The movie was okay, however I thought it was too predictable. A few twists would have been more than okay, why not try to surprise the audience just a little?
sharenot original at all, but it followed all the slasher rules well. And the beatiful norwegian nature and locations didn't exactly hurt either;)
Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything
It was good, not great.
And the only twist they had was when whats-his-face was on the kitchenfloor and everybody though he was killed becuase of the tomatojuice
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I hate pickels -.-
I knew the kid was the killer in the very beginning of the movie when he was running through the snow. It is entertaining for what it is,but it definitely is very predictable.
shareI don't know, it had too few characters, but I didn't find it that predictable. For one thing, I was expecting one of them to be the killer. Mostly, because of the remote location, I assumed one of them knew the area, and was setting the others up to die. I figured one was probably delusional, and only imagining being stalked, while setting up the murders of the others. The order they died in surprised me as well. I assumed the schmuck with the leg would be easy pickin's, but he lasted for a looong time, lol.
Also, it was a creepy setting for a horror movie!! Filmmakers should set more horror films in cold, isolated places. Lately, I've seen a lot of recent ones: Cold Prey, The Last Winter, Wind Chill, Shredder...something about the cold, the difficulty travelling, how dark it gets--it just makes for great scary horror movie moments. I hope Netflix gets a hold of Cold Prey 2 soon, I'm eager to see how they do a follow-up story.
Deeeeeeep hurting!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD! YOU CAN'T KILL BECCA
yeah i agree, it would have been lot's better with a few twists in it.
are you going to bark all day little doggie,, or are you going to bite
But probably most twists that people could think of would be predictable anyway. I have seen so many recent horror films try to be 'original' but end up being predictable, despite. With such films, from outset, you release that they are going to break the rules, and therefore you can usually guess which rules they will break and when.
The formulas are used because they are traditions. There is nothing wrong with using them. Traditional things are often the most pleasing, unless you are hell-bent on discarding tradition - but why do that? Enough films forge new(er) trails, just not this one.
So you didn't have fun when watching the film?
Some films surprise. Others just put characters in fun situations (for us, anyway). I don't think the film was trying to be the former, at all. For what it was, mission accomplished. It is certainly no less predictable than most slashers I have seen since the 'golden age' of the genre where the patterns and cliches were made.
True, it was predictable. But still it had me on the edge of my seat by the end. Why? Because of brilliant direction and great acting.
IMHO, the predictable story only helped intensify that. This film is a great proof that an original story is quite low on the list of requirements for a good film.
True, it was predictable.Slasher flicks no matter what their country of origin usually are. There are very few twists. That's what makes a movie like Identity special. share
Slasher flicks no matter what their country of origin usually are.
Ha -ha! You've listed a pile of movie titles as if that's some sort of argument. You may not think they are predictable, I've seen most of them and I think they are. The fact that so many of them are sequels says enough in itself. They're predictable. We know what to expect and what's likely to happen.
sharePRedictable is subjective, what is a fact is none of those movies were completely stereotypical. Last I checked, black best friends, bitches, and prisoners aren't your standard horror survivors. This movie, on the other hand, followed every horror stereotype to the letter.
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You forgot 3 important words in your first sentence...
PRedictable is subjective, what is a fact is none of those movies were completely stereotypical...."according to me" (as if you're some great authority). share
Stereotypes/cliches are objective, actually. Final girls, dead best friends, token minorities dying, etc.
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Stereotypes/cliches are objective, actually.
No they're not actually. They are only stereotypes/cliches in your opinion and your opinion, whilst it might be true to yourself, is not necessarily factual and likely to be rather subjective.
Thus why they're commonly recognized.
They're called objective because they're based on facts. Horror movies aren't credited as having "virginal final girls" because slutty guys live. And no amount of opinion will change the standard survivor of a horror movie
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Yeah! Whatever! I'm not quite sure what you're saying there.
Suffice to say when you make statements like:
what is a fact is none of those movies were completely stereotypical.This is your opinion about those films. It is not an established fact and you are deluding yourself if you think it is. Sorry if you have trouble comprehending this. share
What usually kills the movie for me is not the predictability, but the stupidity of characters. I wish some director would come along who would create smart and believable characters first and then throw them into a scary situation. I think that's why horror movies such as "The Thing" or "Alien" work so well. Its not the gory death's, or naked chicks or whatever that make those movies so cool, its the characters who we can relate to, because they are not acting like idiots by checking out every sound in a dark room, or running away all on their own.
Now having said that, I did enjoy Cold Prey mildly, but its just re-using the old cliches, the main heroine very likable though.
Exactly, syerov, exactly... Characters are what it's all about!
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