I would like to be proved wrong but lets be honest, your a bunch of girls
I didn't find it scary, im a maaan *karate chops a house brick in half*
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I didn't find it scary, im a maaan *karate chops a house brick in half*
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It's been hyped?I hadn't heard about this film at all until I saw it.
Neither had I, but maybe he meant hype from his friends telling him how scary it was.
Scary - no.
Atmospheric - yes.
As a vast majority of the film is set in the bedroom you can imagine that happening while you sleep.
None of us know what is going on while we are asleep, so this is where the "fear" comes from.
The sequence where the woman is dragged from the bed gave me a "disturbed" feeling rather than scared.
Just "somethign isn't right here" kind of feeling.
Atmospheric - yes.
As a vast majority of the film is set in the bedroom you can imagine that happening while you sleep.
None of us know what is going on while we are asleep, so this is where the "fear" comes from.
The sequence where the woman is dragged from the bed gave me a "disturbed" feeling rather than scared.
Just "somethign isn't right here" kind of feeling.
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I wanted to walk out of the cinema when I saw the Grudge. I was very scared as I don't like young dead girls. The Ring for example also petrified me at times. The only reason I didn't walk out from the Grudge is because I was there with my sister and I didn't want to look soft
I found PA a bit scary really. I have to say that whenever I think about it I get shivers up my spine. The bit at the end where she is sniffing/licking the body, her face is kind of deformed like the demon before coming up to the camera and attacking it. That scared the hell out of me.
I thought it was well done but as mentioned above, I wish they wouldn't have made Micah out to be such a typical American movie moron. Why they didn't just get out of the house I don't know. But then that wouldn't have made a good movie... So I guess they made the right decision
Hmmm seems like there are a couple of different endings...the one i watched a few nights ago didnt have Katie attack the camera...more of after what she did...she came upstairs and sat on the floor rocking back and forth till the police came to check...didnt end too well.
Will have to find the other different ending to the one i watched.
All in all i thought it was pretty good...had me in goosebumps.
Will have to find the other different ending to the one i watched.
All in all i thought it was pretty good...had me in goosebumps.
The girl was upstairs at that point though?
Are you sure the girls friend wasn't seaming AT Micah?
Funny how we can both remember the guys name but not the girls...
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I was talking to my housemate this morning who suffers from sleep paralysis ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis ) and some of the stuff he was telling me was incredibly disturbing after seeing this film. Apparently he wakes up unable to move his body or to talk or shout, and often feels 'phantom' sensations on his skin or hair and often the feeling of movement. The thing that got me the most was he said once he had the sensation of air blowing on his hair, that then resolved into the feeling of being dragged off the bed
edit: he hasn't seen this film by the way and I told him none of the details before we had this conversation, also his stories are backed up by his gf who used to help him out and calm him down when this was going on.
edit: he hasn't seen this film by the way and I told him none of the details before we had this conversation, also his stories are backed up by his gf who used to help him out and calm him down when this was going on.
Well it's probably the most talked about film that I've noticed atm.
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I properly can't wait for The Descent: Part2. Lets hope we see some more development of the creatures background from the book, that's what I'd really like to see.
I think you might be able to, I've heard its almost a literal remake scene for scene of the original, only a bit worse.
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What's the point in that? 
After how well the first one did on such a small budget I was really hoping someone would give them a shed load of money and we would end up with a second film starting off the story from the book, making way for 1-2 more films afterward. I guess that will never happen.
After how well the first one did on such a small budget I was really hoping someone would give them a shed load of money and we would end up with a second film starting off the story from the book, making way for 1-2 more films afterward. I guess that will never happen.
And where did you "hear" this?
Either a newspaper or magazine cant remember. The story sounds pretty similar, except it doesnt have the build up of the first one. The woman who was stuck in the cave in the first somehow gets out, no one believes her, they take her back in, and then they all get picked off.
Well, I suppose it was never going to live up to the internet's hype but it was creepy and atmospheric. Could have done without the last five minutes though. As usual overdoing things in the final moments took the edge off.
Blair Witch was much better for this style. And, I'd argue, almost perfect for it.
Blair Witch was much better for this style. And, I'd argue, almost perfect for it.
I dont usually like horror films but i went to see it a couple of days ago and loved it. I agree on the overdoing it end part, could have had more suttle things like the door moving. Its scary because it could all actually be true.
When my mum was younger (in 30s) she stayed at her sisters old one night. She was asleep and told me that she felt the room drop in temperature and go really cold then she could feel someone breathing on her, not my dad. She said she froze with fright and couldnt even speak to tell my dad. She isnt the type of person to believe in demons etc. She later found out someone died in the room my mum and dad slept in!
I makes me scared just thinking about the part in the film where she got out of bed and stood in the room not moving for hours. I watched a documentary on night terrors and couldnt image how bad it feels to have them.
Would recommend it to anyone, i thought it looked crap when it started but once you got into it was a great film, definatley the scariest ive ever seen (apart from maybe the ring)
When my mum was younger (in 30s) she stayed at her sisters old one night. She was asleep and told me that she felt the room drop in temperature and go really cold then she could feel someone breathing on her, not my dad. She said she froze with fright and couldnt even speak to tell my dad. She isnt the type of person to believe in demons etc. She later found out someone died in the room my mum and dad slept in!
I makes me scared just thinking about the part in the film where she got out of bed and stood in the room not moving for hours. I watched a documentary on night terrors and couldnt image how bad it feels to have them.
Would recommend it to anyone, i thought it looked crap when it started but once you got into it was a great film, definatley the scariest ive ever seen (apart from maybe the ring)
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