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In order to protect his family, Dr. John Chambers must solve the town's deadly secret, which lives within the darkest shadows of the night.In order to protect his family, Dr. John Chambers must solve the town's deadly secret, which lives within the darkest shadows of the night.In order to protect his family, Dr. John Chambers must solve the town's deadly secret, which lives within the darkest shadows of the night.
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Not long after John Chambers and his family arrive at their new home in a small country town in Pennsylvania, John begins to experience sleep paralysis. Lying there paralyzed, trapped within his own nightmare, other-worldly beings visit.
The highlight of this film is that it stars Brian Krause, who is one of the greats in genre cinema. Between "Sleepwalkers" and "Charmed" he has really made a name for himself. Sure, there were a few duds... like, what the heck is up with "Camel Spiders"? But overall, always a pleasure to see Krause.
That being said, this is neither one of his great films or his duds. And he is, of course, quite good. But the film as a whole is just so-so, something to pass the time in October, but nothing that will become a holiday standard or must-see. It just sort of... exists.
The highlight of this film is that it stars Brian Krause, who is one of the greats in genre cinema. Between "Sleepwalkers" and "Charmed" he has really made a name for himself. Sure, there were a few duds... like, what the heck is up with "Camel Spiders"? But overall, always a pleasure to see Krause.
That being said, this is neither one of his great films or his duds. And he is, of course, quite good. But the film as a whole is just so-so, something to pass the time in October, but nothing that will become a holiday standard or must-see. It just sort of... exists.
I just want to chime in here and say that if you watch this movie then PLEASE do not try to do CPR the way the Doctor in the movie did it. Go get yourself trained by the American Red Cross, you can do it online. At least look it up on Google or something. The way it was done in the movie would actually kill somebody, pressing on the neck like that!
A medium-budget production.The topic of a little boy or of a little girl who sees "dead people" is quite overused but sometime it still works. This is not one of those times... As I wrote on the summary the movie is pretty much boring....So boring that I stopped to watch it before the end.Not enough action, few and poor special effect,common and predictable dialogues.Btw I guess that if seen by a child it can be a quite scary movie.
I enjoyed this movie, with a larger budget it could have been seriously good. The concept and story are pretty solid, interesting and engaging. The characters and actors involved were all very good and believable. I loved the whole idea with the tunnel which reminded me of Absentia which is a superb indie horror.
A family move into a new home and soon after begin seeing strange things. The young child sees a man in a hat in his bedroom and the dad starts having nightmares about creatures. The older son returns home from college and connects with one of the female locals who happens to be the sheriff's daughter.
The younger lad is drawn to a tunnel near the home, it has a memorizing affect on him.
There have been many unexplained disappearances in the town and the sheriffs estranged wife is the subject of ridicule for voicing concerns about strange beings at the corner of your eye.
It all reaches a climax after an initiation prank goes terribly wrong and it appears the sheriff knows more than he's letting on.
Much is sadly unexplained at the end of the movie but all in all I thought it was pretty good.
A family move into a new home and soon after begin seeing strange things. The young child sees a man in a hat in his bedroom and the dad starts having nightmares about creatures. The older son returns home from college and connects with one of the female locals who happens to be the sheriff's daughter.
The younger lad is drawn to a tunnel near the home, it has a memorizing affect on him.
There have been many unexplained disappearances in the town and the sheriffs estranged wife is the subject of ridicule for voicing concerns about strange beings at the corner of your eye.
It all reaches a climax after an initiation prank goes terribly wrong and it appears the sheriff knows more than he's letting on.
Much is sadly unexplained at the end of the movie but all in all I thought it was pretty good.
Did you know
- TriviaThe QR code on Emms missing person poster in Palmers gas station takes you to Locate The Missings Facebook page, it's an actual missing persons group not associated with the movie.
- GoofsWhen Ben is at the Police Station towards the end of the movie, he is handcuffed. Ben was brought in as a witness, not a suspect, nor was he arrested, therefore he would not be restrained with handcuffs.
- Quotes
Dr. John Chambers: [spoiler]
[last lines]
Dr. John Chambers: [unaware he's a ghost] Guys I'm right here
- Crazy creditsThe Tall Man and Shadow People were not harmed in the making of this film.
- ConnectionsFeatures La Nuit des morts-vivants (1968)
- SoundtracksLullabye
Written by Kevin Barber
Performed by Kevin Barber
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- Gross worldwide
- $161,172
- Runtime
- 1h 39m(99 min)
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- 1.78 : 1
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