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Low budget, inexplicable mess.

Two people get lost in Irish woods, the woman claims 'she deserves better when proposed to by her boyfriend, (no doubt thinking of billionaire Chad), before killing him and apparently being rescued, or is she?

Lots of random things happen, none of which make sense, then it ends.

The music is rather intrusive, without it it is just 2 people going for a walk.

Lots of random things happen, none of which make sense, then it ends.

Lots of random things happen, none of which make sense, then it ends. Is that enough characters?

The writer and director should go back to their day jobs.

Apparently this was a micro-budget film, but it feels like a mid-budget one.

It has an early Brian De Palma feel (right down to the 'Dressed to Kill' reference and intrusive incidental music).

It is quite an achievement for the budget, even if it isn't entirely satisfying, but the pacing is done really well and I didn't find myself pausing during watching to check out Youtube, as I often do these days.

I suspect most negative reviews are from teenagers who think if it isn't The Avengers on a 200 million budget then it isn't worth watching.

It doesn't end ambiguously, like so many films nowadays, and, despite the characters doing stupid things and finding it difficult to get out of a house (!), leaves the viewer satisfied at the end of its short run-time.

I kept on wondering how long it would take the protagonists to be discovered in a British house - probably about five minutes, due to their size!

Whereas this film isn't the best film you will see, the concept potentially launched over 100 films.

There is some ambiguity over whether this or 'Don't Play With the Dead'; was the first of this genre, the idea of a group of people reacting to strange situations, when they are either dead or in jeopardy launched a whole genre of horror films, most famously in 'Wrong Turn' and 'The Ward'. In this respect alone, it deserves credit.

A good cast, along with being watchable, even if it is rather tame, in a horror context, adds to its iconaclasty.

Any film with Sagemuller and Dushku is also worth a view.

Short in length, but still overlong.

Rather misandrist low budgeter, where a retro computer game contains a curse.

Formulaic and predictable to the almost offensive level. The message it gives is that women are good, and men are either dispensable or evil, and that the 1980s was somehow an unimaginable long time ago (it wasn't for old people like me).

Instantly forgettable.

Animal Action: A rat appears running down an alley.

Not exactly original, time-shift comedy, but treading the same path as Click, and not as good.

It is fairly watchable, and short, with the inevitable moral message, but seems a bit twee and cliched, with jarring swearing. This would be better conceived as a PG film with more Hollywood-style emotional manipulation than a 15 rated, rather cold, examination of one man's somewhat selfish journey through the years, with a token explanation at the end.

A women's-own TV movie, where all men are bad (and deserve to be punished, apparently) and all women are victims.

I wouldn't waste your time on this - every clue as to what happens is stumbled upon by accident, and there is little to no character development.

The funniest bit is where the Croatians apparently have 'Internal Affairs', have a legal system where you can 'Press charges', and where a house in London has a gas kettle that whistles (which no one has had since the early 1970s).

I didn't have high hopes, and the start was promising, but nothing seemed to happen other than a few basic effects.

The story is episodic and doesn't make much sense. It is full of teenage jargon (presumably the target audience).

Although fairly inoffensive, the overall impression is of a TV movie, which seems to be trying to present a message, but it is not clear what that message may be.

Overall, rather uninvolving and uncohesive.

Animal action: A snake appears in a solarium.

The Earth is about to be hit by a rogue world, resulting in the destruction of the planet.

What do the protaganists do? They have dinner for two hours (filmed in real time).

After dinner they realise - 'Oh no, we're all about to be killed', so they run about a bit, get naked and sit on swings, moodily looking into the distance. The end.

Maybe I missed the point of it, but it was painfully long, uneventful and ultimately pointless. I wasn't really sure what was going on.

Nicholas Cage's son receives a series of numbers from a 1950s time capsule that a psychic girl wrote 50 years earlier, which predict major disasters in the future.

Big budget sci-fi, which must be commended for its consistent downbeat tone and lack of histrionics. Normally, a Hollywood blockbuster would have the hero knowing all the answers and riding in to save the day. Can Nic Cage do it, and how? The lack of predictability is its major strength. His understated performances were made for this film.

