One Of My Favorites - Session 9

[odinn7]

I still haven't been able to watch it yet. I rented it Friday night from Ballbuster and right before I was going to watch it, my wife's aunt called and needed my help with her car (she was stranded at Walmart...*shudder*).
Saturday I was busy.
Saturday night my furnace gave out so I spent yesterday fixing it.
I'm sure something else will come up tonight, tomorrow, etc...
I'm real interested in watching it and now it's just going to become a mission to do so just to prove that I can.

Skaboi, didn't want you to think I watched it and was going to leave you hanging on what I thought. I'll let you know whenever I do get to see it.
Also, on the other thing, I've got the word out and I'm waiting to see what comes of it and I'll elt you know if I hear anything.

[odinn7]

Ok, I finally watched it last night...What the Hell? No shoot-outs, no car chases, no nudity, no CG? What kind of movie is this?
Real good film. I discovered a few minor inconsistencies but they certainly didn't detract from the movie. First hour was slow but I hardly noticed as I was too involved in the story. There was so much character development that by the end, when it all came together, I could imagine myself feeling what was going on...almost like I was there. I watched the movie by myself in the dark and felt somewhat creepy when it was all over. Most movies I watch don't give me much of a reaction. I liked it and I even found myself liking Caruso. He was completely different in this movie than his normal self. I usually find it difficult to sit through something with him in it but in this case, I even forgot it was him. Well done except for the lack of shoot-outs, car chases, nudity, and CG.

[Mr_Vindictive]

Odinn,

Really glad you enjoyed the flick.  As you said, it's definently not a normal horror film.  It is certainly a throwback to the "trippier" horror films of the 70s-early 80s (Sentinel, Shining).  As I said before, the film really wouldn't be as good if it didn't have such a strong cast.

And the ending.......I get chills just thinking about it.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Here is another on who has seen it and liked it. Though, it is actually a film you have to see at least twice, because so much is going on, you don't catch everything the first time you see it. At least, I didn't.

And David Caruso is so good in it (IMHO.) It makes one wonder why he didn't have a bigger film career.

I would also like to add that this is one of the films listed in "Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen" by Adam Lukeman. Which I have found is one of the better guides to unseen horror movies. It even includes a number of movies that have been favorablely reviewed at this site, such as "Cemetery Man," "Lair of the White Worm," etc.

[BeyondTheGrave]

I just saw this movie due to this topic(rented it from Netflix). Can't say much that already been said but it is pretty good. Thanks Skaboi for telling us about this. If it was not for this topic it might have been awhile before I bumped into it.


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