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Post by Arktinen on Sept 5, 2016 13:07:49 GMT
Another horror fan here. Very much agreeing with a lot in all the above posts, especially the oldies and goldies - seen then as a kid, makes them that much more horrific, and terrific. I also prefer the original films, not the American remakes. I'll also add some different ones here, although loving many of the already listed ones myself. - Antichrist (2009) by Lars von Trier - slightly different, provoking and intriguing, i liked the undertones building up. (And this is not an exorcism-splatter-hoofed-guy-in-hellfire thing, despite the name.) Awesome Dafoe and Gainsbourg performances. I also got into some Spanish horror/fantasy a while back, years after watching the already mentioned Pan's Labyrinth, by Guillermo del Toro: by G. del Toro (director and/or screenplay): - The Devil's Backbone (2001) - El espinazo del diablo - Cronos (1991) - Mimic (1997) - The Orphanage (2007) - El orfanato, by Bayona and Sanchez
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Post by GruntKitterhand on Sept 5, 2016 13:48:22 GMT
I'm not a huge horror fan and most of the ones I've enjoyed have already been mentioned - Carpenter's The Thing, The Exorcist, Alien and the original Ring. I didn't respond to the hype that surrounded the Blair Witch Project when it was released, but eventually watched it in the dark at night on my own, particularly stoned. I don't know if the sight of someone who reminded me of my ex-wife being scared witless had a direct effect, but it got two thumbs up from me! I was actually pretty freaked out by it, but nothing on the scale of Ring. I swear if my phone had rung after watching Ring I would have had a heart attack. I've also watched the Jessica Biel remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I'm not proud. Just male. On a more serious note the most disturbing film I've ever seen was 'A Serbian Film', from 2010, although Jodorowsky's 'El Topo', from 1970 ran it close. Neither of them are remotely comparable to any of the horror titles already listed, but they are horrific. Caution advised.
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Post by o Ventus on Sept 5, 2016 15:27:05 GMT
Not a horror movie but a horror anthology that I adore. American Horror Story (2011-)Favourite seasons will always be the Murder House (season 1) and Asylum (season 2) Show isn't the same since Jessica Lange left I feel, fabulous actress. Each season is also cleverly connected to another. Reading the history behind what influenced each location/story is gloriously fascinating/disturbing too. I like AHS. I couldn't QUITE get into Asylum like everyone else did. I found the series later than everyone else though and everyone I know played up Asylum as the second coming, so the hype probably killed it for me. I do still like it, but I don't think it's the best season. Personally, my favorite is Murder House. I'm also probably one of 6 people in the world who likes Coven.
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Post by o Ventus on Sept 5, 2016 15:31:09 GMT
Another horror fan here. Very much agreeing with a lot in all the above posts, especially the oldies and goldies - seen then as a kid, makes them that much more horrific, and terrific. I also prefer the original films, not the American remakes. I'll also add some different ones here, although loving many of the already listed ones myself. - Antichrist (2009) by Lars von Trier - slightly different, provoking and intriguing, i liked the undertones building up. (And this is not an exorcism-splatter-hoofed-guy-in-hellfire thing, despite the name.) Awesome Dafoe and Gainsbourg performances. I also got into some Spanish horror/fantasy a while back, years after watching the already mentioned Pan's Labyrinth, by Guillermo del Toro: by G. del Toro (director and/or screenplay): - The Devil's Backbone (2001) - El espinazo del diablo - Cronos (1991) - Mimic (1997) - The Orphanage (2007) - El orfanato, by Bayona and Sanchez Another good del Toro horror piece is Don't be Afraid of the Dark, which is a remake of the 1973 film. Personally I feel that the remake is better, because del Toro is one of my all time favorite directors. I saw Antichrist a while back, but I couldn't get into it. Lars von Trier in general is way too pretentious for me. The only movie of his I've even semi-liked was Melancholia, but that's only for the finale. The first 3/4 of the movie is painfully dull.
