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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
pre-dating both darkness falls and boogeyman, They deals with childhood fears and their effect on our adult lives. it succesfully blurs the boundaries between reality and terror - the creatures (if they exist) remain hidden for most of the film and are used sparingly to shocking effect. laura regan isn't your typical herione - her exchanges with boyfriend marc blucas are based in reality. robert harmon directs with his usual eye for suspense (see the hitcher and highwaymen also).
the movie is resolutely downbeat. its dark, moist looking (fittingly given the nature of the creatures) and actually remains frightening after repeated viewings.
a short sharp shocker that will have you checking your wardrobe before going to sleep...
the movie is resolutely downbeat. its dark, moist looking (fittingly given the nature of the creatures) and actually remains frightening after repeated viewings.
a short sharp shocker that will have you checking your wardrobe before going to sleep...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Hmm, it seems this film suffers more than it gains from being associated with Wes Craven (though I've never rated him that highly, personally - so I approached They with a relatively open mind).
And it's ok. It has some good ideas, and a lot that is rather average. It's like an episode of the Twilight Zone, or in more modern terms Heroes, in that respect. Some scenes are well done, the swimming pool sequence is an homage to the scene in Cat People (the black and white original) and it rattles along at a reasonable pace with a few twists and sudden scares. At under 85 minutes They doesn't outstay its welcome either.
Wes Craven was probably happy to lend his name to it on account of these factors, and because he has always it seems been interested in exploring the collision between reality and unreality in his own films (albeit in a popular psychology sort of way, for my money). That aspect of the film works well enough, though the alternate ending makes it clear that the film makers were a little unsure themselves about where they were going with it.
It's no classic, but an entertaining enough yarn, with a few effective set pieces. I think it would probably be a good introduction to more thoughtful western horror for young teenagers, and was watching it thinking that my son (currently nine) would enjoy it in a few years, before he's ready for more grown-up and disturbing fare.
Oh, Laura Regan is so similar-lookin to Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby that it's probably the spookiest thing about the film!
And it's ok. It has some good ideas, and a lot that is rather average. It's like an episode of the Twilight Zone, or in more modern terms Heroes, in that respect. Some scenes are well done, the swimming pool sequence is an homage to the scene in Cat People (the black and white original) and it rattles along at a reasonable pace with a few twists and sudden scares. At under 85 minutes They doesn't outstay its welcome either.
Wes Craven was probably happy to lend his name to it on account of these factors, and because he has always it seems been interested in exploring the collision between reality and unreality in his own films (albeit in a popular psychology sort of way, for my money). That aspect of the film works well enough, though the alternate ending makes it clear that the film makers were a little unsure themselves about where they were going with it.
It's no classic, but an entertaining enough yarn, with a few effective set pieces. I think it would probably be a good introduction to more thoughtful western horror for young teenagers, and was watching it thinking that my son (currently nine) would enjoy it in a few years, before he's ready for more grown-up and disturbing fare.
Oh, Laura Regan is so similar-lookin to Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby that it's probably the spookiest thing about the film!
Format:DVD
CONTAINS SPOILERS.
It starts with childhood friends re-united by the loners paranoia for the night terrors they shared as a child. With our man returning to the fold we are given a few promising leads with ghostly black spot scar he can never sate the itch and then a blast of table top suicide (though this is hollywood horror so they cut away).
Our female lead following her buddies end now too feels the symptoms of the night terrors and so the spiral continues.
This is not dark enough for paranoid monster flick and with its four man death toll is tame for a horror slasher.
The terror beasts themselves look a bit like If pitch black made fruit bats and the ending with a maybe she's crazy after all but then letting fruit bats take her was no real twist and again America fail at horror.
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Facts found since I saw this film.
Brendan Hood's script was near non existent in the final screening suffering countless re-writes. Originally the script was pitched as a science fiction where the hidden race are farming our world for body parts and spares, which to my mind sounds an infinitely better film.
It starts with childhood friends re-united by the loners paranoia for the night terrors they shared as a child. With our man returning to the fold we are given a few promising leads with ghostly black spot scar he can never sate the itch and then a blast of table top suicide (though this is hollywood horror so they cut away).
Our female lead following her buddies end now too feels the symptoms of the night terrors and so the spiral continues.
This is not dark enough for paranoid monster flick and with its four man death toll is tame for a horror slasher.
The terror beasts themselves look a bit like If pitch black made fruit bats and the ending with a maybe she's crazy after all but then letting fruit bats take her was no real twist and again America fail at horror.
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Facts found since I saw this film.
Brendan Hood's script was near non existent in the final screening suffering countless re-writes. Originally the script was pitched as a science fiction where the hidden race are farming our world for body parts and spares, which to my mind sounds an infinitely better film.
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