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Wicked Little Things (2006)
Nothing like kids with mining implements to scare the hell out of you...
I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. Other than the mother being a complete moron on a few occasions and the youngest daughter being idiotic enough to go out at night, into woods that scared her in the daytime, this movie was pretty good. Had the director had the sense to treat us as if we had brains, maybe he'd have given us a movie where the people didn't have to behave idiotically, but still manage to get into danger. It worked for the plumber and the fellow in the trailer, but apparently the teenagers and the mother needed to be idiots, for the director to get closure in ending this film.
Atmosphere was great, scenery was awesome and the undead kids scared the crap out of me... I live in a wooded area, so taking out the trash will creep me out for quite a while. The movie works for me accept for what I already mentioned. Raise the mom's IQ a bit and I'd give it a ten...
Unrest (2006)
Time better spent getting a tooth pulled...
The weak acting of the Britney Spears looking lead actress in this movie, is almost as unbelievable as the story. Granted, they had plenty of elements that could have worked towards a good finished product, but the director must have had other things on his mind, since his story ended up being inconsistent and idiotic. The scene where Mr. Alba(yes, the brother of THAT Alba) was murdered, was pointless and didn't fit the storyline at all. He was the main one showing reverence to the cadaver, yet he was still actively followed and killed. None of the murders were shown or done in an effectively frightening way. Other than a lot of blood, there was no real sense of how most of the victims died. Bodies just showed up and you were left wondering how they got there and why they were there killed. Dumping it all off on supposed ancient spirits, has been done to death and this treatment was worse than any I have seen.
I believe old school suspense can be frightening, but the way it was used in this film, was to extend scenes to cover for poor writing and a script that wasn't long enough or thought out very well, overall.
I rated it as a one, but had zero been a possibility, it would have been my choice.
The Fallen Ones (2005)
Oh God! The inhumanity, the horror, the sheer boredom!
Some moron who read or saw some reference to angels coming to Earth, decided to disregard what he'd heard about the offspring of humans and angels being larger than normal humans. Reinventing them as mythical giants that were 40 feet tall, is beyond ridiculous. There was some historical references to housing and furniture in parts of the world, that were much larger than would be needed for standard humans. These were supposedly built on a scale that would lend itself to a 10 to 14 foot human, somewhat supporting the "David and Goliath" tale from the bible. There is no mention in any historical references to buildings or artifacts that would support the idea of a 40 foot tall being. If I was rating this movie on my own scale, it would have been a negative value instead of a one...