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This is not a thriller!


More like a psychological ghost story. And a mediocre one at that.

4/10 was all I could give it.


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Rare things happen all the time.

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First 30 minutes were pretty good, and I really wanted to see where the story was going. But then it went downhill from that point on.

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I kind of agree with you there.

It's like the makers of crappy movies know this, and put more effort into the first part, because they know you're less likely to walk out or change the channel when you've already invested that much of your time in it.

I used to rate those parts separately in my head, and estimate the average. Now I believe that a movie is only as strong as its weakest link or something like that. So the worst parts counts for me.


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Rare things happen all the time.

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Yeah... I agree, to an extent... It had potential... And it had a few pretty good twists & turns to keep one on their toes, but the pace of the film was SOOOO Sssssllllooowwwwwww...
And it wasn't a thriller, nor really a horror movie...
It was a melodramatic drama with supernatural overtones/hidden zombie film.
I'm not sorry I watched it, but it'll be a long, long time before I'll ever watch it again.

Trust me,
Swan
My, you're nosey, aren't you?

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