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Not everyone can see them, but oh! They are there!

Advantages: Very suspenseful at times
Disadvantages: Dragging the interim moments softens the horror blow

For the most part The Messengers is quite a good horror film. It has quite a few jumpy moments, some strong special effects, and some decent acting. The only problem with it is that it doesn't really do too much that isn't predictable, and when you get predictability in a horror film, then the tension has to be constant and tight. The truth is that at points it is very slow, and while this is naturally meant to extend the impetus with the horror ...
...bit more, and softens the blow if anything. Brothers Danny and Oxide Pang directed the film, and brought to it a certain sense of 'Jeez, did you see that!!!' with their plot. The Solomons move to a deserted farmhouse with the intention of growing sunflowers as a living. When they arrive there, their daughter soon starts to see and hear and sense ghosts, as does the really young son. These present themselves in a form that is kind of 'blink and you ...

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Review of The Messengers

THE BEST HORROR MOVIES IN 2003

Advantages: Eerie! Scary! Spooky! Spine-chilling!
Disadvantages: After the movie, it makes you think twice about switching off the lights when you go to bed :p

I am the fans of Scary Horror movies, the list of my favorite Scary Horror movies are like "The Ring (Japanese)", "Shutter (Korean)", "The Others" and of course "The Sixth Sense" and many more… Have you ever watched "The Sixth Sense"?? Well "The Eye", original title is "Jian gui is a kind of similar movie; in this movie The Pang Brothers borrow the idea from "The Sixth Sense" but the story is original in its delivery where scenes do not play out ...
...details about the plot cause I feel it's best if you watch it without knowing too much. The only thing I should admit after watching "The Eye (Hong Kong)", my list have become longer :p What kind of movie is it?? Genre: When a movie makes you scare, it must be "Horror Movie" but this one I categorize as Psychology Horror Release Year: 2001 and the Collector's Edition in August 2004 Directed by Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang or well known as ...

LadyLuna 19.05.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Eye (DVD)

Seeing the grim reaper

Advantages: Touching story, good performance by Angelica Lee
Disadvantages: The story falls down in parts

...because it is directed by the Pang Brothers, famous for several Hong Kong/Thai films and also because I wanted to break the long line of Korean horrors I have been watching. The great thing about Asian film is that I have rarely heard much about the film beforehand, which means I can watch without any expectations. On the whole, this was a good film, although certainly not the best I have seen. Still, it makes a pleasant change from the perhaps more ...
...who has been blind since the age of two, has a cornea transplant. The operation is a success; her vision is virtually reinstored. All should be well, but there is one problem. Mun is able to see things that other people can't and eventually she realises that she can see the dead. Sometimes they are harmless enough; other times they are very threatening. In addition, her bedroom keeps turning into someone else's. Terrified, she seeks the help of a ...

sunmeilan 17.12.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Eye (DVD)

Good Movie

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: None

...reviewing this movie its by the makers of The Grudge and Boogeyman, so if you know those movies then i don't think theres any need for you to read on. . . I only just watched this movie, and i can say its nothing like i expected. If you like to jump out of your skin every minute then this is the movie for you. The acting and everything is so good in this movie, a*, its a fantastic story line. This movie is so distubing and cilling but increasingly ...

Emilyy 04.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Messengers (DVD)

Creaky and Creepy

Advantages: good characters, good plot
Disadvantages: -

...I stumbled across this film The Messengers. After seeing the trailer it seemed like a typical horror movie plot but however I had heard really good things about this film and decided to persevere. The cast didn’t seem to be too well known but I usually find horror movies never really do have a really famous cast. This film was released in the cinema in April and is released on DVD in August which isn’t too far away. This film begins with the Solomon ...
...Dakota. The family don’t really get on well as the daughter Jess (Kristen Stewart) got into a car accident, suspending her license and causing the little brother Ben to end up in hospital never having spoken since. The amount of money it cost the family meant they had to up and leave as they had spent their life savings on hospitals bills amongst other things. Jess does not seem happy about having to move out to this farm house and neither does the ...

ms19 04.07.2007 · Read full review
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