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From the 2 teams that brought us Saw and Paranormal Activity. I must say, I liked the movie. While some of the FX may be "low budget" in appearance, the editing got me to jump a few times.

There is a twist you'll probably figure out halfway through, but overall one of the better movies I've seen this year.
 
I really enjoyed this movie for like the first 45 minutes, but then once the twist happens, It turns into a huge steaming pile of ****
 
If they had kept up the creep factor, this movie would of been awesome. All the little things they did with the "ghosts" was creepy as all hell, but after the reveal and the "table incident" it basically turned into drag me to hell, only DMTH didn't take itself seriously. This film was tried to be serious at that point and all the stuff they did came off as hokey. And alot of the ghosts weren't even necessary. The one scene reminded me of jeepers creepers with the tribal demon and I basically just turned off my interest.
 
Well, I just sat through that dribble and I must say it's on of the worst movies I possibly have ever seen.

Throughout the entire film I kept thinking it was a spin off of Poltergeist.

At the end of the movie someone shouted "what a phenomenal waste of 40 dollars" and everyone (8 people) applauded that.:thumbsdown
 
Just did this one on blu-Ray...

I thought - too - it was pretty good up until the psychic shows up, then it bage to falter slightly. "Travelers" and "The Further" seemed a little silly. And what was up with that gas mask?

But the biggest thing is, in retrospect, it was the same plot structure as Poltergeist. Almost a remake.

Child is abducted into the netherworld; parent must retreive the child (who is being held by The Beast); parent is helped along by the psychic who has two "normal" helpers.
 
PHArchivist said:
Just did this one on blu-Ray...
Child is abducted into the netherworld; parent must retreive the child (who is being held by The Beast); parent is helped along by the psychic who has two "normal" helpers.
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Yes, similar plot, but with horror films its the execution of the formula that separates them from the generic B-movie fodder.

The twist was truly frightening, and not a roll your eyes ending.
 
crabra comander said:
Yes, similar plot, but with horror films its the execution of the formula that separates them from the generic B-movie fodder.

The twist was truly frightening, and not a roll your eyes ending.
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And (within the fictional construct) plausible...

I saw it as sort of an oversight on the part of the Lin Shaye character.

A fallibilty on her part in that while she is knowledgeable and effective at what she does (connecting with the netherworld; coaching the dad), she is still human, and failed to fully consider all aspects of what she was doing. Failed to factor that if the dad also leaves his body, then his body - too - is "open for habitation" (so to speak), and she failed to realize that the parasitic old woman would still be out there...
 
I'm actually a really big fan of this movie, I thought it was really creepy and I loved the production design. It is pretty much a remake of Poltergeist but still has enough differences to make it interesting.
 
I really enjoyed the film. I had mixed emotions about the ending though as it came very close to a short film script I wrote years ago. :(
 
allosaur176 said:
I enjoyed the film, and was nice to see Darth Maul on screen again :thumbsup
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Well, it wasnt ALL Darth Maul, it seems they borrowed a bit from Dobbin the pantomime horse, and, a wig modelled on John Cleese circa Fawlty Towers.........pretty out there.
I think ive seen it maybe six times or so ( i love horror ) to get a real idea.
It is right, starts out way creepy, the title opening score, chilling, and seeing that old lady outside.......awesome.
Then, they kinda kill it all with some fantasy Dan soft journey into a mystical realm.......all gets a bit Never Ending Story.
Nice to see Barbara Hershey though.

lee
 
First half of the movie was great, with the second part kind of falling apart on itself. I wouldn't mind seeing a sequel to see though.
 
allosaur176 said:
I enjoyed the film, and was nice to see Darth Maul on screen again :thumbsup
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Actually one could argue that the demon was based on a tribal demon mask. He sure looked like them, especially the South American ones. Darth Maul wasn't the only one to use black and red as 'devil colors'.

Help me out here. This is what I think happened:

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We all know there were two (2) entities attacking the family. The "HAG" wanted Josh (the father). She grew obsessed with him after his first encounter into the spirit realm when he was a boy. The "HAG" makes a deal with "THE DEMON" who looks like Darth Maul. Only Demons have the power to punch a hole through into our world, but only briefly. The Hag has no power whatsoever. She can only make her presence known in photos and otherwise watch Josh in frustration.

I realized that this DEMON was a CHILD DEMON (not an ADULT DEMON), either that or he was the equivalent of a Demon with a Child mind. He was easily manipulated by the HAG. In the Demon realm, his lair is filled with Carnival attractions and toys, the things a CHILD would want. I immediately got the vibe "Hey, this Demon is a Child himself". When Renai (the mother) hears the argument on the baby monitor radios, she hears a progressively louder retort "I want it" "I want it" I want it NOW!" that's the voice of the Hag getting impatient with the Demon's lack of progress. So the DEMON himself is also easily fooled or defeated in the spirit realm because he's just not that smart.

JOSH was the target of the HAG all along. DALTON was just bait. The HAG promised DALTON to the Demon, knowing full well that the boy would probably be rescued. But she didn't care. She wanted to swap places with JOSH and live out her existence in OUR world, in JOSH'S body, whereas Josh is trapped in the non-corporeal world.

Just my two cents :D
 
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