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Post by Arktinen on Sept 5, 2016 15:48:52 GMT
Another good del Toro horror piece is Don't be Afraid of the Dark, which is a remake of the 1973 film. Personally I feel that the remake is better, because del Toro is one of my all time favorite directors. I saw Antichrist a while back, but I couldn't get into it. Lars von Trier in general is way too pretentious for me. The only movie of his I've even semi-liked was Melancholia, but that's only for the finale. The first 3/4 of the movie is painfully dull. Oh yeah, forgot the Don't be afraid of the Dark! Liked that one, too. And great to see some others who like del Toro - and not just for Hellboys and Pacific Rim. Uhh, after liking Antichrist for its depressiveness, I then watched Melancholia, hoping the cast would prove it to be great.. and found it utterly boring. I nearly fell asleep during it, so disappointing. Should have just watched the last 3 or so minutes of it. Admittedly, I liked Dogville (2003), not horror though, but it felt like watching a theatre play on a simplistic stage, that I enjoyed for the minimalism.
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Post by Crim on Sept 5, 2016 15:58:23 GMT
Not a horror movie but a horror anthology that I adore. American Horror Story (2011-)Favourite seasons will always be the Murder House (season 1) and Asylum (season 2) Show isn't the same since Jessica Lange left I feel, fabulous actress. Each season is also cleverly connected to another. Reading the history behind what influenced each location/story is gloriously fascinating/disturbing too. I like AHS. I couldn't QUITE get into Asylum like everyone else did. I found the series later than everyone else though and everyone I know played up Asylum as the second coming, so the hype probably killed it for me. I do still like it, but I don't think it's the best season. Personally, my favorite is Murder House. I'm also probably one of 6 people in the world who likes Coven.I didn't hate that season, enjoyed it mainly due to Kathy Bates brilliant turn as the sadistic Madame LaLaurie
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Post by Arktinen on Sept 5, 2016 16:42:57 GMT
I didn't hate that season, enjoyed it mainly due to Kathy Bates brilliant turn as the sadistic Madame LaLaurie Kathy Bates seems to be brilliant in everything. I remember first seeing her properly in Misery - could count that as horror, perhaps (or thriller anyway). Then saw her in Fried Green Tomatoes and was expecting her to turn psycho any second Been contemplating American Horror Story for a while now, you may have just conviced me for good to watch it.
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Post by OneWomanArmy on Sept 5, 2016 19:37:14 GMT
I love horror movies but none has scared me so far. I'm still hoping that I'll see one which will scare me one day lol. I always laugh at them because they're so hilarious!
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Post by Crim on Sept 6, 2016 0:58:24 GMT
I didn't hate that season, enjoyed it mainly due to Kathy Bates brilliant turn as the sadistic Madame LaLaurie Kathy Bates seems to be brilliant in everything. I remember first seeing her properly in Misery - could count that as horror, perhaps (or thriller anyway). Then saw her in Fried Green Tomatoes and was expecting her to turn psycho any second Been contemplating American Horror Story for a while now, you may have just conviced me for good to watch it. Misery is a classic, love it. Also, excellent. Let me know how you're getting on with your viewing of AHS when you start. You don't have to watch it in order, each season is different, you can pick up anywhere but if you're like me, you will have to start by order of year released. It's available on Netflix up to season 4, that's where I watched it. Saw the latest season on tv. If you don't have Netflix you'll be able to rip it online anyway.
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Post by opuspace on Sept 6, 2016 2:00:53 GMT
I have a fondness for Night of the Living Dead, Prince of Darkness, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Pan's Labyrinth and Silent Hill (first one, not the second) The Ring, Grudge still creeps me out. Wow, so many memories! There's more I'm sure.
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Post by CrutchCricket on Sept 8, 2016 15:08:45 GMT
Mild-medium horror fan at best but I'm obsessed with The Thing. Such an excellent movie, the atmosphere is perfect and the effects are masterful. They just don't make'em like they used to.
