Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Leofwine_draca THE KISS starts off in typical American suburban territory with a normal family who you just know are going to be plagued by sinister events (just like the family in POLTERGEIST. And THE ENTITY. And THE GATE. And THE AMITYVILLE HORROR. The list is endless.) In the first half of the film, there is a lot of expository material like this, and it's quite boring indeed. A little boring and a little dull and even hard to sit through in places. Luckily, there are some meaty deaths to enliven the proceedings, which are pretty gory when it comes down to it. I wasn't expecting gore of this sort so I was pleasantly surprised. The film then takes an upward turn towards the conclusion, and guess what? It actually becomes quite good. Not amazing or ground breaking, but quite enjoyable. Lots of fighting and magic things and deaths occur and they blend together well, like a nice bowl of vegetable soup.The acting is all right. Joanna Pacula is splendidly evil, but not over the top. She also sheds her clothes rapidly too, another surprise. Meredith Salenger is annoying, yes, but not as annoying as her '90s counterpart Neve Campbell. thankfully. The gore really adds to this film and makes it pretty enjoyable. The plot is executed well too, and there are enough turns and thrills to keep the viewer engaged in the action. I had a good experience with this film. I didn't expect much from it but I found myself enjoying it. A big surprise seeing as I usually hate family-orientated horror films such as these, full of drippy sentimentality and obnoxious actors and actresses. THE KISS isn't anything brilliant, but it's good enough to be better than average. Slightly.

The_Void Well, I didn't go into this film expecting anything great; I was really just hoping for a decent timewaster along the same lines as Wes Craven made for TV opus 'Summer of Fear', and that's more or less what I got; though it cant be said that this film isn't as good as Craven's. The film is a mix of two very basic and very common horror themes; namely, the insider who works their way into a family unit, and of course the idea of witchcraft. After the first fifteen minutes, I feared the worst because = the way that the plot is set up is very messy; and that's never a good sign in a simple film like this one! However, it soon settles down and once I got an idea of what to expect, I found that the film became easier to enjoy. The film starts with two sisters in 1963 that get split up. One of them goes off with a relative who passes onto her a strange curse via a kiss. We then cut to twenty five years later, and the other sister has died in a car accident; leaving her husband and daughter behind. Then onto the scene comes the cursed sister, who wants her niece to bear her curse...It has to be said that this film could have been better if have handled by someone more adept, and if it had a better focus. The plot soon becomes predictable, and there are several things about it that don't make sense, and the film often veers off on a tangent with certain things that aren't really relevant. The Kiss seems to have taken a bit of influence from The Omen with regards to the way that the death scenes are carried out; mostly excessive and random, but also quite imaginative: the death scene on an escalator is well done...though the clues preceding it spoil the surprise. None of the characters are particularly interesting, which is a shame considering that the main one is a conniving witch. However, the film never becomes too boring. The special effects aren't over-used, but what we do get is generally quite realistic; the only exception to this rule being an aggressive cat, which looks like a stuffed toy. It all boils down to an exciting and explosive finale, which also happens to be the best ten minutes of the film. Overall, I won't be going round recommending this film to people; but there's worse ways to spend ninety minutes of your life.

Paul Andrews The Kiss starts with a caption that informs us that we are in the 'Belgian Congo 1963' at a train station. A young girl named Felice Dunbar (Priscilla Mouzakiotis) is being sent away by her Father (Philip Pretten) with her Aunt Irene (Celine Lomez) while her sister Hilary (Talya Rubin) stays behind with him. On the journey Irene shows Felice an ancient tribal statue of some sort, not long after Irene's rotted corpse is found... The Kiss then informs us that it's '25 Years Later Albany New York'. Hilary (Pamela Collyer) is now married to Jack Halloran (Nicholas Kilbertus) & together they have & beautiful teenage daughter named Amy (Meredith Salenger). One day out of the blue Hilary receives a phone call from her sister Felice (Joanna Pacula) & they both arrange to meet, however on the way Hilary is killed in an accident. It's now '5 Months Later' & while visiting Hilary's grave Amy & her Father meet Felice, after they find out who she is Jack invites her to stay at their house. Amy starts to distrust & dislike Felice as one of her friends named Heather (Sabrina Boudot) dies in another bizarre accident & Felice seduces Jack. Amy's suspicions grow when she discovers a strange statue & Heather's sunglasses in Felice's room. More accidents happen & Felice becomes weirder & weirder until all is revealed when Amy realises she is about to become heir to a horrifying family secret & she has to fight for her life against The Kiss...Co-produced & directed by Pen Densham I thought The Kiss was a mildly entertaining horror film but nothing that was particularly special in any way shape or form. The script by Tom Ropelewski & Stephen Volk is reasonably well paced, it has one or two slightly slow points but it's not too bad. The script doesn't really try to explain what's going on that much, no explanation for the origins of the statue, the eventual creature or the psycho cat. The Kiss also suffers from the usual silliness one associates with the horror genre, the scene with the propane tank at the end is unrealistic to say the least & this daftness affects The Kiss at times because the film seems to be taking itself quite seriously. There is some gore in it, a burnt hand, a rotten corpse, death by escalator, scissors stuck in someones neck & a couple of nasty car accidents including one with a juicy severed leg. I did like the special effects sequence when Amy is in science class at school & the anatomy dummy comes to life with it's exposed beating heart & lungs, cool eh? The special effects are OK, except that is the killer psycho cat which looks very fake & somewhat silly throughout I'm afraid. The fine looking Pacula provides the nudity. The acting in The Kiss is adequate by horror film standards although I thought Pacula as the main villain should have had a bit more of an on screen presence. The Kiss is quite well made, nothing stands out as being technically brilliant but nothing stands out as being overly bad either. Generally speaking Densham films The Kiss in a rather bland & uninteresting way which isn't a great surprise I suppose. Overall I thought The Kiss was an OK way to pass an hour & a half but I'll have probably forgotten all about it by the middle of next week, just about worth watching but don't expect a masterpiece.

dddvvv I guess the atmosphere is the best thing to date in such a movie. That's because the acting is terrible and the screenplay is based solely upon a climax of anguish and terror. There's an ancient curse but we don't know anything about it but the fact that we have to fear it, and escape from it! That's what 90% of horror movies are about: action, thrill and never an explanation. If you have nothing to say, say nothing. Anyway, there are worst movies than this one and for the horror fans this should be a nice title to rent.