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Was almost dreading to see but we got back in from dinner early (steak!!!) so watched on a lark.
Thought this might be a letdown like Blair Witch but it was absolute excellent.
The building unnerviness was highly entertaining. We were making jokes (and dodging leaping wiener dogs going after my popcorn) in the middle, but by about 60 minutes were were hooked and quiet.
This is how a horror movie should be. Didn't need gore. Didn't need special effects. indeed the "incidents" were almost mundane but freaky. The addition of these events mostly occuring at night while they were sleeping added a special "human" element as its primordial fear-waking up to terror.
Spoiler:
The scene where she is almost nonchalantly pulled out of the bed and dragged down the hall was a real mind trip.
I would have liked one of these two endings though:
Spoiler:
Not one of the alternates, but the film stops where the body gets tossed into the room and nothing else, the tape just speeds up, and then the card about them never finding her. Alternatively, the ghost of Max Von Sydow appears as THE OLD PRIEST with a holy water machine gun and just...oh never mind...
She Who Must Be Obeyed gave it a definite thumbs up. Young wiener dog was not impressed and ended up sleeping on my chest through the critical scenes-its really hard to impress a killer attck wiener dog. TBone was mildly annoyed with the lack of ball tossing.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I'm afraid the Frazzled 2009 Top 5 is now:
*Hurt Locker
*Zombieland
*Paranormal Activity
*Hangover
*Monsters vs. Aliens
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
There was but i chased 'em off my lawn when we moved in. Don't tolerate no evil spirits cavortin on MY LAWN!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
I have heard that ectoplasm really clogs up the mower.
And does the first 60 minutes give you enough to keep you there long enough to be engrossed at 60 minutes? Or do you have to force yourself to keep watching?
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SilverMK2 wrote:I have heard that ectoplasm really clogs up the mower.
And does the first 60 minutes give you enough to keep you there long enough to be engrossed at 60 minutes? Or do you have to force yourself to keep watching?
No it keeps you engrossed. I have been trained on too many "Scary Movie" spoofs and feel the need to start commenting. It builds quite well.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
See I was really disapointed with the movie which sucked because I went into it excited as hell. The ending was well sucky the build up was amazing especially as the shadow on the door moving into their room. I though for only 11k as a budget they got a TON for their moneys worth, but the ending jsut killed it for me. SPOILER
Spoiler:
ALERT: the perverbial jump towards camera was just too cheesy for me. I did love seeing her dragged down the hall.
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I thought it was pretty good. I went in with low expectations, but was hypnotized by the leading ladies tig ol bitties.
There was a crazy guy (seriously he talked to himself and would laugh at random intervals) sitting in front of me through most of the movie so he distracted me from some of the movie though (maybe the crap parts).
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The theatrical ending is the worst part of the movie, but it was still a blast of a movie. Had a lot of trouble sleeping after it for a night or two haha. Its not the subject matter, its in HOW it all goes down.
The original ending is MUCH better.
Spoiler:
Basically, he runs downstairs, you hear some horrifying noises, then a long time of silence. Then you hear the slow foot steps up the stairs. And out of the darkness comes the wife, drenched in blood with a knife in her hand. And then she just sits down and the camera timelapses until like four days later, when you hear someone knocking, concerned, coming in, screaming (upon seeing the hubbies body most likely), then time lapse to police coming in, going upstairs, and as the wife mumbles something disjointely, she moves towards them with the knife and they try to get her to put down the knife and subsequently they have to shoot her. They then see and turn off the camera.
That ending (aired at festivals) was MUCH freakier and unsettling IMHO. The theatrical was forced by the studios.
I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
Indeed. Evidently there were a couple of different ending variants but I like that one the best.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
It was damn good I thought. Freaky as hell. I slept with one eye open and on the bedroom door.
Then again the house I live in is haunted so that just adds to the suspense when watching scary movies.
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Well thats the idea wait, you said haunted? Its not infested by the spirit of Peewee Herman is it?
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Frazzled wrote:Indeed. Evidently there were a couple of different ending variants but I like that one the best.
You can find them online I believe.
They are on the home release, though even though I loved it, I think its not much of a home-buy. I think its best served up in a midnight (or in my case, 2am), viewing.
Frazzled wrote:Indeed. Evidently there were a couple of different ending variants but I like that one the best.
You can find them online I believe.
They are on the home release, though even though I loved it, I think its not much of a home-buy. I think its best served up in a midnight (or in my case, 2am), viewing.
Yep.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Frazzled wrote:Indeed. Evidently there were a couple of different ending variants but I like that one the best.
You can find them online I believe.
They are on the home release, though even though I loved it, I think its not much of a home-buy. I think its best served up in a midnight (or in my case, 2am), viewing.
Yep.
Or a rental... either or. Its not artistically significant, but it is an interesting proof that the concept of the unknown (and unseen, in looks and in action) is more terrifying than any gore or shock scare will ever accomplish. But it is a single-shot deal for sure.
I have to say, my positive view of the film survived a second row Cine-Capri viewing at 2am. I could barely look at the screen from that distance during the first half hour lol. Thank god "everything" happens during the bedroom shots lol.
To me the movie was way overhyped and I was expecting a lot more. If there had not been so much hype I probably wouldn't have been disappointed but with the ending I left the theatre wishing I had watchEd another movie. There were some good spots in the movie but there were some letdowns as well. About midway through the movie I had already figured out how it would end, so there was no shocking surprise for me. A movie should be about more than a big plot twist right at the end.
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