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Originally Posted by Slippery Jack  I only watched it for the first time the other day (been commissioned to do a poster for it). Thought it was alright, though it definitely felt heavily padded out from a short story. There were a lot of scenes of charcters just wondering around  The third act seemed a little muddled too (the main kid who came back as a ghost/zombie for one shot, then vanished from the film  ). Oh yeah, and that ginger kid was godawful! On the plus side, thought the central couple were well characterised, and Linda Hamilton was at her likable best. Think the tension worked best in the opening scenes, deserted villages are always good for generating atmosphere (reminded me of that Dean Koontz adaptation with Ben Affleck - I forget the title ) . . . |
The central relationship between the two main characters is entirely different from the story, and sure the film has its flaws, but its still a great fun slice of eighties horror imo. I still remember owning the origional thorn emi vhs!
Just finished REC 3.
I know it got a fair amount of crap online but I really enjoyed it. Nice to see a really ROMANTIC horror movie for once, and I also liked the more tounge in cheek approach that stopped it feeling like merely a retread of the first two.
Also liked john sponge!
Glad to see them trying to take the franchise in new directions.