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Gothic ghost story featuring children possessed of malevolent spirits and mysterious deaths at a small town America sunflower farm. Roy Solomon (Dylan McDermott ) moves with his wife and three kids from Chicago to a remote North Dakota sunflower farm to make a fresh start on a new, healthier and safer life. In reality, they're running from the ghost of their daughter's drunk-driving accident, which hospitalized one of her brothers. John Burwell (John Corbett), a passing drifter, starts work as the family's man Friday and quickly becomes their trusted employee. As things begin to get dark, however and as ravens begin to circle the ranch, the Solomon kids begin to see queer spectral shapes around the house. One of them keeps what he sees to himself and the other is accused of attention seeking but there can be no mistaking what they are seeing as the signs become more threatening and ominous. Is there a presence at work in the house? What happened here that made the previous occupants leave so quickly? Have they even fully left.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Dooga
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The Messengers may seem like another typical horror, haunted house type film. And maybe it is, but the way it delivers the genre is different. There are many extremely chilling and well put together sequences that make the film scary and unique in many ways. The jolts never seize, which is a definite good point. There are also a lot of different types of scary moments, like jolty, creepy, suspensful, sickning etc... It isn't ridiculously gory, just very steady and awesomely crafted horror flick... watch.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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This is a haunted house story, plain and simple - but it's refreshing to see one with a decent cast and so well executed. The story is nothing new - family from the city move to country to escape their family problems... house they get turns out to have a past, and may be haunted.
There are no big gore moments, but plenty of atmosphere created by carefully NOT showing you everything for much of the movie, so that when something is seen, the effect is maximized. The ending is not much of a surprise, but the tension mounts thanks in particular to a good turn from Kristen Stewart as Jess, the teenager.
All in all, quite routine, but efficient enough to be worth a watch if you like the haunted house genre.
There are no big gore moments, but plenty of atmosphere created by carefully NOT showing you everything for much of the movie, so that when something is seen, the effect is maximized. The ending is not much of a surprise, but the tension mounts thanks in particular to a good turn from Kristen Stewart as Jess, the teenager.
All in all, quite routine, but efficient enough to be worth a watch if you like the haunted house genre.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Others have said it, but I'll underline for you the fact that "The Messengers" is a totally unoriginal movie. It's not exactly a bad film - it's well executed, beautifully photographed and the performers do well with a lame plot and a wooden script - but it's just a rip-off of so many other movies. This is not homage, it's creative bankruptcy. It draws ideas from everything, from "The Birds" through to "Poltergeist" and "Cold Creek Manor" (which ironically also featured a much younger Kristen Stewart in a less thankless role) and uses all the clichés in the contemporary horror film-makers' book - and then uses them all again! The effect of 'creepy' figures crawling in fast motion over the ceiling has just been worked to death. It wasn't scary the first time, and it's just plain silly now.
With this sort of film 'less' is definitely 'more'. Here, 'more' is 'way too much', especially with its soundtrack. I lost count of the number of bangs, jolts and musical 'stings' just in the first ten minutes. This audio example of stating the obvious is wearing on the patience rather than the nerves. It doesn't make you jump. Instead you groan and sigh, thinking "give it a rest". In fact, the film would be far more effective if you turned the sound off altogether and just watched the pictures.
This is a horror film for people who've never seen one before. For them, it might just work. For everyone else, there are much better ways to spend 87 minutes of your precious time. For example, you could watch "What Lies Beneath" which is so quiet that, when you eventually do hear a pin drop, it really IS scary!
With this sort of film 'less' is definitely 'more'. Here, 'more' is 'way too much', especially with its soundtrack. I lost count of the number of bangs, jolts and musical 'stings' just in the first ten minutes. This audio example of stating the obvious is wearing on the patience rather than the nerves. It doesn't make you jump. Instead you groan and sigh, thinking "give it a rest". In fact, the film would be far more effective if you turned the sound off altogether and just watched the pictures.
This is a horror film for people who've never seen one before. For them, it might just work. For everyone else, there are much better ways to spend 87 minutes of your precious time. For example, you could watch "What Lies Beneath" which is so quiet that, when you eventually do hear a pin drop, it really IS scary!
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Published 4 months ago by chewtoy
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Messenger's
Another Kirsten Stewart master piece. This is very good at keeping your nerves just slightly on edge, gives you a couple of jumps as well. Very enjoyable
Published 4 months ago by Cat
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a jumpy one.
I think this is probably one of the jumpiest of films that I have seen in a long while, My missus spent most of the time looking away from the TV. Read more
Published 9 months ago by DB077
5.0 out of 5 stars
AMAZING FILM EVER!
The messengers is the most amazing film ever which will make you jump of your seats with fantastic horror scenes this film you will never get bored of it has got action, thrilling... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Angelxx
4.0 out of 5 stars
please buy it if u aint seen it.
if u like horrors i promise u will enjoy this i found 2nd one to it decent as well. its just good. both. no ott with me.
Published 10 months ago by tango
3.0 out of 5 stars
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A family, having some problems and searching for a new start, move into a rambling old house in the middle of nowhere, where the teenage daughter starts experiencing... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Green Man Music
2.0 out of 5 stars
meh...
well, all i can say is that the plot is, a family move into a house witch is haunted...and somtin to do with crows...a decent film to own, but in my opinion 2 is better. Read more
Published 16 months ago by dofeycresdee
3.0 out of 5 stars
Where are they? What do you see?
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
The Messengers is directed by the Pang Brothers and jointly written by Stuart Beattie, Todd Farmer and Mark Wheaton. Read more
The Messengers is directed by the Pang Brothers and jointly written by Stuart Beattie, Todd Farmer and Mark Wheaton. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Spike Owen
3.0 out of 5 stars
Kristen steals the acting honours!
This movie which I happened to catch last evening on Spanish TV appears to be a mix of several films hashed together? Read more
Published 20 months ago
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Messengers
Quite a good film, though I must say, I had it pretty much sussed fairly quickly.
Not a fan of weird, grudge-esque kids, so that was a bit of a let down but aside from that... Read more
Not a fan of weird, grudge-esque kids, so that was a bit of a let down but aside from that... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mrs. Hannah Carey
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