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This movie is just plain bad

posted 15 years ago by blackknight273
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As someone who lists the original among the greatest horror movies ever, it stumps me how any fan of the original can like this movie.

I can understand how people like PII. It's a balls out horror movie, in the vein of Aliens. I like some of the imagery but to me it lacks the surreal dreamlike quality of the first.

I get why people like Oblivion. It was nostalgic and a honest attempt to get the series back on track.

But I will never understand how anyone can like this movie. The acting is horrible, the story is non-existent, and while your happy to see the originals return, they are only together for the last 30 minutes of the movie.

This movie is horrible. Period.

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[–] RomeoKnight 10 years ago

Agreed. This was one of the crappiest movies I've EVER watched. And I liked the first two!

[–] ElectricWarlock 10 years ago

I thought it was a slight improvement over Part 2, but so far none of the sequels have stood up to the first one. They seem to lack the scary, atmospheric quality of the first film which is what made it so great. Instead they seem to focus mainly on action. I thought Rocky was the best part of the movie though. She was a very intriguing character.

Death lives in the Vault of Horror!

[–] TakeARisk 8 years ago

I liked the second one, but this one is excruciatingly bad.

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[–] jimb14 8 years ago

Couldn't disagree more. I will never understand your post.

"No matter where you go, there you are."

[–] ElectricWarlock 7 years ago

I actually liked it better than Part 2. I like how you compare it to Aliens which I turned off because I didn't like how they took the creepy, claustrophobic feel of the first one and turned into an action flick. That's the same reason I don't think Phantasm 2 is a very good sequel. It's a decent movie on its own, but not a good sequel. I think Part III is closer to the creepy feel of the first movie than Part II is and the characters are better, so I do think it's better.