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A-Z Horror Movie of the Day..."The Remaining" (PG-13 - 2014 - DVD)

Sub-Genre: POV/Paranormal My Score: 5.4

Cast=4 Acting=4 Plot=8 Ending=4 Story=6 Scare=5 Jump=3 F/X=7 POV=7 Creep=6

Friends gather at a wedding, but the celebration is shattered by terrifying apocalyptic events forcing them to examine life, love and faith as they must choose between redemption and survival.

"I shouldn't be here. I went to Church...I did everything right." So they combine a disaster movie with the rapture and make it found footage...seems like an intense movie. I saw a lot of promise and the POV stuff was solid...I think the acting and the ending killed it for me. So when I hit eject on my player, I could only give it a meh. It's not a horrible watch...just not one to hunt for.

Confirms one reason I am not religious- terrorizing people because they don't believe in you or praise you. Seriously/ it just helped me double down on no religion although to be fair that was me previously.

The movie itself was okay but the message is a lot. Good people- flawed- but good- fighting for their lives and terrorized. So yes that is entertaining but the acting and the intent is what bothers me. Believe what you want but in what other situation would you ever follow or think someone is good if this is how they handle rejection. Many men and women have died for others- they did not demand you believe in them or else.

Wow! I was surprised by how quickly I got hooked on it.

The chaos and all natural disaster stuff was really well done, the effects were pretty good.

For a movie I had no idea what it was about, it turned out to be quite entertaining. Except the ending, which sucked big time!

I didn't care for all the religious bs, but it got pretty annoying by as the movie went on. It would've been good to show the strange creatures (fallen angels?). But it was pretty scary and tense not seeing them at all.

To sum up: it's just another average end-of-the-world, survival and suspense-horror flick.

Don't take it too serious and you might enjoy it.

I enjoyed the movie for what it was. You morons who are offended by anything remotely spiritual probably shouldn't watch stuff like this. One of you even said only militant Christians would like this film. I personally don't have any interest in converting any of you tantrum-throwing, so-called atheists. I don't care what you believe. Death will show us all the truth once and for all. No one said this movie is an accurate depiction of the end of the world. Only small-minded people would even suggest that this is what's being portrayed. To each his own. Somebody's right and somebody's wrong. I simply choose to err on the side of caution. Those with a bigger sack than I, good luck.

It's wedding day for Skylar (Alexa Vega) and Dan (Bryan Dechart). Suddenly, multitudes of seemingly random people drop dead. The couple and others make their way in this apocalyptic world.

This is a horror movie for Christians. The Rapture is their favorite horror subject matter. I do like that the Rapture happens multiple times and the earlier appearances of the Dementors. Multiple Raptures allow for drama in the discovery and holds out the potential for escape. The first Dementor attack is solid horror. Sadly, the Dementors are not good CGI which culminates with a laughable Dementor-filled world which looks so cheap. Quite frankly, the Christian part of the horror movie is too preachy. I guess that they just can't help it. The best Christian films don't hit the nail on the head so hard.