Like: sci-fi or psychological horro/thrillers, something with an interesting premise and/or a mindfuck. Dislike: generic slashers, demonic posession, typical cookie-cutter shit with idiot characters.
Most recent horror films that I know of are crap but a few stand out: Occulus I liked because it developed its scares and wasn't just tryhard jump scares. It Follows was kinda lame. If I can devise a mundane solution to stop your supposedly unstoppable entity, your movie has failed. And Unfriended was pretty generic but the way it was shot was novel enough I suppose. Fuck skype anyway.
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Post by Arktinen on Sept 10, 2016 16:40:32 GMT
Been contemplating American Horror Story for a while now, you may have just conviced me for good to watch it. Also, excellent. Let me know how you're getting on with your viewing of AHS when you start. -- You don't have to watch it in order, each season is different, If you don't have Netflix you'll be able to rip it online anyway. Yep, I stream online. Really liked AHS Asylum - decided to start with that one, as I have a problem with haunting stuff, if it is done well.. Might consider watching S1 later though. Excellent job by J Lange, and that annoying perky-then-twisty lil nun. I'm glad you lured me in to watch it. I was wondering though, am I alone in thinking near the end of ep. The Name Game, *slight spoilers for those who haven't seen it*, That'll do, pig. That'll do. Next up, Coven - the very beginning was looking good, but right now with the teenagery witch angst..? Hum. I'll keep at it.
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Post by o Ventus on Sept 10, 2016 17:04:34 GMT
Mild-medium horror fan at best but I'm obsessed with The Thing. Such an excellent movie, the atmosphere is perfect and the effects are masterful. They just don't make'em like they used to. Like: sci-fi or psychological horro/thrillers, something with an interesting premise and/or a mindfuck. Dislike: generic slashers, demonic posession, typical cookie-cutter shit with idiot characters. Most recent horror films that I know of are crap but a few stand out: Occulus I liked because it developed its scares and wasn't just tryhard jump scares. It Follows was kinda lame. If I can devise a mundane solution to stop your supposedly unstoppable entity, your movie has failed. And Unfriended was pretty generic but the way it was shot was novel enough I suppose. Fuck skype anyway. Occulus is brilliant, not crap at all. What kind of mundane solution do you have for the entity in It Follows? The most common interpretation for the entity is that it symbolizes mortality and the inevitability of death. It might move slowly, but it always catches its target. Unfriended is fucking stupid and never should have been made. The Babadook is a really good psychological horror movie, dealing with the trauma of losing a spouse and being a single parent with a child that always reminds you of said spouse's death. It's a an Australian-made indie piece, but it's an excellent first impression by Jennifer Kent, the director. One of the very few movies I would rate 10/10. It's obviously heavy on thematic symbolism, but it's not pretentious in its message or the delivery and can be viewed as a straight-up horror movie, just don't watch it with the expectation of it being a full creature feature, the titular Babadook doesn't show up at all until around a half hour in.
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Post by o Ventus on Sept 10, 2016 17:09:42 GMT
Oh, I re-watched The Witch yesterday too, and it's just as good as it was when I saw it in theaters earlier this year. Perhaps calling The Witch a horror film is wrong, there's not much in the way of outright scares, but it has an incredibly ominous and creepy tone in the 17th century New England woods (despite being shot in Canada). That movie is also interesting in that it avoids the typical Hollywood depiction of witches and stays true to the colonial-era folklore. Also, the filmmakers did their research to make the movie authentic and the movie accurately depicts life for a small Protestant farming family in the 17th century, albeit with the caveat that there's some spooky shit going on. They even go so far as to have the dialogue be spoken in period-appropriate vernacular, in proper Shakespearean English. The family's oldest daughter played by Anya Taylor-Joy is especially good, as is the father, played by Ralph Ineson.