If you're in the right mood, you must see this. I've seen this film 8 or 9 times, and it's only been out 9 years, so it must be doing something right. Even when I know every line of the film it still drags you in each time it pops up on tv.

Yes, there are some cheesy moments, with some obvious CGI, and the middle third loses track somewhat, but the relentlessly downbeat tone shows what can be done with the right budget. In earlier viewings I thought it was a bit of a mish mash of genres, although still great, but subsequent viewings reveal the relevance of each plot development.

Overall, highly recommended. What's not to like about a film that is a cross between Final Destination, The Medusa Touch and Arrival?

A scientist, grieving over the loss of her husband, completes her multi-universe experiment and attempts to bring an alternative version of him back to her world. However, things in his universe are different.

Quite effective low budget Australian sci-fi thriller, which always keeps your attention (after a slow beginning). The acting isn't great, but is perfectly adequate for the budget. It reminds me of the similar 'Other Life', and compares favourably. Ultimately the mark of effectiveness is whether it keeps your attention throughout, and this certainly does. A good ending, too.

The negatives - the scientific facility looks like a secondary school, with zero security and the music is a bit intrusive at times, but I'm nit-picking here: The budget is hardly comparable to the likes of 'Insterstellar'.

I would happily recommend if you suspend disbelief for 90 minutes.

Mysterious sniper tracks people at the roadside.

Good, tense suspense thriller. Yes, the acting is mid-range (I've seen far worse believe me), and the script won't win any Oscars, but the simple plot holds the attention throughout.

Quite violent at times (the people who are shot don't just fall over with strawberry jam on their shirts).

Whereas the characters aren't particularly threshed out, you get enough to justify their actions.

The ending is particularly unexpected, and also ambiguous but I'd advise checking it out. Without adding spoilers, the fate of the main characters isn't what you'd expect either, which adds to the fun.

Overall, drama, violence, tension and suspense supplied in abundance. Also good fun.

It reminds me of The Belko Experiment, Towerblock & You're Next, but with little padding. If you like those films this one is recommended.

Animal action involves some wasps on a body, and a wolf and some crows who all disappear at the first sign of trouble.

Starts off like a U rated Disney film, is consistently annoying, and doesn't get any better with nothing happening throughout.

A cat is seemingly in jeopardy when a bookcase falls on him.

Simultaneously sickening and boring with really annoying characters and acting. Best avoided.

Elisabeth Bathory (mispronounced throughout) is after 'teens' when they play a noughties computer game, and apparently, she lived in America (as opposed to Romania).

A bit like watching a childrens' tv 'drama', with absolutely no violence, no scares and nothing much of interest either.

Whereas it is fast moving, mercifully short and has a reasonable budget, there is nothing much to see here.

I can only summise that other reviewers giving rave reviews are about 12, its target audience.

Absolutely cracking, delightful, feel good, time-loop slasher-comedy, with good performances throughout and a good plot development. The lead actress especially puts in a really good performance, but overall, top marks to all concerned.

By avoiding most of the issues with of other time-loop films (ie repetition), what emerges is a fresh take on the usual trope, with a concrete objective for the heroine, and a fresh perspective.

If I had to criticise, I would say the conclusion was rather inevitable, but this in no way detracts from the overall impact. The production values belie it's mid-budget.

To the reviewer who thought it was a rip off of Groundhog Day, bear in mind that that film, itself, was a rip-off of 12:01pm (the director and writer sued Columbia Pictures, the makers of Groundhog Day).

Ultimately, strongly recommended, and this is from a jaded film-watcher, who has been reviewing films for over 30 years.

Feisty daughter returns to her dead mother's house and experiences unexplained supernatural phenomena.

Quite effective mid-budget chiller, which, at least, is largely explained at the end (although the fate of the two missing persons is rather ambiguous).

Most scares are signposted (apart from two effective jump scares), which takes away the impact somewhat, but overall it is quite effective. Similar to 'Stir of Echoes' in plot.

