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Ti WestForgatókönyvíró:
Ti WestOperatőr:
Eliot RockettZeneszerző:
Jeff GraceSzereplők:
Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, AJ Bowen, Dee Wallace, Heather Robb, Darryl Nau, Brenda Cooney, Danielle Noe, Lena Dunham, Ti West (több)Tartalmak(1)
Sam (Donahue) is a pretty college sophomore, so desperate to earn some cash for a deposit on an apartment that she accepts a babysitting job even after she finds out there is no baby. Mr. and Mrs. Ulman (cult actors Noonan and Woronov) are the older couple who lure Sam out to their creaky Victorian mansion deep in the woods, just in time for a total lunar eclipse. Megan (Gerwig) is Sam's best friend, who gives her a ride out to the house, and reluctantly leaves her there despite suspecting that something is amiss. Victor (Bowen) at first seems like just a creepy guy lurking around the house, but quickly makes it clear that Sam will end this night in a bloody fight for her life... (forgalmazó hivatalos szövege)
(több)Recenziók (3)
Tisztességesen felépített feszültség. Ilyen színtiszta horrorhoz már nem is szoktunk hozzá (a paranormális jelenségek lenyűgözőek, de blöff). A film minden házat és amityville-t megszégyeníti, és a tökéletesen ábrázolt nyolcvanas évekbeli nyomokban a műfaj egyik történelmi szakasza előtt tiszteleg. Csak a befejezésért kár, ami felé olyan koncentráltan és a nézőben egyre növekvő elvárásokkal halad, aminek nem tud megfelelni, nemhogy felülmúlni.
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This is the kind of stuff I can really love every now and again! A fantastic recreation of the atmospheric occult horror movies from the turn of the 1970s and 80s; from the music, through the credits, to certain nice screenplay tropes (What does the heroine do in a key moment? Yes,… – I don’t want to spoil it). If you’re used to modern horror with a cheap jump-scare every five minutes to keep your attention, this film will be hell, in the good and bad sense of the word – it depends on how you take it. The atmosphere is built with long shots of the heroine slowly walking through an empty cottage, with nothing but oppressive music and a weird noise here and there – and no jump-scares. Some people will fall asleep with this (most viewers, I think), but others will feel as tense as a violin string. Given the rating, which group I belong to is obvious. The more viewer friendly and action packed last fifteen minutes are fairly over the top in a nice way, but they don’t surpass the atmospheric inferno of the second act.
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It is such a strange horror that can completely knock you out with its stylization, or leave you cold and you will watch it simply because it is a relatively original horror. There are silent moments, but there are good ideas here that overall create a peculiar image that will certainly not leave you indifferent.
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