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Not really a potboiler, but not a chiller either!

posted 10 years ago by Adams5905
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Pregnant pauses, sidelong glances, mute conversations, and a slowly paced narrative do not necessarily create tension and suspense. Just because Hitchcock could do it, doesn't make it easy! This film was riddled with inconsistencies, bad and hackneyed dialogue and lousy turns of phrase, and Radcliffe was obviously floundering out of his depth (no wizardry here!), which, considering that the story required a lynchpin performance, was rather a hindrance to the whole assemblage, and turned it into a somewhat farcical, cliché-ridden, mare's nest of a movie... As for the ending, the least said about that, the better...

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...

[–] odbal17 10 years ago

Just...shut up. Clearly the lack of responses to your post indicates that no one wants to deal with your pretentious jackassery, so I'll just say this...let me see you do better. Message me when you've produced, directed, or acted in a better horror film. Until then, shut your whiney gob.

[–] ElectricWarlock 10 years ago

I found this film to be rather boring the first time I watched it. I usually like "slow" horror films. I'm not much for excessive gore, violence, swearing, nudity, etc. so much anymore so it was unusual for me not to like this since it would normally be right up my alley. Therefore I decided to give it a second chance and liked it a lot more this time around.

That happens to me a lot. Sometimes I dislike a movie because it was different than what I expected or I wasn't in the proper mood for it at the time. But when I watch it a second time, I know what to expect so I enjoy it a lot more. So if you dislike this movie the first time, watch it a second time and see if your opinion changes. It might like it did with me.