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Post by Teabaggin Krogan on Sept 10, 2016 18:01:02 GMT
I'm not a huge horror fan and most of the ones I've enjoyed have already been mentioned - Carpenter's The Thing, The Exorcist, Alien and the original Ring. I didn't respond to the hype that surrounded the Blair Witch Project when it was released, but eventually watched it in the dark at night on my own, particularly stoned. I don't know if the sight of someone who reminded me of my ex-wife being scared witless had a direct effect, but it got two thumbs up from me! I was actually pretty freaked out by it, but nothing on the scale of Ring. I swear if my phone had rung after watching Ring I would have had a heart attack. I've also watched the Jessica Biel remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I'm not proud. Just male. On a more serious note the most disturbing film I've ever seen was 'A Serbian Film', from 2010, although Jodorowsky's 'El Topo', from 1970 ran it close. Neither of them are remotely comparable to any of the horror titles already listed, but they are horrific. Caution advised. About the serbian film, I was actually shown that by a friend from college. I didn't sit through the whole thing as he skipped through it while narrating the plot to me so as to highlight the important bits. And I wasn't all that disturbed, given that I was already mentally prepared expecting the worst from the hype he gave it. But it is some fucked up shit and I didn't really see any point behind it other than the shock factor. Now as to proper horror, I've been meaning to see Carpenter's The Thing as I've been hearing lots of praise for it. Although I might've ruined it a bit because I already saw the recent remake with Mary Elizabeth Winstead which was rather average. But I'm a big fan of the other old school classics like alien, ring and so on. Also japanese horror is creepy AF! I'd also like to recommend Let the Right One In, it's not exactly a horror flick per se but it's an amazing film nevertheless. The hollywood remake of the same, starring Chloe Moretz isn't too bad either despite the lower ratings.
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Post by Nightman on Sept 10, 2016 18:28:59 GMT
Huge,huge horror fan here.....so many...
john carpenters Prince of Darkness Hellraiser 1 the poltergeist series ( not the cheeseball remake) Fallen Nightmare on elm street series ( i got to watch most of them in the theater) Insidious The Conjuring Alien series ( < say what you want, but at its heart, they are horror movies) Devil Exorcist Friday The 13th ( a few of them, the rest were way 2 funny and dont count as horror) Halloween ( original) House on Haunted Hill ( original and the remake ) Paranormal Activity ( 1 & 2 )
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Post by Crim on Sept 10, 2016 18:49:39 GMT
Also, excellent. Let me know how you're getting on with your viewing of AHS when you start. -- You don't have to watch it in order, each season is different, If you don't have Netflix you'll be able to rip it online anyway. Yep, I stream online. Really liked AHS Asylum - decided to start with that one, as I have a problem with haunting stuff, if it is done well.. Might consider watching S1 later though. Excellent job by J Lange, and that annoying perky-then-twisty lil nun. I'm glad you lured me in to watch it. I was wondering though, am I alone in thinking near the end of ep. The Name Game, *slight spoilers for those who haven't seen it*, That'll do, pig. That'll do. Next up, Coven - the very beginning was looking good, but right now with the teenagery witch angst..? Hum. I'll keep at it. Same actor yup. A twisted f*ck. Coven, I enjoyed it, stuff about witches interest me anyway. Salem Witch Trials, very interesting period of history. Heard there is a new Netflix documentary about that coming out soon here. Kathy Bates makes her American Horror Story debut in that season, so does Angela Bassett as the voodoo queen Maria Laveau. She's brilliant against Jessica Lange.
