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First movie I see without clichés [Spoilers]

posted 10 years ago by oomskaap
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1: The old camera man telling the rest of the group "let's get the hell out of here but nobody listens to him, after clearly witnessing an unnatural/dangerous thing" cliché:

The camera guy (who had character development, and primary role) actually packs up his stuff and leaves, mid-way movie.

2: Hiring a 100 set orchestra to build up your jump scare cliché?

None. There was no jump scares. This movie relied on scaring you by creeping you out by slow, well timed shots. That piano scene? holy crap...

3: A window shuts on it's own. Lets just forget about it and move on cliché.

The camera man is genuinely freaked out. Keeps on reminding people that what just happened is simply impossible etc..etc

4: When opening the dark creepy door to enter. Nobody just stood around like extras. The camera guy and other people are hiding behind the wall, peeking out.

Small things like this makes me appreciate movies like this.

[–] King_Kestrel 10 years ago

I kind of agree. There were jump scares, but not near as many as I expected. There were other cliches at work though, like the standard "possessed person silently facing a wall, main character creeps up to touch them on the shoulder, possessed person turns around and screams/bites"
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[–] DarkWhatever 10 years ago

There were plenty of clichés in this film.

If you feel there weren't any, you must not watch much horror- especially not found footage horror.

Even the demonic extending jaw gimmick has been done to death for a very long time, including a found footage horror film from barely two years ago.

[–] ginger-51 10 years ago

yeah, sorry, this film was FULL of jump-scares and found-footage cliches. My ears are still ringing from the dozens of times that a jump scare was paired with a sudden and extreme increase in volume. I hate that. I also am sick to death of a creepy person (woman) standing in the dark, staring at the wall, and only coming to life when someone walks forward quietly to touch them on the shoulder. That particular cliche made up 90% of this movie! Sorry, but there was nothing new here.

BTW, I wish directors would get the message that having three or four characters yelling over each other in loud, panicked voices does not create tension for you. It just irritates the audience. Just sayin'.

[–] DarkWhatever 10 years ago

And when you think about it, OP's second point regarding how there wasn't a big orchestra used to build to a jump scare is a pretty pointless observation considering this was a found footage film.

[–] BeOneOfUs 10 years ago

Is someone paying you to give this film good reviews?
No jump scares? WTF, there is a jump scare almost every 10 minutes FFS.
No cliches? Again, WTF? The film was riddled with cliches lol.
I can't take this review seriously. Clearly a studio plant.

[–] jsmith0730 10 years ago

Here's a cliche: the weirder things get is directly proportional to people forgetting how to flick a damn light switch.

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