other than one occassion, ellison decides walking around his unlit house is the way to go. and in the attic, he just makes himself an easier target for anyone/thing to see him and not the other way around. i understand that dark rooms/houses make things scarier, but to rely on it the whole flippin film just doesnt make sense to me. or am i just being anal?
shareMaybe he didn't want to keep his family awake since he was working late at night.
But I see your point.
But then again, if him shouting on multiple occasions and falling through the attic (that one did wake up his wife,) didn't wake up his family, I'm not sure why a couple lights turned on would?
shareThat's what I was thinking the whole time. I just assumed he didn't want to wake them.
shareAre there no doors to shut?
shareAnd after watching this again, I see that there are lights on. Check out the scene where Trevor pops out of the box. The ceiling hall light is on. There is a table lamp on. But the lights don't cast a lot of light. They glow, but they don't illuminate. As a result you see a lot of shadow and light directed on a small area.
What a creepy cool effect! So subtle you don't catch on at first. Very well done by the director and the lighting technicians.
Great description. However, that is how most horror films are lighted.
shareyeah-this walking around the house, or into a dark room with the lights out when you hear strange noises is getting old
shareIt was so frustrating that he crept about and never turned on the lights that it bumped me right out of the movie. He never wakes his wife to alert her. Rarely checks on his kids. He runs out of the house leaving the door wide open. I mean, he's a monster's dream father.
Why oh why can't a horror film be made where people actually behave the way most of us would in similar circumstances? The only realistic bit was when he decided it's time to move out (which proved to be his downfall, but still....)
THE only real scare was when the face on the computer screen moves and looks at him. That made me sit up and take notice!! But other than that we were yelling 'turn on your bloody lights' most of the time.
Over the course of a year we swallow 4 spiders in our sleep
AMEN!! I came here just to verify that I'm not crazy since the movie got such good reviews. The main character is just dumb. Pretty much everything he does in the movie is just outright illogical and unrealistic and utterly distracting in the obtuseness of the behavior.
TURN ON THE #$#$ LIGHTS!!
yeah its such a cliche to use a dark room to heighten tension-cheap
shareOver the course of a year we swallow 4 spiders in our sleep
Yep... this was just one of the several reasons that, unfortunately, I didn't like the movie as much I thought that I would! seeing all those 10 star ratings and some reviews about being this the best horror movie of decade?! well, it certainly wasn't like that... (at least to me)
It wasn't as much scary as some like Insidious 1 & 2, The Conjuring, The Cabin In The Woods and, even, The Last Exorcism, methinks.
Not saying it was a bad movie or giving it a 1 or 2 out of ten stars rating when you don't like one little element in a film like some other folks sometimes do but it could've been much much better in my opinion.
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cabin in the woods scared you??? LMAOOO!!!
i've got feelings too, ya know - inbetweeners
Dear ThoseLittleRabbits wrote:
cabin in the woods scared you??? LMAOOO!!!
shareI give 5/5 to Sinister and about 5/7 or 5/8 out of 10 to Cabin In The Woods, and 5/6 to The Last Exorcism, 6/5 to The Conjuring, 6/6 to Insidious and 6/9 to Dark Skies...
Hahaha
Why doesn't anyone in horror movies ever use lights?? I'm always thinking, flip a damn switch already! I guess it wouldn't be as freaky with the lights on...same reason horror films primarily get creepiest by nightfall.
It's especially difficult if you're watching on a TV that has a fading tube.
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