How can anyone really 'like' this movie?
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clockworkorange13 — 11 years ago(April 27, 2014 09:04 AM)
im 26 and a huge horror fanatic. ive seen everything. i believe this to be one of the eeriest and atmospheric horror movies of all time. it has a cold tense feeling thatll keep your stomach in a knot for the whole movie. so i guess what im saying is that i couldnt disagree with you more. its a great movie.
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suzy8track — 11 years ago(May 07, 2014 06:29 AM)
I'm 50 and a huge horror fan. I really enjoyed this film. It not a "classic" or "masterpiece", but I thought it was pretty damned good and entertaining. The sense of dread and tension, along with the asylum backdrop really made for a creepy film that made me think about it for days afterwards.
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rooee — 11 years ago(September 09, 2014 02:24 AM)
I echo your thoughts. It was refreshing to see a thoughtful, tension-building horror that didn't rely on jump scares, and I liked the visual references to The Shining, but it was essentially a fairly generic movie elevated by a good cast. For me, it lacked the kinds of indelible images and set-pieces that define classic horror. The only really creepy scenes involved the tape - very effective. I was less convinced by the supposedly 'sane' characters.
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jdemech02 — 11 years ago(January 28, 2015 12:20 AM)
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Good it's not a Freddie, Michael Myers or any other slasher flick going for a part 3 episode. The movie was interesting making one want to know what was gonna happen next. It also was somewhat confusing with the character Gordon acting strangely. I don't expect every movie to be great, but at least watchable until the end. Enough interest to hold the viewer to it. I liked the whole idea of the writers with the Asbestos being removed from an old Mental Institution. This made it more of a modern horror flick. Would of been great to watch this at a " Drive-in Theater " as a teenager. -
haunt_freak — 11 years ago(January 21, 2015 12:24 PM)
But the ending, oh please, very cliche and predictable, nothing special. The way they revealed who's "responsible" seemed rushed and lame.
I agree with you there. This ending has been done to the point of exhaustion. However, the movie did create a great atmosphere and dread. The Mary Hobbes recordings alone were magnificent.ARE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL?
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juxtapose70 — 11 years ago(March 22, 2015 03:45 PM)
I've seen 'em all at age 51 and the word "dread" nails it. This film is filled with ugly, horrible stories from the past that come back worming into the minds of blue collar asbestos workers who had nothing to do with what went on at Danvers. It changed them all.and
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by some supernatural b.s., rather by the atmosphere, stress and their own inner demons and obsessions. "the weak and the wounded"..that sums up all of these guys. No gore, just atmospheric creepiness like I have never seen. This makes all "asylum" movies appear comicalsame with The ShiningI watched both back to back and I fell asleep on The Shining and the over the top cliched comments by Nicholson. But whilst watching this flickI stopped breathing and had to remind myself, and didn't hardly blink until my eyes watered. No CGI, no special effectsjust plain evil, disturbing flick. Best ever
I challenge anyone to name one that's better, and then I'll tell you why it's not..
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evil_nemesis — 10 years ago(July 16, 2015 02:01 PM)
Just watched it and I can say it was just another good movie but nor really horror and I'm 31
The only scene I found scary was the stairwell scene with Hank standing that was creepy. The movie was more mysterious to me than horror. I can easily say that sinister beats the hell out of this movie.
Even if I had to choose between Lake mungo and this I would go for Lake Mungo in terms of scares and touching story but if you want to choose thriller / mystery movie than this one is better.
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regexfan — 10 years ago(September 16, 2015 05:40 AM)
I said this:
I started this thread like over a year ago? At the time I didn't understand why people dubbed this as a "masterpiece" etc. But that was the point of starting the thread. So that the said people could enlighten me on why they regard this movie very highly. I was asking for opinions, not finalizing my opinion on people.
The thread was not meant to bash this movie or to say something along the lines of "this movie sucks, you people are dumb for liking it!". I'm not an angst teenager, I don't do that.
But the thoughtful, rational, and nice people who cared to tell me why they thought of the movie so highly here have made me understand the elements of the movie that I might have ignored before. Still not my favorite movie, still not high on my list, but now I understand why some people loved it.
And to the people who didn't add anything to the discussion, thank you anyway.
If you're going to cry in the corner and be upset just because someone said something bad about your favorite movie, go on and do that. Just don't comeback to my thread. I don't wish to talk to people who can't talk about a movie maturely. IMDB seems to be full of that kind of people, I don't feed their childishness. -
horcrux2007 — 10 years ago(September 16, 2015 05:59 AM)
Why are you getting so angry about this? The only person acting childish here is you. If your motive for making the thread was just to get opinions, you sure made the title sound like other people can't possibly have a different opinion than you.