My main criticism is that everyone seems to do everything alone. Whereas this is understandable for the loner heroine, a cop is unlikely to go into a house alone and knock a house about to get evidence (you would hope).

I suspect the writers were subconsciously influenced by 'Salem's Lot', as some of the characters' names are similar - ie. Glick/Barlow.

At one point the heroine gets a probate cheque for thousands of dollars. In the UK this process would take at least 18 months, but here seems to be completed with the stroke of a pen.

Overall, I'm being hypercritical, as it is well worth watching and is eminently watchable, if the plot devices are somewhat familiar in films of this type.

Worth checking out.

Set between Jeepers Creepers 1 & 2, the creature returns to carry on its usual activity.

Sadly, this sequel fails on almost every level. The version I saw appears to have been cut, but is almost ineptly bad, like a poor TV Movie.

The actors and actresses did what they could with the material, but it was almost cringeworthy, and everything was totally predictable. It was hard to tell the characters apart - I was thinking didn't that one die in the last scene, or is it someone who looks like them?

Ultimately, a sad insult to 1 and 2. The only interesting thing about it, is the tie at the end to the original 2 films.

I wouldn't bother wasting your time on this.

'Teens' are afflicted by a virus which turns them into zombie-like creatures.

Quite low budget - everything happens in one house - and irritating at times. However, a fairly good paranoid atmosphere which, surprisingly, kept me watching.

Acting was average, script mediocre at best, and everyone does the stupidest of things. However, it is reasonable original and watchable: The title refers to social media, which adversely affects the subscribers in a somewhat unfortunate way.

The social media website the main protagonists use is 'The Social Redroom' and Red Room are the production company, so a good bit of self-promotion by the film-makers.

Worth a look if you have a few spare moments, but don't expect anything too earth-shattering.

Cracking, well-paced, mid-budget, action-packed, black comedy which is certain to liven up your evening (and, maybe, have you looking upwards for snipers).

The comedy elements are a welcome relief, interspersed, Bond-like, throughout the film.

It is certainly never boring. The action doesn't let up for a moment, with some quite good acting, especially by Tony Goldwyn.

Ultimately, however, the fact that there are so many characters involved, there is little time to develop them during its hour and a half run time. Rather than routing for anyone in particular, you find yourself wondering what's going to happen next. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, however, as no one deciding to watch such a film will expect a character-based acting tour-de-force.

Surprisingly, the main characters aren't who you initially think they may be - there's no Hollywood cliché and political correctness involved in who survives, and it is this unpredictability that keeps you watching.

At the end the raison d'etre is explained, so you can perhaps forgive the final scenes, which stretch credibility somewhat.

I would recommend for those with strong stomachs and a sense of humour.

Two Americans go to Thailand and are tricked into taking an item from a Ghost House (a miniature house where spirits live so they don't occupy your house).

Overall, not bad. Production values pretty decent for a non-major studio film. The cinematography belies the budget. The leads are a bit annoying, but the supporting cast give a better performance.

The jump scares are up to par, and it is pretty well-paced - not just another pale-faced Asian girl ghost film.

The only minor irritation is the ending, and the fate of the people who try to help them is all rather glossed over in favour of the fate of the main protagonists. It feels a little bit rushed.

I would recommend for fans of the genre, who like something a little bit different.

Pernicious starts off like a rather naff TVM. Three models (supposedly teachers) rent a house in Thailand and experience some weird goings on, before shrugging them off and going shopping/clubbing. This pretty much continues for a good part of the film before they can ignore it no longer.

Actually the above précis makes it sound more interesting than it really is. There is no real script or acting to speak of, just by the numbers progression. I thought for a moment the film was dubbed because some parts have badly out of synch speech. After every trauma they remain immaculately presented, with not a hair out of place, and strangely unmoved by their experience.

There are a few scenes of Herschell Gordon Lewis style camp ultraviolence, which although obviously fake, is the only redeeming feature of the film. However, they jar with the pedestrian pace and made-for-TV style nature of the rest of the film.

Overall, although not terrible, you need to be seriously bored to bother with this one.