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THIS was the movie I had heard such great things about??

posted 11 years ago by speedracer_54
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Christ, I gave up after half an hour. This movie was a colossal bore. Horrible, listless acting, wretched dialogue, weak plot.... If the first 12 minutes are the most terrifying, I could not imagine the crap I had coming in the rest of the film. It was not interesting, terrifying, mysterious or engaging in the least. Keep in mind, I love good, old-school horror & appreciate a slow-burn type of movie like House of the Devil (THAT is a masterpiece), but this movie seemed like half-assed student film that did not deserve my viewing.

[–] SATerp 8 years ago

I think that the posters here praising any aspect of this movie, are insane.

But, that's just MY opinion.

[–] coex23 8 years ago

it's not that this film hasn't dated well, it's that the audience for it has shrunk. this is Argento's ode to not only Bava, but surrealism and EC-style comics. if you have no idea what I just said, than you won't like the film, simple as that. of all of Argento's films, this one truly stands alone (even though it shares aspects with a lot of his films).

the audience today IS more prone to video game horror films like the stuff RZ directs. these films feature more intense torture and killings, action, sex, and MTV-style editing with RZ/MTV-style music on top of it all. if that's what you're used to, you have to acclimate to these older films... or not!

[–] leybadana 8 years ago

same here, was boring as hell

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[–] mider2009 8 years ago

So you have bad taste, why tell the rest of us.

[–] wulfthar 8 years ago

Unfortunately most millenials are idiots, you can read the same criticism to Blade Runner and Halloween.

Years of exposure to Transformers, Marvel and DC movies have damaged quite a lot of brains out there.

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[–] mider2009 8 years ago

True that...they think the witch is a masterpiece

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

It's a lot of style over substance. Great score(for the most part, though it was slightly abused at times) and surreal nightmare/dream-like visuals. But other than that it's a weak script with pretty awful acting and a meh story that drags. Definitely an acquired taste, something I'd watch when stoned off my arse.

[–] Nicko's Nose (1651) 6 years ago

“I gave up after half an hour”

Then I stopped reading.