keep quiet</b></blockquote>
Won't he have a lot of explaining to do when he gets home and has to account for the absences of the females he traveled with?
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This movie is politically incorrect. For once an annoying female lead character gets what she deserves.
<blockquote>Does anyone have any clue as to what it would be titled or how I would go about searching for it?</blockquote>
The original is called The McPherson Tape (1989). And it can be seen on Shudder (without commercials) or on Pluto TV (with commercials). It can also be purchased from the director Dean Alioto's website.
<blockquote>if they waited about 10 more years to release this movie, it could've made huge amounts of money in the box office</blockquote>
The movie made a profit. The problem wasn't the timing, it was that the producers lacked the marketing skills that the Blair Witch people had.
Oddly enough, the grandma in the original had loads of personality and was the star of the movie. I think the producers of the remake deliberately toned down the grandma to gear the movie to a more youthful audience. Big mistake.
<blockquote>She's an alcoholic.</blockquote>
The problem is that in spite of having a glass of wine attached to her at all times, she never acts inebriated at all.
<blockquote>no one ever thought of showing the footage the camera recorded.</blockquote>
Actually they did. The footage just wasn't shown to the viewer because the camera couldn't have been recording while they looked at the footage. But when the movie returns, we see that everyone is more frightened after realizing that the aliens are real.
It's pretty obvious that the doctor is known for engaging in inappropriate touching of the girls. He's being compared to an octopus-like creature.
<blockquote>both she and her child started killing people.</blockquote>
Good explanation. As usual, Argento gives us murderers who are too petite to carry out the murders as indicated.
All the actual vomit projectile is shown from the side of her face, which likely means that a tube was placed against her off-camera cheek to spew liquid.
It's refreshing to see a movie with a teen lead who interacts mostly with adults. Not a fan of teen flics.
"Alien Abduction: The McPherson Tape" is the same as "Incident In Lake County". Both are the 1998 remake. Directed by Dean Alioto. Budget: $1.2 million. 96 minutes.
"The McPherson Tape" is the original 1989 version directed by Dean Alioto. Budget: $6,500. 63 minutes.
The 911 call <b>definitely</b> states that his mom was killed.
<blockquote>its nearly-impossible that the police would even remotely believe him.</blockquote>
His job was not to convince the cops. His job was to plant "reasonable doubt" in the mind of a single courtroom juror in order to get a not-guilty verdict at trial.
<blockquote>Who does that?!</blockquote>
The screenplay made her do it. The scene made no sense to the rest of the movie.
Those grays had the power to hypnotize people (that's what the implants were for), so they could have easily taken Jesse without all the extra drama. Even better, they simply could have waited until everyone was asleep to take Jesse. Nothing in this movie really adds up if you think too much about it.
<blockquote>No, they weren't abiding by any rules, that was just a tactic to separate them.</blockquote>
No, it's inconsistent writing. We already knew that the aliens could remotely control or temporarily stun the individuals in that house. No need for distraction, just take him. And they also could have just taken Jesse while on his way to or from school, to avoid any theatrics altogether.