Hprog
A rejoint le avr. 2000
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Wow! What an effort, my friends. It is a policy of me not to stop watching a movie until it's over, no matter how bad it is. I almost broke my rule today with this one, but I stood there like a warrior to see how all that silliness would end.
First of all, I knew nothing about the Dennis Rader story before watching it, so when I put the DVD on, I thought I was going to see a slasher film and had no preconceptions about it.
The film starts right away without credits, and from the first sequence one could think this is going to be a soft-core/ gore type of film... forget it! It's not like that at all if you're into that kind of stuff. Instead we are delivered with terrible acting (especially when the guy talks to himself, hideous!), campy camera plays, longer-than-needed sequences, inadequate choices of songs, gratuitous and badly edited animal gore inserts and, last but not least, an absurd way to wrap it all up in less than 80 minutes.
Except for most of the girls' beauty (Danielle Petty in special) and some female feet close shots (it's my fetish, I can't help it), there's nothing you could save from this movie. Trust me, this doesn't even enter the "so bad it's good category" (I put stuff like Nightmare Weekend there heheheh).
Rating: 1/10
First of all, I knew nothing about the Dennis Rader story before watching it, so when I put the DVD on, I thought I was going to see a slasher film and had no preconceptions about it.
The film starts right away without credits, and from the first sequence one could think this is going to be a soft-core/ gore type of film... forget it! It's not like that at all if you're into that kind of stuff. Instead we are delivered with terrible acting (especially when the guy talks to himself, hideous!), campy camera plays, longer-than-needed sequences, inadequate choices of songs, gratuitous and badly edited animal gore inserts and, last but not least, an absurd way to wrap it all up in less than 80 minutes.
Except for most of the girls' beauty (Danielle Petty in special) and some female feet close shots (it's my fetish, I can't help it), there's nothing you could save from this movie. Trust me, this doesn't even enter the "so bad it's good category" (I put stuff like Nightmare Weekend there heheheh).
Rating: 1/10
A good horror film is nowadays so hard to find that you just get skeptical whenever a new one comes out. Recently, Hollywood had the need to look for Asian sources in order to refresh their stories and styles.
I love horror films, be it the psychological and (sometimes) misunderstood Blair Witch Project, the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street series (although some entries are more of a comedy, imo) or those regarding haunting and paranormal activities.
When I had An American Haunting in hand, the first thing I saw was the cast. With Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland in, you could have high expectations, but I still remained skeptical, 'cause today it's very common to see good actors working for food. I had no idea about the plot's background whatsoever, so I just put the DVD on and prepared myself to watch a new horror feature, with no prejudice.
Well, despite some minor flaws, I must say I was pleasantly surprised. With a bit of a historical background, the movie develops very well and keeps you interested. The acting is very good, the effects are OK, and the camera work it's not that much of your typical "here comes a scary moment", and another good thing is that the ending, at least to me, was a bit of unexpected.
This might not be a new Exorcist or Poltergeist (this kind of films will never come back), but it's indeed a solid effort to deliver a thrilling experience using today's technology to stage an old Witch tale.
Rating: 8/10
I love horror films, be it the psychological and (sometimes) misunderstood Blair Witch Project, the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street series (although some entries are more of a comedy, imo) or those regarding haunting and paranormal activities.
When I had An American Haunting in hand, the first thing I saw was the cast. With Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland in, you could have high expectations, but I still remained skeptical, 'cause today it's very common to see good actors working for food. I had no idea about the plot's background whatsoever, so I just put the DVD on and prepared myself to watch a new horror feature, with no prejudice.
Well, despite some minor flaws, I must say I was pleasantly surprised. With a bit of a historical background, the movie develops very well and keeps you interested. The acting is very good, the effects are OK, and the camera work it's not that much of your typical "here comes a scary moment", and another good thing is that the ending, at least to me, was a bit of unexpected.
This might not be a new Exorcist or Poltergeist (this kind of films will never come back), but it's indeed a solid effort to deliver a thrilling experience using today's technology to stage an old Witch tale.
Rating: 8/10
I've been taking German lessons for about 2 months now, and since movies were great in helping me learn English language I'm always looking for German films to watch (as well as German music to listen to) in order to educate my ears.
Anyway, I went to this place where I get all sort of rare movies and this one caught my attention... and I had no idea it got the Oscar for foreign language film this year! So I watched it without prejudice and... what did I find? A MASTERPIECE! This is the kind of movie that gets your attention from the first moment, and makes you interested in understanding the characters' psyche, which is very varied: you have the idealistic good guys, the idealistic bad guys, the people that broad their minds understanding that no political dogma is better than individual freedom, etc. And even though the movie has very tough moments it is all so well done and presented with such a good taste that in the end you feel some sort of relieved.
In this present day, when the ghost of authoritarian regimes still fly over our heads (in my country we're getting closer and closer to that reality), this movie will make you think about how important love, life and freedom are.
A must see!
Anyway, I went to this place where I get all sort of rare movies and this one caught my attention... and I had no idea it got the Oscar for foreign language film this year! So I watched it without prejudice and... what did I find? A MASTERPIECE! This is the kind of movie that gets your attention from the first moment, and makes you interested in understanding the characters' psyche, which is very varied: you have the idealistic good guys, the idealistic bad guys, the people that broad their minds understanding that no political dogma is better than individual freedom, etc. And even though the movie has very tough moments it is all so well done and presented with such a good taste that in the end you feel some sort of relieved.
In this present day, when the ghost of authoritarian regimes still fly over our heads (in my country we're getting closer and closer to that reality), this movie will make you think about how important love, life and freedom are.
A must see!