High Tension (2005)

[Posher778]

Originally posted by The STE
Terrible movie. Decent premise, shite execution, totally nonsensical ending that's become a complete and utter cliché in contemporary film.

Could not have worded it better. I can't believe I originally thought it was good. The gore is ok, but its just... not that big a deal.

[The Mothman]

i dont see everyones problem with it. i though it was fucking excellent. The scenes in the house were so creepy and well done. i loved it. the ending was kind of a downside though.

[Posher778]

spook rating: ZERO. It was just... blah. The kills were alright, but it felt like more of a drama actually to me. I did somewhat like the climax, when the girl stole that cool old car and started following the man, and then the fighting with the ripsaw at the end.

[SKOOFx]

Movie would have been perfect, if it ended <SPOILER>
right after the chick kills the fat ass and screams into the night.

It would have left you with an uneasy/fucked up feeling.

A) This could really happen
and
B) There would be no happy ending. The nightmare is over, but her life would have never been the same.

[urgeok]

it was a solid film .. it wasnt the best - it was far from the worst.

have you guys looked on the horror shelf of the local video store lately ?
It's not like we have a lot to choose from ..

I dont understand when people get all over a good new release that's about 100X better then the other 90% of horror showing up in the stores.

[SKOOFx]

no no. either way, i love the flick.

But if it ended on a TCM note.
The movie would have gone from good..to MINDBLOWING.


Just an all out slasher/revenge flick. totally fucked up.

[urgeok]

give me decent acting, music and effects and i'm happy.

not a lot of that available in horror these days ... especially the acting.

i miss the older days - like the 70's when good actors were used in horror films .. before the onset of home video.

now we get useless nobodies that cant act for shit .. and a soundtrack composed and performed on some geek friends computer using free music software- and edited by someone without the slightest concept of pacing and flow.

thats why i still prefer the saminess of the japanese horror invasion ... they are way better made then most of the crap coming out of north america.

[Posher778]

I think we have a few decent actresses in scare flicks today, but not many. Jamie Lee Curtis is of course the best horror actress, but I think that, for today, Neve Campbell is still the new scream queen.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Posher778
... but I think that, for today, Neve Campbell is still the new scream queen.

Scream 3 (2000) .... Sidney Prescott
Scream 2 (1997) .... Sidney Prescott
Scream (1996) .... Sidney Prescott
The Craft (1996) .... Bonnie
The Dark (1994) .... Jesse Donovan


ok ... define "today"

[Posher778]

today as in, i'll say 1990 and up. I really can't think of an actress whose done a BETTER job than her, can you? *in only horror movies, not everything else.