Oh well then - I don't actually remember any shocks from very early in the movie. The scary doesn't happen until about a half hour in, iirc. The first reveal of the monsters is pretty creepy and shocking though.
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
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Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Jars - Aug 04, 2006 9:47:41 am PDT #3318 of 10001
Polter-Cow - Aug 04, 2006 9:47:42 am PDT #3319 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think it came out last year in the UK and is already out on DVD, but we're only getting it over here now. And, yeah, I've been hearing really good things about it.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 04, 2006 9:48:40 am PDT #3320 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
lisah, from a spoilery review I read, I think what your white font is referring to is the car accident that kills one of the main charaters' husband and kids in a particularly grusome way. Separate from the rest of the main story/premise a la the car accident that opens DEAD CALM, but significant backstory as well.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 04, 2006 9:48:58 am PDT #3321 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah. Distinct from The Cave in that it's a women-only team of spelunkers. I'm hoping that it's better written, as removing the Eddie Cibrian eye candy factor would be seriously detrimental to the other movie's watchability.
lisah - Aug 04, 2006 9:51:52 am PDT #3322 of 10001
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Every review is mentioning something very early in the film and not saying what it was. Like, the Salon reviewer says it begins with "one of the most horrifying shocks I've ever seen in a motion picture."
Jars - Aug 04, 2006 9:53:02 am PDT #3323 of 10001
Frank - I don't remember how the husband died in the first bit, what happened? And didn't the daughter survive ?
lisah - Aug 04, 2006 9:53:06 am PDT #3324 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Thanks, Frankenbuddha!
Jars - Aug 04, 2006 9:57:57 am PDT #3325 of 10001
I've just been reading up, and apparently the US release has a different ending.
Polter-Cow - Aug 04, 2006 10:00:15 am PDT #3326 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, it's a "happier ending." But not exactly sunshine and roses. Just a slightly lower body count.
Glamcookie - Aug 04, 2006 11:32:24 am PDT #3327 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I'm intrigued by The Descent. Frankly I don't think they needed any supernatural elements. The teeny tiny spaces they were crawling through were scary enough! I don't enjoy gore, so I'm not sure I can see it. I wish it were more Blair Witch-y so I could enjoy the scare with out the blood...