FlipThePrinceCharming
Lifetime Total
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18 years
Reviews
Silent Hill (2006)
Pleasantly Surprised
Seeing the poster and trailer when i went to Red Eye in 2005, I laughed out loud at the ridiculousness of Silent Hill, not knowing it was a remake of a game. Later that year when I really got into horror and watched everything in my reach, I stayed up until 3 am watching Silent Hill. Granted, it didn't keep me up, but then, nothing does.
The movie begins with Sharon, a disturbed little girl who has nightmares of a place called Silent Hill. For some odd reason (one of the film's only flaws) Rose, her mother, takes Sharon to the deserted town of Silent Hill, with only a couple hundred citizens, who we are introduced to later in the movie.
One thing that does not necessarily detract, but adds to the confusion of the movie, is that director Gans does not wait to throw gore and freaky little creatures at us, but does it 10-20 minutes into the movie.
This movie interested me so much. It made me scared for one reason, and the second that got old, it switched to a completely different theme for that scene and scared me in that way. Although there was not too much character introduction, I was concerned for the characters.
In conclusion, this was a great gory funfest, with only one major letdown. The first hour and a half had great gore, realistic and intense violence, and decent acting. However, the last ten minutes disappointed me, for some reason. I just wasn't as intrigued. Still, every true horror fan should check this out.
The movie begins with Sharon, a disturbed little girl who has nightmares of a place called Silent Hill. For some odd reason (one of the film's only flaws) Rose, her mother, takes Sharon to the deserted town of Silent Hill, with only a couple hundred citizens, who we are introduced to later in the movie.
One thing that does not necessarily detract, but adds to the confusion of the movie, is that director Gans does not wait to throw gore and freaky little creatures at us, but does it 10-20 minutes into the movie.
This movie interested me so much. It made me scared for one reason, and the second that got old, it switched to a completely different theme for that scene and scared me in that way. Although there was not too much character introduction, I was concerned for the characters.
In conclusion, this was a great gory funfest, with only one major letdown. The first hour and a half had great gore, realistic and intense violence, and decent acting. However, the last ten minutes disappointed me, for some reason. I just wasn't as intrigued. Still, every true horror fan should check this out.
House of Wax (2005)
A Guilty Favorite of Mine
OK, maybe it doesn't deserve an Oscar. Or a Golden Globe. Or any award, for that matter. The acting isn't outstanding, there's no reason to give credits to the directing, and its really just another semi-gory 21st century slasher flick that MOST people will consider just decent. Or maybe even dreadful. But in my opinion, all of this doesn't matter a bit. And thats because i had a great time watching this movie.
Sure, the first 40 minutes are pretty slow, but as the movie progresses, something in it you will like, if you are like I was, and anybody else should be when watching this movie. And that is: looking for 2 hours of fun, mindless violence. (And a kick-ass ending, which i won't spoil.) Yes, there are many flaws in this movie, but don't let the cast list on the front cover fool you. Hilton delivers a decent performance that nobody saw coming. Even her greatest haters like me and my friends had to agree that she surprised us greatly with her barely believable acting skills and a strip-tease that wasn't as nasty as anything an online pop-up would promise of her, but still not so unbearable as to fast-forward or turn off the DVD.
The violence in this surprised me; nobody at school or on the horror board was talking about it like they were about "these new movies called 'Saw' and 'Hostel'" but I could safely say that "Wax" was more graphic than Saw, and some death scenes were actually quite disturbing.
In conclusion, I'm not surprised House of Wax didn't make a place on the IMDb Top 250, but it is definitely worth a look.
Sure, the first 40 minutes are pretty slow, but as the movie progresses, something in it you will like, if you are like I was, and anybody else should be when watching this movie. And that is: looking for 2 hours of fun, mindless violence. (And a kick-ass ending, which i won't spoil.) Yes, there are many flaws in this movie, but don't let the cast list on the front cover fool you. Hilton delivers a decent performance that nobody saw coming. Even her greatest haters like me and my friends had to agree that she surprised us greatly with her barely believable acting skills and a strip-tease that wasn't as nasty as anything an online pop-up would promise of her, but still not so unbearable as to fast-forward or turn off the DVD.
The violence in this surprised me; nobody at school or on the horror board was talking about it like they were about "these new movies called 'Saw' and 'Hostel'" but I could safely say that "Wax" was more graphic than Saw, and some death scenes were actually quite disturbing.
In conclusion, I'm not surprised House of Wax didn't make a place on the IMDb Top 250, but it is definitely worth a look.
Darkness (2002)
I can see why people didn't like it, but i did.
"Darkness" got bad reviews by IMDb users but someone said that it looked a lot like "The Messengers" (2007) so i decided to see it.
I was surprised... The movie delivered more scares than i expected. I mean, some things that were made to look like a big part in the movie, then left alone were dumb, but the painting was really freaky, and there were lots of really tense scenes, like when Paul was in the bedroom by himself and when the father was getting pi$$ed and cutting the veggies really hard.
So my input is ignore what others say, and give it a try yourself. (Oh, and one more thing. The ending is really good, but i agree with the people who hated it... there should have been more.)
8/10
I was surprised... The movie delivered more scares than i expected. I mean, some things that were made to look like a big part in the movie, then left alone were dumb, but the painting was really freaky, and there were lots of really tense scenes, like when Paul was in the bedroom by himself and when the father was getting pi$$ed and cutting the veggies really hard.
So my input is ignore what others say, and give it a try yourself. (Oh, and one more thing. The ending is really good, but i agree with the people who hated it... there should have been more.)
8/10