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Whenever I burgle a house,

posted 8 years ago by BlackDog123
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I make sure to take my cell phone so I can chat with my girlfriend.

Some other tips I picked up:

Some random woman probably murdered your daughter, removed her ring finger, and wrapped her in plastic, in spite of the fact that it's the established MO of a serial killer.

No need for pesky details on how a woman mistook a strange man for her long-time boyfriend, and had him convicted of attempted murder.

I guess it's okay to be an accomplice to home invasion, as long as the house belongs to a footballer who "owes you" $40,000. Definitely don't bother to ask for details.

A radio show that prides itself on being local and live will be recorded the night BEFORE its last night, and no one will notice that the DJ, special guest, and, presumably, tech (since I guess he spent 24 hours skulking around the studio?) are missing.

For some odd reason, you should have a skype buddy who is attractive and local, whom you hide from your boyfriend, whom you obviously have a (mutual) crush on, whom you claim you are going to see to your babysitter, but whom you must NEVER plan to meet in person.

"The Bank" will come and repossess your tiny tube tv. Not your flat or your stove or shut off your heat, but, you know, cry anyways.

That blonde actress has one of the the top five most annoying crying voices ever.

Oh, and sticking light sticks in a crowbar-like formation means watch out, because NOW. IT'S. PERSONAL.

What the hell was going on with the bf ... he was robbing his dad because his sister got the business ... but he just said he was very successful or something? I couldn't understand what he was saying over his gasping.

I only noticed this because I love Neil Marshall - dude, find better proteges.

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[–] BlackDog123 8 years ago

Well, I did watch the whole thing, so it wasn't the worst. I gave it a four out of ten - it looks nice, most of the acting is okay, sound/filming is competent, but (personally) I think I only stuck with it to see what silly thing would happen next. It's so close to being decent, and a four (for me) is kind of on the fence - you may like it.

Neil Marshall's name was involved, and I love love love Dog Soldiers and The Descent, so it was definitely a disappointment.

They're coming to get you, Barbara!

[–] prettyevil6662000 8 years ago

I'm a big horror movie fan; even love B-movies, actually they're my favorite. And this is hot garbage.

The effects look nice. The acting is good. The story is interesting at first. And then at the end it all just melts apart and the only way for it to make sense is to turn your brain off completely or to assume that the killer can warp space and time with no one else noticing.

I wish I'd passed on this. But hey, you'll never know if you don't give it a try yourself.

[–] macadam122 8 years ago

Nope.

[–] Otkon 8 years ago

Yeah Laurie gives us every indication that she thinks that the show is going out "live" on the air:

1) She tells Ben to just fade out her cursing using the broadcast censor delay. If she was aware that the show was being recorded a day earlier, she would have told him to edit out the cursing, glitches and screeching in post because there would be NO NEED for the delay since the show is not live!

2) She, the station and her audience know precisely when her actual last live broadcast date is! She clearly has been promoting it as being during a specific time and date. So no one but Ben realizes she is there a day early thinking it is the next day. And if this was recorded a full day before it aired, what aired the night when they were recording it? I get that this might be a weekly overnight. But still.

3) The intro to the show states it is a Friday. She announces the time ("just after 9pm") and date (September 16th) at one point. But because she thinks the show is going out live, she has no reason to lie or be there "just before 9pm" on September 15th?!? Did Ben change every calendar that she might encounter forward a day so that she is there on the 15th thinking it is the 16th?

The only way that this 24-hour delay thing might have worked is if she and the station along with Ben (but no one else) were fully aware that they were taping her final show. It would have been easy to do. The filmmakers obviously knew to take no live callers. But not to reference a day and date.

[–] marcbrimfield 8 years ago

I found it to be a clever low budget film. it has 1 or 2 plot holes but there very small the main completes people have about the film are silly and they have not been paying attention.it benefits from a 2ed watch you pick up on so much more.I have given it 2 viewings and in a few weeks will give it a 3ed.the delay on the radio station is explained well and people not getting why the dj dose not know the show is being recorded for another night is that she dose not know she thinks its the last night. its only that its been put out a different day by the Ben as a alibi there are lots of clues if you look like the phone call to the radio station Ben says he can only talk to the end of the track but the dj chair in the next room is empty. all so people say if it was recorded how can the ghost be talking with them. well it is said by Carla that ghosts time is not as ours and can give us insight into the future. this is why Ben in the barn says I never thought it would be you its cos hes there based on information he gets the night of the recording. I think any 1 who loves independent films needs to give it a go its a sold 8 out of 10.

[–] BlackDog123 8 years ago

I believe it's generally accepted that the dj and guest were under the impression they were doing a live taping, as per usual. She deviates from the studio playlist, which she isn't supposed to do, she curses, she mocks her guest. However, the issue lies in the fact that it was very clearly being broadcast the following night, as the thief girl was listening to it. The whole twist is revealed when she goes to the station and everyone is already dead. The murderer hadn't planned on killing the dj, he even says so, and killing the guest was unplanned too (didn't realize she might suspect him) ....

So which is it - was it broadcasting live on the 16th (as the dj clearly states the date more than once)? They do take a caller (on the 16th). Did it broadcast again on the 17th, when the girlfriend/terrible actress was listening to it "live" (mentions specifically that she will be making a point to listen, her son and babysitter are listening, etc)? Was it broadcast twice??? I realize these things BECAUSE I was paying attention - it's a conundrum.

They're coming to get you, Barbara!

[–] Otkon 8 years ago

Laurie even states that they don't need spooky theatrics because they get enough weirdos calling in nightly. So we know that the show airs nightly and takes phone-ins. Plus they have an in-studio guest psychic. And it's Laurie's very last show. Why were there not copious callers? There should have been callers expressing their joy or dismay over her final show. Callers making last song requests. Callers wanting to get spiritual advice from the psychic. Well-wishers. Cranks. Someone. Why did Laurie not think it odd there was a dearth of calls on her live last show?

Because showing her taking live calls would ruin the contrived twist. We need to believe that she believes that there is nothing wrong with broadcast time and date of her show. But the show is not live, taking calls would immediately tip that off. I might have bought this aspect if the engineer mentioned the phone lines being down (from his own sabotage) as an explanation to her and the audience as to why there were no live listeners calling in. But as it is, she still thinks she is broadcasting her final show live as scheduled - which means she believes it is taking place in studio at the same time as it is going over the air - an exact time that she has informed her listeners. That means she would not possibly be there a day earlier than it airs. It is a nightly show so if they are taping Friday night's show during the same hours as they are supposed to be airing Thursday night's show, Laurie has to be either completely oblivious to what day it is or cognizant of the fact that they are taping the show a day before broadcast. But Kate and all the listeners think her show is airing on Friday as Laurie and the station have previously announced. Because of this, the twist simply does not work.