Reverb

Wow,this movie really blew me away. I had never heard of it upon viewing it. But I was rather happy with the way it turned out. I was not at all familiar with its director Eitan Arrusi either,but now I shall keep my eyes peeled for anything new from him in the future.

There was a pretty steady feeling of eerie chills through-out this film. Not to so that it is a masterpiece or anything. But it was worth 84 minutes of my Saturday.

And I really enjoyed the pitch look to everything. But what else would you expect from a horror flick. And you never know this guy might even be the next Master of Horror,or something.

Okay, so I love a good horror movie. And I don't mind a few clichés. But what I hate more than death or taxes is goofiness. American horror too often goes for the goofy or the gross-out, and a lot of whatever genuine creepy you might get out of the concept is dissipated by the Beavis & Butthead-level jokes.

Reverb has none of that in it. What it does have is a somewhat standard horror trope--think _Cigarette_Burns_, if you've seen it--played absolutely straight for all the chills it can muster. There's a good performance by the female lead, who I hope to see more of. There's also some fine camera work (the lighting of the studio is a natural) and a nuanced bunch of cheap audio jump-thrills.

Now there are some plot holes. For instance, who might have been holding the camera in a pivotal bit of video (nobody mentioned could). There's also an awful lot of yelling at the screen, 'Just get out! No, dude. Just get out!' But I'll forgive a lot for a genuine chill or two, and I got them.

I don't know what movie the last reviewer saw, but this one's a pretty effective and moderately original bit of Brit-horror. 8/10, because frankly, low-budget horror has a pretty low bar.

The plot summary on this website for this film is a bit off--a struggling rock musician does NOT head into a studio with his band--he heads into the studio with 2 hot blondes after scoring, in a non-musical way, with both of them.

Great showcase of pre-digital studio reverb processes, as the focus of the film was on a tiled room that was actually used very effectively back in the day to put reverberation on a track. The technical details of the tiled room, and the digital processes of recording shown in the film may have left an audience a bit in the lurch as far as understanding what was going on in the film. However, two hot, leggy blondes, gasping sex on a couch, gallons of blood and evil voices panned left and right on the soundtrack probably would carry the day.....

Very original filmstory, and I liked that....sadly, as is typical of much new millennium music, the "songs" featured in the film really sucked....

The movie is just awful, the entire movie runs on the same scenes, from beginning to end, I dozed off many times when I woke up it seemed that I was exactly on the same scene. No too mention the darkness of the movie seems impossible to understand what is going on. I know I need 10 lines to send this subject but the movie is too bad to have 10 lines of review. All I can do is adding bad and more bad review. The story seemed to be done by someone who was drunk or high. I am not a movie reviewer but anyone who watch this thing can't not give anything less than 1 Therefore, lighten up Mr. Director. Invest your money in something more useful

I am a really big fan of British movies, i think they have a slight edge over our American counterparts in the fact its all about the imagination and what is not there.

However, with Reverb; i was disappointed and didn't feel anything for the characters at all. Not much going on about the music or the reason behind all the crazy actions, it just is. I like a little history to why it all began in what i watch, it gives me a sense of understanding.

All in all it is an okay flick, for an hour and 23 minutes you could find your mind wondering as slowly chaos takes over. The pace is a little slow for my liking although the acting is good but i feel that something was still slightly missing from it all.

It is no Deathwatch or 28 days later but still an okay movie.