Qui connait? Ca sort le 15 mars en Z1. Visuel et résumé:
When a group of criminals on the run after a bank robbery take refuge in an abandoned house, they have no idea what evil they have come upon. Isolated and presumed deserted, the house is anything but safe... As the night wears on and a thunderstorm grows outside, each member of the group begins to have visions of the atrocities that occurred within the house, haunting it forever. Voices in the well, visions of mangled bodies and clawing under the stairs plague their waking hours. As the fear in the group begins to grow and the supernatural forces in the house start to manifest themselves, the group turn on each other and exact the wrath of the soul trapped within the walls.
Le film sortira en Zone 2 française le 10 mai prochain chez Gaumont au prix de 19,99 euros !
au programme :
- Le film (sympa, c'est tjs utile !)
- Commentaire audio du réalisateur, du scénariste et des acteurs
- Making Of
- 5 Scenes supllémentaires
- Documentaires
- films-annonces
DEAD BIRDS
I really fuckin' dug this film. I almost blew it off because I've heard the ending was really predictable and a friend of mine saw it and thought it was boring. Maybe I really love this film because I went in expecting it to be shitty or at the very least dull, but for whatever reason this movie really, really worked for me.
The set-up is simple. You have a group of bank robbers in the 1800s hiding out with some confederate gold in an out of the way plantation-like house. Creepy shit happens. Visions, creatures, possessions, ghosts, etc. It actually felt a lot like a video game set-up. You have the creepy dark house, the even creepier cornfield that surrounds the place, the fucked up barn, the door that won't open until the very end of the story, etc. I wish director Alex Turner had gotten ahold of RESIDENT EVIL before Paul WS Anderson turned it into a weak actioneer ALIENS rip-off. He understands the pacing and the level of reveals needed to pull off one of those horror video games as a feature film as is evident in this original film.
I've come to find that this film was just released straight to video by Lion's Gate and having looked up the DVD and seeing the cover I can safely say, "Ignore that crappy direct to video looking shitty ass cover." This movie has pitch perfect pacing, a great cast, great cinematography, genuine scares and an interesting story.
The pacing isn't slow or boring. To me it was very deliberately paced with a scare or real bit of tension happening regularly. There was never any moment of the movie where I was thinking, "All right... get on with it, already!" The film opens with a gunfight and we get a monster 10 minutes later. No shit. A creepy monster no less, with needle-like teeth and grotesque pink skin like an aborted rat except the size of an average sized dog.
The cast is full of familiar faces and names. Henry Thomas (ET) leads the gang, which features his brother, played by Patrick Fugit (ALMOST FAMOUS), his right-hand man Isaiah Washington (who is badass, by the way), his woman Nicki Lynn Aycox and a pair of untrustworthy sorts played by Michael Shannon (TIGERLAND, VANILLA SKY, 8 MILE) and Mark Boone Junior who seems to have been in everything ever shot, including MEMENTO and the upcoming BATMAN BEGINS.
The tension in this movie is truly what makes it succeed, though. The cast is very important, but the atmosphere, sound design, cinematography and structure is what makes it stick out to me. The last time I was this tense in a theater was when I saw JU-ON: THE GRUDGE at AFM a couple years ago, before it was known. I don't think DEAD BIRDS is as good a film as JU-ON, but that's not a knock against it.
The monsters are well designed. The only negative is that there are a few scenes that are overly CGIed out, but there's nothing in this film that is as ridiculous as the "Jack-Pot" eyes in THE GRUDGE.
Also, to be clear, the ending is not what you'd expect, it's not a cliche. I know I was surprised. All in all, I strongly suggest hitting your local video store and checking this one out. I just wish Lions Gate would quit releasing their shitty movies like ALONE IN THE DARK to 2000 screens and put out a genuinely scary horror film like DEAD BIRDS.
C'est un direct to vidéo Ginger Snaps ?? Ben merde
Dans le même genre j'ai plutôt été agréablement surpris par Cherry Falls. Ouais bon pas le slasher du siècle, mais franchement très très sympa. Déjà rien que le titre en rapport avec le sujet, j'adore
Vu...
Et franchement, dans le synopsis: ils disaient: les fans d'Evil dead vont adorer....
Et bah non!!!
D'abord ça n'a rien à voir avec Evil dead....
L'ambiance générale du film est assez angoissante...mais malheureusement quand on voit le premier fantome,on comprend que c'est du déjà-vu...
Et puis, les moments de terreur sont assez classiques dans leur traitement...
Quant au scénario, il brasse beaucoup d'éléments...qui enbrouillent pas mal, et laisse pas mal de zones d'ombre...
La fin est assez surprenante, mais ne me donne pas envie de le revoir une 2ème fois...
En bref:un petit film d'angoisse petit budget à voir une fois => 6/10
"Quand il n'y a plus de place en enfer...les morts reviennent sur Terre..."
Positif :
Petit film pas pretentieux et bien foutu, quelques sequences qui font monter la pression (Anggggouoiiiiiissse quand tu nous tiens ! ) , des idées sympas et une ambiance. Realisation très soignée.
Negatifs :
C.G.I. très convenu, il manque un je ne sais quoi à ce film (des personnage s plus attachants, un scénario un peu plus profond ...) et puis y'a des idées sympas qui sont mal exploitées au profit de truc bateau (le coup de la possession... le gamin caché dans le Oh mais je spoile moi ! bref ...fallait insister sur les dindons demoniaques!!!! et pas sur ces trucs )
Bilan : Mitigé , j'ai vu , j'ai emu mais je vais pas revisu ! Enfin pas desuitu !
Les chats sont des cochons !
Et moi aussi !
"Fais péter tes films de cul!"
