Bardlerx Strictly average movie

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

GL84 Trying to gain her psychology master, a student suffering from night terrors as well as several of her friends learn that they're being triggered by a series of attacks brought by creatures living in the shadows and must find a way of stopping them from continuing to hunt them.This was a decent if overall rather forgettable effort. Among the few things it does right here is really sell the idea of the strange creatures and their world they represent here that there's a great framework needed for horror villains. The idea of marking their prey through night terrors as a child and then coming back to collect them as adults is quite an effective idea, and the rules needed for them to become viable once again makes for a rather enjoyable creature here. From their ability to tamper with electricity by causing blackouts or surges enough to break the light altogether or the way in which they create a sense of loneliness in their attacks, it has the sort of general fear and desperation of being attacked by that kind of entity. Likewise, beyond this setup there's also the film's incredibly fun and frantic attack scenes of the creatures getting into play here as this one has some awesome scenes here, from the swimming pool encounter and his scenes in the apartment to the absolutely stellar stalking scenes in the tunnel after the train trip all being fast, frantic scenes that are much better than expected. Still, that's also what signals the start of the flaws here as these attack scenes are so haphazard and tame that there's very little appeal to the scenes as they're so bloodless and utterly devoid of any kind of true horror appreciation since they're edited to try to be chilling but can't because of the rating. Not having any kind of blood or gore in here during all these different attacks is an immensely distressing factor here by this one never really getting any kind of big effect which sells what's going on as it misses the big picture of the scenes. There's also the fact that there's such a discrepancy with the scenes here in being long, involved scenes compared to the other scenes which are fast and really crazed that it creates a really disjointed pacing of making the action scenes look good until the kills and has long, bland scenes in between them. The last flaw here is the creatures' lack of explanation for appearance here as there's never anything given about why they target the people, how they work or anything about them and it makes them far less frightening. These here are what really holds this one back.Rated PG-13: Violence, Language and Brief Nudity.

Shopaholic35 I personally love horror movies even some of the really poor ones but "They" misses the mark by a mile. The storyline seems weird and disjointed and I feel like it is so far out there that it doesn't make sense. The low grade acting does nothing to help the situation and everything works together to create the perfect below average movie.It could definitely be worse but by no means is it one of Wes Craven's best movies. It feels like a knock-off of his own film Nightmare On Elm Street but instead of nightmares the film is featured around daymares. Certainly not a piece of horror genius.My recommendation is that if you get bored easily than don't watch but if there is absolutely nothing else on then it's suitable enough to waste an hour or so on.

L Drew Reading some of the reviews of this film, I just had to respond. Seems there are serial reviewers out there with opinion about this movie which I just can't imagine.A fragile heroine fights for her sanity and her life, and nothing in the film leads you to believe there will be the usual fantastically lucky and unrealistic narrow escape. The majority of this movie is unassuming and understated, just like her, and as such only serves to accentuate and contrast the horrible fate from which we hope she will be spared. The pursuit scenes are also truly nightmarish.Taken as a whole, this file has a scary premise, great presentation, correct balance, and a satisfying conclusion (especially for those tired of the cookie-cutter, Hollywood, happy ending, hero always wins drivel). Fans of REAL horror will enjoy.

pawnstar3 If you understand that this is PG-13 then you will know there isn't much gore in this and you will get that out of your head. The story was simple and creepy, the acting was decent, and the scares were realistic. I loved the scene with the Julia and Billy when he kills himself. That was awesome. I actually wish we saw more of his character because he was the most interesting character in the film. Overall, I thought it was a decent little movie that got little recognition. BTW, I loved the ending - it fit with the rest of the film. Here are my complaints: it was a bit boring at points, and it was light on scares. Other than that, it was decent.