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Post by Queen_Angel on Sept 10, 2016 21:28:54 GMT
Horror is my favorite movie genre. Its funny because when i was a kid i was terrified of horror movies. So i went from beng horrified to being a legit fan of it. Some of it is actually comedy to me now. But I like all types of horror movies but my faves are the ones based on true stories and events. I also like those psychological thrillers and movies that add another way of viewing life
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Post by Ms. Noxxy on Sept 10, 2016 22:05:46 GMT
One of my brothers is six years older than me but our birthdate is one day apart so we always had our birthday parties at a same day. When I was seven or so all my friends had left already but he had still he's friends over after our party. So the boys started to watch some horror movies and they were teasing me that I don't have the guts to stay and see them too. Well _obviously_ I had to stay and we watched boltergeist and aliens. Since then I've seen quite the variety but surely not my favorite genre. I have way too vivid imagination for certain type on movies and I sort of get aloof after some movies. Hard to get back to people, not that I'd be spooked or seeing monsters rather just stuck in the ideas.
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Post by GruntKitterhand on Sept 10, 2016 23:06:43 GMT
I'm not a huge horror fan and most of the ones I've enjoyed have already been mentioned - Carpenter's The Thing, The Exorcist, Alien and the original Ring. I didn't respond to the hype that surrounded the Blair Witch Project when it was released, but eventually watched it in the dark at night on my own, particularly stoned. I don't know if the sight of someone who reminded me of my ex-wife being scared witless had a direct effect, but it got two thumbs up from me! I was actually pretty freaked out by it, but nothing on the scale of Ring. I swear if my phone had rung after watching Ring I would have had a heart attack. I've also watched the Jessica Biel remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I'm not proud. Just male. On a more serious note the most disturbing film I've ever seen was 'A Serbian Film', from 2010, although Jodorowsky's 'El Topo', from 1970 ran it close. Neither of them are remotely comparable to any of the horror titles already listed, but they are horrific. Caution advised. About the serbian film, I was actually shown that by a friend from college. I didn't sit through the whole thing as he skipped through it while narrating the plot to me so as to highlight the important bits. And I wasn't all that disturbed, given that I was already mentally prepared expecting the worst from the hype he gave it. But it is some fucked up shit and I didn't really see any point behind it other than the shock factor. Now as to proper horror, I've been meaning to see Carpenter's The Thing as I've been hearing lots of praise for it. Although I might've ruined it a bit because I already saw the recent remake with Mary Elizabeth Winstead which was rather average. But I'm a big fan of the other old school classics like alien, ring and so on. Also japanese horror is creepy AF! I'd also like to recommend Let the Right One In, it's not exactly a horror flick per se but it's an amazing film nevertheless. The hollywood remake of the same, starring Chloe Moretz isn't too bad either despite the lower ratings. I knew nothing but the title and that it was intended for a mature audience. I was watching a stream and at one point was worried I'd accidentally stumbled across the kind of snuff movie it was depicting for real. I really don't know what to make of it, looking back. I suspect there was some point there about the Baltic conflict, war and family and hypocrisy but to be honest it got lost for me among the visuals which really are the worst I've ever seen. I haven't seen the recent version of The Thing, though I have it to watch. My understanding is that it ends where Carpenter's version begins, so I can still heartily recommend his original remake. I don't think I've ever seen Kurt Russell be bad in a film, but it's one of his best. I'm intending to watch them back to back myself this week.
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Post by opuspace on Sept 10, 2016 23:57:00 GMT
I just remembered Evil Dead and the 2016 remake. The first one still creeps me out (I know, the effects can be silly but some things just affect ya whether you know why or not). Weirdly, the remake, while done very well, didn't really scare me as much as made it uncomfortably gross. A lot of horror seems to be more nausea inducing than outright fright like Human Centipede.
House on Haunted Hill (the latest adaptation) for some reason actually terrified me with that one scene where one of the protagonists went into the security camera room to find the guy assigned to it dead. Where it got frightening for me was when he looked at one of the monitors and found the doctor's ghost walking towards the room of his wife in an unnatural jerky walk. The ghost looked up at the camera and smiled.
