Gemgirl1988

Hey! What's all this then about this movie having no logic and being real stupid? I found it to actually be quite intelligent and creative. My reasons? Well-I don't think I have to explain the creative genius behind this movie. A chrome ball that attaches to your head and drills into your brain? A little planet where little monsters dwell, living as slaves-their portal being a sterile white room? Yellow blood and disgusting insects? Oh yeah-and the Tall Man? I think it's safe to say that this is great stuff we're dealing with here. It's an intelligent film because, alright-yeah-it has two sex scenes and all that-but it's not some little slasher movie filled with dopey (literally) teens, and c'mon! Where else have you seen a movie dealing with this kind of plot? And there IS a plot! How can there not be a plot? A boy, his brother, and his friend come across a sinister cemetery and it's ghostly inhabitants, and must fight for their lives to save themselves and the town of Morningside from being shrunk into mini-cloaked slaves by an evil Tall Man. Yeah-ok-the acting on Jody's part isn't the greatest-but he had some great scenes with little brother Mike, and c'mon! Reggie is just plain awesome! As a plus-the music is absolutely marvelous...with a slight tinkly sound to it which I believe adds to the cool, eerie horror. All in all: delightful.

I have just seen this movie for the second time and love it twice as much. The great thing about it is that it's quiet and dreamlike and there's absolutely no blood or gore or real violence. And it's in black and white-you can't beat that! I assume you all know the story very well, a story I find to be most intriguing and not at all as predictable and plain as everyone makes it out to be. Mary Henry and her friends sail off a bridge, although Mary is mysteriously unscathed. After that, while dealing with her job as a church organist and various other characters, she is pursued by a devilishly delicious zombie and goes through periods of complete estrangement from the world. And then of course there's her neighbor Mr. Linden. He's so greasy and sex-crazed that I couldn't help but love him, and he makes an excellent contrast against Candace Hilligoss's solitary, quiet character. Their scenes together are eerie just on their own(Linden spying on a changing Mary and the attempted-necking scene infront of the mirror) Mary is also drawn toward an old pavillion where her eventual end takes place, and that too is eerie. Her periods of silence are probably the creepiest of the movie, almost claustrophobic and especially dreadful. I mean-who wants to be in broad daylight and feel like they're the last person on earth while practically going deaf? All in all, let's just put it this way. I'm an old movie guru, so this is obviously going to pertain to me more than The Sixth Sense and all those other gore fests, and even so, you can't help but love this movie. I'll be treasuring it for a long time.

No offense, but I'm sick and tired of this crap on how historically innacurate this movie was and how it's hardly subject matter for children. Well, I say,if it's so dark, don't let them watch it-and save it for your "mature" self. Think about it-we all know that Anastasia died when she was a little girl and, ok-Rasputin didn't sell his soul and didn't have a talking bat for an accomplice. First off, if we know out history, we're not being corrupted by this little twist on history, and second of all-they are at least making an effort tohave it suitable for children. Instead of a bloody massacre, just think of it as a sorceror's doings. Having said that-I like to focus a lot more of the lavish designs and costumes and love story, for it is all enchanting in a Pygmallion/My Fair Lady sort of way. It's a story that has been used in many movies: A guy decides to make over an ugly duckling into a beauty and falls in love with her. This one's fresh for it has a Parisian/Russian twist and contains some snappy dialogue. However, although Meg Ryan's voice is nice, I would have liked a more graceful one. Anyway-5 out of 5