I felt that this movie felt cheap up until that point. The costuming, the premise, everything felt gimmicky, like a joke. And as the ending creeps up on you, we realize that it's too unreal to be real, even as a movie. Nick tells us this towards the end through the excellent narration throughout the film. And then all of a sudden we're struck with reality, and it's a terrifying one. The movie is no longer about cheap looking demons and satanic chairs, it's about how monstrous insanity can be. The mood changed instantly from an easy going monster movie, to a real, visceral drama. It hit me so hard because I wasn't expecting it despite the hundreds of clues that have been poked around throughout the film. I think the silly plot worked for the film in every way once we realize it was all happening in his head. It just makes perfect sense. We're seeing one thing, just like him, and we thought it was real, just like him, but then everything goes to hell and everything falls into place perfectly.
I think the ending made the movie as perfect as it could have been. If it wasn't for the ending, it would have been another average horror movie, but the ending made it special.
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raf-33
15 years ago
That sums up exactly how I feel too, and it gives the movie a couple of extra stars for me. It starts off predictable but then goes off onto an almost noir-like narration full of cliches and immature dialogue, which then leads to even more predictable outcomes and cheesier scenes and dialogue that even Ed Wood wouldn't include in a movie. But when the twist arrives everything falls into place.
This director took a huge gamble because those not willing to persevere with the movie may walk out of the theatre before they have time torealise that the middle of the movie is the way it is on purpose.
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground, try this sig with spinach!
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Onyx_Hades
15 years ago
Wonderful post CountBlackula!
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Joseph_J_Wood
14 years ago
i was insulted. we watched the film, laughing at how poor it was, then the lead character says to us "are you enjoying yourself? you thought this was a crap horror movie with a cool monster? i bet you even laughed when we wanted you to. you're an idiot, look this is brutal isnt it. har har har"
i hated it. it seemed to me like a stupid point being made poorly.
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