For me its a slightly different story.
I absolutely adore Unbreakable. I think it could easily displace any of the movies in my Horror Top 20 (maybe 15), should I sit down to write them. Its a gorgeous movie, with a premise and climax which kicks some serious ass!
The Sixth Sense is second for me, but not by much.
I thought Signs was a largely decent effort, spoiled by the rubbish ending which totally took the movie away for me.
I need not say anything about The Village. Its a well-known fact in HDC about my relationship with THAT movie.
Lady in the Water held a very interesting premise. And I thought it held some potential for the middle 30 odd-minutes. But the rest was so downhill and full of rubbish, that the movie sucked, with a capital S.
And now from what I have been hearing about The Happening, (plus the fact that one of my friends went to watch it and came back totally disappointed) I will be skipping this one.
I think the appreciation he got for the first two movies has made him a filmmaker who is trying too hard to please the masses. If he sat down and tried to make a horror movie HIMSELF, he might succeed...
...eventually...
...maybe?
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