Knife Edge

Yee gads, this is a good one. This is a true gem, a hokey haunted house movie in the lines of House On Haunted Hill that will scare the living daylights out of you. In the tradition of The Changeling (the one with George C. Scott not the one about the missing kid) and The Sentinel (the scary one not the one about government agents), this is an excellent fright fest that isn't camp and doesn't play it for laughs. The only scary horror movies are the ones that are serious, and this one is, with a lot of twists. If you liked The Shining or Amityville Horror, you will love this movie. This is what horror movies were like before Jason and Freddy and Saw, when frights came in the form of The Omen or Beyond The Door and the characters actually had mysterious motives. This movie has the patience to allow the atmosphere to startle you rather than resorting to cheep gore. I don't think I've seen a horror movie this engaging since What Ever Happened To Baby Jane; cross that with Stir of Echoes and you have Knife Edge. In Race With The Devil they had to go to a library that somehow had the exact book on satanic rituals that they were looking for, but in this modern movie they have Google, which is about the only thing that distinguishes this fine thriller from those great flicks that were made in the 70s and 80s, and even some of the movies made in the 60s such as Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte. The ending is a mixture of Sixth Sense and Psycho. Knife Edge is a modern masterpiece. It is creepy in a Rosemary's Baby type of way.

Wow! Hammer horror is back!

I don't know if it was the intention of the film makers,but this movie could have been made in the late 60's/70's and after all the crap that they churn out as horror now days,what a relief.

First of all it has a story...Which in itself is a horror! (because aren't all us horror fans, just morons that don't want story,good acting and any character driven suspense!)

And talking of acting...Its pretty darn good in this film!Not sure about the lead (that's why i couldn't give it a ten),but all the others are spot on,and i challenge you to figure out the secrets they all hold.

Then there's the gore...which there isn't any!Well not until the last ten minutes,but when it comes,boy does it come!And it comes it's Argento's lipstick red exploding on the screen!Maybe its because there has been none before or this is the first horror movie since 'Rosemarys baby' that tells its story with the lights on but i found it really shocking.

So if you want a horror that doesn't treat you like an idiot,or thinks you'll only like it if its shot like a commercial...Go see this one,you won't be disappointed!

I see a movie more than normal and less than average, in principle it is more drama than a horror movie .. For horror, it contains the usual vocabulary of horror, but which have become boring .. Doll terrifying, frightening dense forest of trees by tree terrifying sight, visions of a mysterious bathtub filled with blood by the woman lying was stabbed, and the famous scene of Jack Nicholson in The Shining film that breaks through the wooden door through which researchers paranoid about his wife frequently during the entirety of this movie with different characters .. This means that the film in terms of horror did not present anything new, but for the drama was the story of drama, in my opinion are very porous and non-court details, performance closure with that to some extent is good, I liked the performance champion Natalie Press in the scene discovered deceive her husband after the trial, was performance in this scene is very cool .. Eventually you will find that the movie is not good at all, and it is less than average and did not provide comfort or excitement at the level of fear or the level of drama .. And even now I do not understand why all the comments to my comment the previous seven commends this movie and recommend watching it, I see a film less than the average closer to the weak .. If you will not see it you can never lose ..

I saw the screening in Cannes. Still don't know if I understood all of it but it gave me a real chill... That's quite an achievement those days, it doesn't happened very often! I usually smile or laugh at those movies... The only weakness is the leading lady. All the other cast seemed to be enjoying the crazy ride but she looked like she just wanted off!! But the movie is so watchable and the rest of the cast is so gorgeous you won't even care!I especially like this french actor Mathieu Bougenah,Hugh Bonneville is sexier than I have ever seen him and I think we will see a lot more of Lorcan O'Toole very soon.. Overall, it's a big thumbs up!

Emma (Natalie Press) is a successful trader who has some kind of clairvoyant powers. She and her family move to her husband's old family home in the English countryside. She finds it haunted in some way and has visions of what could be a murder. There's a weird creepy giant tree in the woods. Her husband doesn't care.

This British horror essentially threw a whole lot of stuff into this movie. Natalie Press is that likable. She seemed cold and distant. I was watching this more for Hugh Bonneville and he has a minor role. There is nobody to care about. It's obvious that this was a pretty bad fail. I'm not sure if I can pinpoint its failure on just one thing.