Disappearance - Spurlos verschwunden

I was surprised when I realized how many people don't like this movie because it leaves many question unanswered. Throughout the history of mankind most frightening things were those which couldn't be seen or explained. Expecting evil is usually more scary than meeting it. (That's why the best of Halloween is first part of the first movie). In fact, I was pleasantly surprised that such a movie came from USA, especially from TV, and after watching these reviews I'm even more glad that someone still makes movies for those who don't rank movies according to gallons of ketchup-blood on screen. Of course: Friday the 13th fans should avoid this film.

Recently I saw a Swedish horror "Det okanda", and I suggest it to those who want to check my statements about fear of unexplained. From USA movies I could chose an early Spielberg movie "Something Evil" which didn't become as great hit as his later works, probably because audience didn't get enough explicit horror scenes, and a final answer. Also, most of the monsters (aliens, genetic freaks etc) look rather funny than scary when they appear on screen. If not at once, surely some years later - try to watch giant bugs, or Martians in 50's or even earlier horrors.

Finally, I don't say this is a great movie. Though I like to think during and after watching, and explain things to myself, I still have no idea what is the meaning of the raven, especially in last minute or two. But I do hope that there will be no sequel: some questions should stay unanswered.

We rented this film from our local store. Was disspointed that it wasn't a real movie, but a TV story transfered to DVD. The quality is pretty good, and the acting is adequate. In the very first scene, I thought it was really going to suck. When they start out, there is a large SUV driving in the desert with the family in it, and the obviouse reflection of the film truck in the vehicle was the worst I have ever seen. But then, the movie got better and better from there. It is a story about a family traveling through a desert region. They decide to spend some extra time in a ghost town and get caught up in an mystery. This is a well made "made for Tv movie". It was acceptable for our family and young teen age children. It is frustrating at points to see those characters behave in ways we think we would not. But thats entertainment. Its Family Vacation meets twilight Zone on a Pancake budget. The movie wraps up with a mysterious settlement of characters that is unanticipated as will as undefined. Some very high level thought going on there. It is a movie that seems familiar due to all the regular plot gratuities.

It seems that people either love or hate this movie. Personally i thought it was really exceptional for a TV horror movie. The people who dislike this movie are probably the people who thought The Blair Witch Project was scary.

Disappearance truly creeped me out, which is very difficult for a film to do. I watch just about every horror film out there and very few really "scare" me, but Disappearance comes very close to doing the deed.

You never see what is really the evil force throughout the movie, and i liked that a lot. Many horror films show the "monster" or "evil" or whatever you wish to call it later near the end to the film, or sometimes earlier. This strayed away from that and it leaves you wondering about what it really was. Plus, a family trapped in a ghost town in the middle of the desert makes an exceptional horror tale.

I thought the script, acting, and direction were all very well done. I also liked the music score a lot. There weren't any lame "happy pop" songs which seem to proliferate today's horror movies, and consequently make them all fail due to that fact. Disappearance went back to a direction of the old-school style creating a truly malevolent score for the movie.

I am very glad i rented this little gem, and will surely be adding this to my personal DVD collection.

This movie held my interest for the first hour or so. The ending was horrid however!! They never even showed the mutants that were spoken of. The mutants that were supposedely made that way through radiation! Uggg, the ending was stupid and a let down. I saw this on a rainy morning.

Well, although many have found otherwise, I found this film intriguing due to its inconclusive nature. If you have not seen this film, DO NOT READ THIS as your own conclusion is the whole basis of the film! I think part of the key to the story actually lies in the explosion, which in my opinion never happened. It is more likely however, due to major similarities with the Siberian Ball of Fire of 1908, that the explosion was meant to be a UFO crash (read up to see similarities, it is exactly the same)! Thus, the reference to Area 51. Therefore, I don't think the strange 'creatures' in the town were anything to do with aliens, more likely to be some humans, probably deformed that had mixed or breeded with an ancient Indian civilisation or had dabbled with the occult. The graves in my opinion were as a result of sacrafices concerning the occult, thus the 'creatures' making people disappear! The crow is very symbolic of this, and the human shaped skin also points in this direction. The ending does leave a little to be desired perhaps, although the crow taking the picture of the desert as the boy had done throughout the film gave some of it away.

What had quite happened at the end is not fully resolved, but the main puzzling thing is the sheriff in the nearby town. Leaving the man in the cell next to the fire in the town he denied the existence of had to be a trade for the missing boy, but he certainly was a very big part in the film, much bigger than most would think.

One idea of mine was that the nearby town was also a ghost town but I have given up thinking about it now!

Overall, 8 out of 10, a good film with an interesting story line, as long as you don't mind thinking about it!