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Hard Candy.
Not bad...gets pretty tense in parts. Half way between wanting the male lead to get some pain on account of the guy we know he's supposed to be, and rooting for him to somehow kill the girl, who was annoying, smug, and...looked like a boy... I suppose there's some kind've lesson to be learned here in regards to the "perils of the internet", but no conclusion a person with any self respect and/or on the opposite end of the spectrum - a person with any good sense wouldn't have come to, eh? **Spoilers** Not sure if it's only me here, but the whole "operation"? I saw the conclusion miles off, fit in so easily to the character they established. + I kind've would've been happier if they both went over the edge... **END spoilers*** Overall say 6.7/10, if you've seen it before, seems not much point in seeing it again. Watching "Lord of War" at the moment, which I'm quite liking thus far.
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Seraphim Falls
I was a little slow in getting to this one. It presented little new in the genre except possibly a heightened level of moral ambiguity. Great performances some good gore and one WTF shot that really excited me. The Devil in the end took me out of the picture, but I'll forgive it. B-
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Catching up on the all-timers #5...
The Exorcist. 09/10 "The most terrifying movie ever made" might sound like an over-hyped tag to today's viewers, but I can see what kind of impact it made back when it was released. The whole atmosphere of the possession affecting the normal life of a common, everyday mother & daughter is shocking enough...and the subsequent exorcism, plus some of the really intense visuals...can shake the hardest of hearts. Too bad the sequels couldnt replicate the sheer visual impact of the original, or the Exorcist franchise would have been unparalleled in the horror genre. This is THE milestone in on-screen visual terror, oft repeated but never bettered. Ever.
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The Messengers (2007) 7/10
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Shadow of the Vampire.
Clever, but not exactly what I had hoped. Once again, great concept, not terribly well executed. Willam Defoe was great though.
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