Disappearance

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.

Overall, the movie was good. There wasn't much originality but a really big plus was given because there wasn't much violence. Don't get me wrong: I don't hate horror/mystery movies with gore, but it is a very refreshing change when a movie comes out with little or no violence. Yes, the end of the movie was open-ended but that was intended to leave the viewer's imagination run wild. For those of you who hate making sense of the ending and don't want to think up what happened...I came up with one. So, if you haven't seen this movie yet, please don't read the rest unless you want the ending to be spoiled for you. I've decided that the boy, Matt, who took pictures of everything became that black-bird...because, remember, at the very end we see the desert in the bird's point-of-view and then it takes a snapshot of it's view, like Matt would have. I'm thinking that the old man in the begining at the restuarant took the body of the little girl since at the very end she sees a motorcycle and says "Nice bike" as the old man looked at the family's car in the begining and says "Nice car." There's lots of symbolism in this. I'd also like to say that I think that there wasn't just one "creature." It was probably a cross between a bird and human. How else would things like that be able to walk and fly?

Good movie. Good ending.

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.

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!

I must say that this movie was very peculiar. Yes, Harry Hamlin is a handsome guy and the previews for the movie seemed decent but I warn you to sit down and watch this television movie with a friend or family member. The supernatural plays an important role in this movie. Harry Hamlin and his family are trapped in a ghost mining town called Weaver. What is eerie, is the fact that nobody claims to know anything about it. It's suspenseful the entire way through and the ending is a bit disappointing. But it's a good movie to give you a scary "boo." Don't expect too much....Have fun