(2003)
6-6-03 |
Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman Starring: Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield, Joshua Anderson, Andrew Bayly, Mark Blackmore |
This happened to young Kyle. One night he sees Matilda, but he manages to escape her evil clutches. It just so happens that he figures out her weakness within seconds, she can't go into the light, so he hides in the bathroom while his mother is butchered before his eyes. Or was it just a hallucination? Haunted by his painful memories of that night, Kyle has never allowed himself to be in the dark since. One day, he is summoned back to town by his childhood sweetheart Caitlin, whose nine-year-old brother Michael is having the same nightmares that drove Kyle to the brink of madness. When he returns, however, Kyle realizes Matilda's evil spirit was no figment of his imagination. She is real and extremely dangerous. She, of coarse, comes after him, and anyone else who happens to see her, including a shitload of cops and Caitlin. After many cops and doctors die, it all ends with this big chase scene leading up to a light house where the final show down unfolds. Ok, here we have another Hollywood Blockbuster that has found its way onto "Phantom Films". The reason being this: we expect this movie to fade into non-existence within the next 5 years. Let me say that the first 20 minutes of this movie are fucking scary. When we Phantom Filmers first saw this in the theaters, we had to keep telling each other funny jokes in order to keep from pissing our pants. IT'S THAT SCARY!!! And I have been watching slasher films since I was four years old. Have you ever been utterly terrified, yet laughing your guts out because your friend (Gameslave) compared the ghost to a Ring-wraith from Lord of the Rings? I have. (It was probably funnier while creeped out - Honumon). After that, however, it becomes really, really predictable. The only other GOOD suspenseful moment is when these doctors take Michael and try to put him in a sensory deprivation chamber in order to prove to him that there is nothing "hiding" in the dark. It was shot very well and the audience was at the edge of their seats. Here comes my favorite part of the review, the bashing!!! -Ok, Matilda is photosensitive; she gets burned in the light. But for some strange reason, bright-ass moon light and lightning mean nothing. -You know the move in horror movies when it's this real suspenseful moment, and then something jumps out, and you think it's the monster or ghost, but it happens to be something stupid? Well this movie, I think, broke the record for trying to fake you out with that move. It gets real old real fast. -There is this one scene in the hospital with is big long hallway. There is only a little bit of light covering one of the walls and everyone has to single file cross it. I was very disappointed in this. When I first saw the hallway I thought, YES!!!! I was thinking about one of the Resident Evils where you have to go through a hallway, stay in the light, but the light source is moving, so you have to run with the light. Oh how I wished they could have done something like that. -During the chase sequence, the survivors are in a car heading toward the light house. Matilda breaks the windows and kills a few doctors during that time. What I want to know is, why the fuck didn't they have the DOME LIGHT on? Well it did make money, and the DVDs are doing fine, but this movie doesn't stand out and wave a flag in the Horror genera. It will be forgotten, it's only a matter of time. However, it will always be one of the few Blockbusters that made it onto our site. I give this movie an "OK" but I am being very, very generous because few horror movies have scared me like the first 20 minutes of this one did. If I had to judge the rest of it on its own, I would give it a 'horrible'. |
Bitch Black - Honumon |
Rating: Bad I'm sorry, but the CG for Matilda at the end (I mean her 'final' apperance, without the mask) was so bad and fake, it destoryed the whole movie for me. The mask was way creepier and should have been left on. Yours Truely, The Awesome Doo Doo Head ;) |
