so is it good - Death Tunnel (2006) Discussion

[–] misbegotten 17 years ago

I enjoyed this movie, but as you can see from the comments of this board, I seem to be in the minority. It has some impressive visuals, eerie atmosphere, and looks far more expensive than it actually was. However, it never really fulfils it's early potential. I still think that it's worth watching though.

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[–] kairingler 17 years ago

i say that if you can get past the irritating tramps in the underwear running around , then yes i mean the place is interesting, the history behind it.. like i said if you can get past the campiness of it,, it's not really a bad movie at all.

works for me

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[–] PACman66 16 years ago

I flat out enjoyed it. but I made the mistake of recommending this film to some friends, and they all told me this film sucked ass. Sigh... Oh, well..

Trust me,
Swan

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[–] sheepdog07 11 years ago

i say that if you can get past the irritating tramps in the underwear running around

I thought that was the movies saving grace. What do people expect going into these low budget flicks?

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[–] druquzdog 16 years ago

Watch it and make up your own mind. People were really too hung up on the legend and history of Wavery Hills wile they were anticipating the movie and the bottom line is it wasn't what people had hyped it up (for themselves) to be in terms of historical accuracy or realism.

I liked the film quite a lot and no way does it deserve the low score it has on here. I think the poster who first replied to you sums up pretty how much I feel about the film as well. I had to make a concious choice to give it a chance about half way through when I saw where it was going. Glad I stuck with it though.

It's more an exercise in style than in telling a great story in a direct fashion, but it's a different approach and it works if you keep an open mind and pay attention.

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[–] PACman66 16 years ago

I guess it hepls that I knew nothing about "Waverly Hills" or whatever. I just sat down and watched this as a horror movie. Not for to "compare facts". As a Horror movie, in and of itself... It delivers.

Trust me,
Swan

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[–] jbaker1-2 16 years ago

If you like cheaply made horror movies with no discernable plot, no scares, actors who can't act, characters you don't give a sh!t about and cheesy, unoriginal FX, all wrapped up in a package so choppily edited that you just *know* the filmmaker's only previous experience (assuming he *had* any previous experience) was making music videos, then you might think it's OK. Otherwise....

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[–] PACman66 16 years ago

Yeah! I liked it too! >:o)

Trust me,
Swan

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[–] rsanders98 16 years ago

Nah, probably not... Most of the movies scifi shows aren't worth the time to watch them...:P

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[–] Moondrop_C 16 years ago

Nah, probably not... Most of the movies scifi shows aren't worth the time to watch them...:P

For example, the movie that's on right this minute, "Ghouls" which I saw by accident a while back. It's so bad I'm embarrassed for the people involved and I don't know any of them (Erin Gray?! From Buck Rogers in the 25th Century?!). The visual effects (the ghouls) are especially bad.

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[–] jbaker1-2 16 years ago

<<Yeah! I liked it too! >:o)>>

I usually enjoy low-budget indie horror flicks. For my money, the general level of acting, direction and editing puts a fair percentage of them comfortably in the "so bad it's good" category, but 'Death Tunnel' is so bad it's just ... bad. The choppy MTV-style editing (which I see far too much of these days) is annoying as all hell, and even the bare boobs (what little there were) weren't worth a second look. <G>

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[–] tommiedavies46 16 years ago

I am still so bitter about the 90 minutes of my life that I will never get back. I was crying with laughter and despair.....please don't ever watch this film.

You have been warned.

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[–] lunarsight 15 years ago

I confess I liked it, but probably for all the wrong reasons.

People expecting some cinematic marvel in the horror movie genre will be disappointed, but if you view it as a B-movie trying to fool the audience into thinking it's something more, then it's not too bad.

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[–] gkpete 15 years ago

Yeah, it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. Not that I'm saying it's good, but I'd go 4/10. Better than anything Uwe Boll has made by far. It at least had a few things of interest at times. And a great setting. That place was on Most Haunted and Scariest Places.

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[–] Wuchakk 8 years ago

So is it good?

Yes, it is. In fact, it's slowly become one of my all-time favorite horror flicks.

The low score on IMDb is because "Death Tunnel" strays from horror conventions in several ways: The story was told in a confusing, non-linear fashion, mostly in the first act, which disorients viewers and prevents them from entering into the story. However, the film largely settles down in the second and third acts to concentrate on the five women trying to get out of the sanatorium.

Regardless, the filmmaking technique of "Death Tunnel" is professional with an extremely impressive visual style combined with top notch kinetic editing work. Not to mention superb locations, cast & music. In other words, the film LOOKS & sounds good and was put together well, it's just that the non-linear approach to the storytelling (mainly in the first act) prevents a lot of people from appreciating this amazing film.

Philip Adrian Booth shot for art and originality with "Death Tunnel" rather than convention and it should be respected.

I admit, however, that I didn't like the film the first time I watched it, although I was entertained by the spectacular visuals, which includes the stunning women, and also the score/soundtrack. I decided to give it another chance with an open mind and found myself fabulously entertained; same thing with my third and fourth viewing. By the mid-point I found myself almost spellbound by the movie magic, which held me to the climax. You just have to accept that this isn't a dialogue-driven, plot-driven movie that focuses on slowly building suspense. Instead it's 90 minutes of horror and the entertaining elements thereof from the get-go, which some people understandably can't appreciate because they want a suspenseful build-up.

Check it out with these things in mind; you might like it.

My 175 (or so) Favorite Movies:
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls070122364/

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