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Post by Shepenwepet on Sept 11, 2016 0:29:51 GMT
House on Haunted Hill (the latest adaptation) for some reason actually terrified me with that one scene where one of the protagonists went into the security camera room to find the guy assigned to it dead. Where it got frightening for me was when he looked at one of the monitors and found the doctor's ghost walking towards the room of his wife in an unnatural jerky walk. The ghost looked up at the camera and smiled. Sorry, had to go find it. I love the 1999 version of House on Haunted Hill. It's one of those movies that just got me at the right time. I hated the ending, but my brother and I still spew quotes from the movie on a daily basis. When asking each other's opinion on something, we will occasionally say instead, "What do you think, Dr. Vannacutt?"
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Post by opuspace on Sept 11, 2016 1:28:35 GMT
Shepenwepet, I don't know whether to thank you or curse you for finding that. I didn't even know it was creepy enough to be separated into its own clip.
*shudder*
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2016 3:18:09 GMT
Yep, I stream online. Really liked AHS Asylum - decided to start with that one, as I have a problem with haunting stuff, if it is done well.. Might consider watching S1 later though. Excellent job by J Lange, and that annoying perky-then-twisty lil nun. I'm glad you lured me in to watch it. I was wondering though, am I alone in thinking near the end of ep. The Name Game, *slight spoilers for those who haven't seen it*, That'll do, pig. That'll do. Next up, Coven - the very beginning was looking good, but right now with the teenagery witch angst..? Hum. I'll keep at it. Same actor yup. A twisted f*ck. Coven, I enjoyed it, stuff about witches interest me anyway. Salem Witch Trials, very interesting period of history. Heard there is a new Netflix documentary about that coming out soon here. Kathy Bates makes her American Horror Story debut in that season, so does Angela Bassett as the voodoo queen Maria Laveau. She's brilliant against Jessica Lange. Those two were funny as fuck!! Yeah, I miss Jessica Lange. She is brilliant. I must admit that despite that, I really enjoyed Hotel. It was an improvement on Freakshow.
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Post by CrutchCricket on Sept 14, 2016 18:16:43 GMT
Occulus is brilliant, not crap at all. What kind of mundane solution do you have for the entity in It Follows? The most common interpretation for the entity is that it symbolizes mortality and the inevitability of death. It might move slowly, but it always catches its target. Unfriended is fucking stupid and never should have been made. Word order was poor there. I liked Occulus, I didn't think it was crap (though I do think a lot of recent horror movies are crap). Regarding It Follows: The mundane solution is so simple it's laughable: Physical barriers. The thing is slowed/stopped by physical barriers. It has to pound/break through doors and windows, it can be shot and dropped, even though it gets back up and it's slow as fuck. And once again the victims are idiot teenagers that can only scream and run. Functionally it's no different than any slasher like Jason or Michael Myers, weaker even, since it has to follow a set order and doesn't really have the magic movie teleportation they do. Any concentrated effort to capture it in something stronger than a wood shack and boom, threat neutralized. The only thing it has going for it is invisibility from the general world (but not intangibility) which means if an affected individual threw a blanket over it, everyone would now see the cheap ghost it really is. I get the inevitability argument, I really do. But inevitability falls really flat when it's so easy to delay it indefinitely.
The second solution of course is one we already see in the movie- instead of just banging a stranger then running, bang them and show/teach them the rules and let them run around and get chased. The douche at the start of the movie got off scot-free. And since the thing has to reset to teh last person boned, any link in the chain can simply bone and warn then continue living and boning to their heart's content. If the thing eventually kills the girl, by that point the douche would have/should have already banged someone else, he could live his whole life just hiring a prostitute every now and then and never having to worry about it again.
If the thing was meant to symbolize STDs I definitely see it. And there were some creepy visuals that made me a little uneasy the night after I watched it. So some points for direction and cinematography. But the monster itself is pure meh, so the movie suffers for it. A better idea in the hands of this filmmaking team would've really made a chiller.
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