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Posted By: bdwolfe312 at 10:35pm, December 7, 2008
It's all been done before...however, it probably would have been a lot better if the DVD I had wasn't damaged. The film jumped from the moment he discovered the cameras in the vents to the moment Kate Beckinsale is killing her assailant. That leaves me to believe that I missed all of the best parts. I googled the parts I missed, and it still seemed to be the cutting edge of mediocrity, all stuff that has been done before...
Posted By: RedSabbath at 10:02am, November 10, 2008
Pros:
*You don't see thriller films like this much anymore. Alfred would be pleased. Not proud, but pleased.
*Beckinsale is (always) easy on the eyes. And whatta bitch!
*Fans of Luke Wilson will be pleased because he's that same guy in every movie, but this time you can see him crawling!
Cons:
*Many of it's plot points are either never explained or very illogical.
*Though it's rated R, there's really no gore or alot of blood to speak of. Even the snuff VHS's seem moderately tame.
*Whaley's a great character actor, but his character should have had more, well, character.
Caught this one off cable recently and honestly I wasn't all that impressed. Wilson and Beckinsale do an adequate job as the broken-hearted couple who's marriage is crumbling after the death of their child, but what got me most about this film is the various degrees of illogical plot points running throughout it. Sure, as a Hitchcockian thriller it does a good job of emulating that eras feel, but in placing that type of film in present-day make sure you have your characters act accordingly. For example, if you were an inn-keeper who secretly killed various guests in a violent invasion style solely for the puropse of filming it to sell snuff films, why in the world would you leave some of the tapes in that room for the future victims to be warned? And if you saw a bunch of cameras in your room's airvents after those tapes, wouldn't you rip them off the walls in shock and anger? Though logic aside, this is a decent middle-of-the-road thriller with a couple of interesting scenes, but with a somewhat let-down "see, I'm okay after all" ending. Yes Frank Whaley does come off in this flix as Norman Bates-like, but could probably have pushed the limits a little more, and I'm still surprised that each new viewer of those tapes can recognize that their in the same motel room just in seconds, even though they just got there. Rent it/Cable.
(RedSabbath Rating:7.0/10)
In essence, this movie was not terrible, just terribly predictable. I would have been happier if the woman would have had to deal with two deaths in the end rather than saving her husband.
What I liked was they did not rely on showing the killings in a brutal manner in order to get the point across. The screaming and the knocking were way more suspenseful than outright brutality. Those elements alone had my heart racing and my mind playing tricks on me as I watched this. Frank Whaley and Ethan Embry were both great at being creepy.
The failure was in casting the less famous Wilson brother, who often times just seemed drab. The other problem was the transparent plot. Honestly, did anyone not expect things to turn out as they did in fact turn out?
Posted By: Protecious at 1:44pm, September 30, 2008
What a suspensful and scary movie this was, i really enjoyed this one, and luke wilson has been one of my favorite actors for a very long time and wow im surprised he tackled a role like this, most a class type actors shun horror even though most of them wont admit they used horror to get into the business as a stepping stone and never look back.
interesting plot, good suspense, characters you care about, villians that are interesting, mysterious and scary while peeking in a window.
Well all I have to say about this movie is that it sucked. Nothing scary happened, The story happened to fast, Not to mention bad acting and etc... its had good moments and bad moments... Mostly bad...
Nothing you haven't seen before, and nothing that hasn't been done better. Also, am I the only one who can't watch any movie featuring Luke Wilson in one sitting? Can't stand the guy, and he pretty much singlehandedly ruined the movie for me.
This movie is sooo bad. It is actually even worse than most of low budget b-class horror stuff or exploitation (this movie would be closer to that). Acting isn't good, the story is sooo cheesy, the moments which were supposed to terrify or disturb me really made me laugh (watching unmarked black tapes). I really suggest avoiding such overrated "piece of art".
I actully give films chances, and this one was never un-interesting! I thought it was scary and funny at the same time! The movie provided pure SNUFF LIKE nature! I won't give out any SPOILERS! I just loved the film but could have had a better ending, but thats how it was!
It kept my interest and would have gotten a 9 or 10 out of me if they had made the ending a bit better. They did a very good job with the rest of the movie and avoided a PG-13 rating thankfully. It had that bit of a retro feeling to it too. There were three things that bothered me about the movie that I will not say, but I will say that one was in the beginning and two in the end (they were events). Just a few changes and this movie would have been even better.
