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Just saw it. A friend managed to get ahold of both endings.

All I gotta say is, ho-lee shit.

If anyone has seen both endings, I'd love to start up a discussion on which one they liked better...bearing in mind that anyone who hasn't seen it really shouldn't read this until they have.

And my speaker just fell off the desk. This does absolutely nothing to make me feel better.

But I looooove the way they do it. Not the endings, but the rest is so...plausible. I think that's why this movie was so successful.

Anyway, don't think I'll be sleeping much tonight! Heh.

shit, I have not even got to watch it yet! and its sitting in my dvd player. but I will deffinately discuss after I am blessed with a couple hours to watch it. lol

Newbie Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 20

I saw it, but didn't realize there were two endings. I didn't especially like the ending I saw.

if you saw it in the theater, there's another ending on the web. it was the original. I liked that one better.

Newbie Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 20

I saw a copy I downloaded, but I dont know which ending it had. I don't want to say how it ended here for obvious reasons. It was ok, but I'm not too keen on that type of movie. There is enormous potential to really get the viewer involved, but the acting is never natural enough, and they always spen the first hour making excuses for why they film everything.
If you've never seen ghostwatch, you should definitely check it out. It's the grandparent of films like blair witch/ paranormal activity AND shows like ghost hunters and most haunted. It was shown on British T.V in 1991 and billed as a live investigation in a haunted house. Much like the infamous "war of the worlds" broadcast a lot of people (Myself included) thought it was real. (Hey! I was just a kid!!!)
The awful acting lets it down, but it's no worse than that in cloverfield.

ATTENTION: SPOILER ALERT!!!

Do not read further if you haven't seen the movie and don't want to know what happens!

There, we've taken care of that. The theatrical release was actually suggested by Stephen Spielberg, where she throws dude into the camera, then comes up to it, gives this evil smile and looks like she's going to eat it.

The original ending had her going downstairs, screaming, then he rushes down, you hear screaming again, then heavy heavy steps back up the stairs. She emerges covered in blood, holding a knife. She then sits down on the floor beside the bed, and rocks...for hours. The phone rings, lights along the walls go from night to day and back to night, and then her friend comes in - yep, that security system, and they leave the front door unlocked. The friend stumbles across Micah downstairs, and goes screaming out. Police show up, find him, then come up the stairs. They see her, she seems to come out of it, doesn't realize she has a huge knife in her hand and is covered in blood, and goes toward them asking for Micah, they yell at her to put the knife down, she doesn't comply, they shoot her dead.

The end.

I don't mind movies like this, where a large portion of the action occurs offscreen, and you're left to the devices of your evil little mind to fill in the blanks. In terms of horror, movies that utilize this method seem far more creepy and sinister than slasher/gore movies to me. And more realistic.

I thought the acting was fairly realistic, though I was seriously about to bitchslap Micah...what an annoying fratboy he was. I do think though, that if you were pursued by a demon your whole life you would hardly appear to be as...'normal' as Katie was. And I was happy that the demon part was unrealistic, because frankly, that's the only thing that got me to sleep after watching it that night!

Newbie Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 20

Ah, it was the second of those that I saw. I don't dislike that type of "first person" movie, I just don't think there has been a really good one, yet. Perhaps if the majority of the cast didn't know it was only a movie, you'd get some awesome acting. I would love to see one of those films that was so realistic that I got totally absorbed, and believed it was real.

in all honestly, I am thankful that I didn't! I think that would seriously mess me up. Heh.

Newbie Joined: 25 Jun 2009 Posts: 28 Location: Austin, TX

I have to say that after seeing the movie, I was disappointed. The hype of it being "the scariest movie EVER" fell wayyyyy short. The film was made using the same formula as Blair Witch: drop a lot of insignificant plot information, lead up, wait, wait some more, then WHOA! one 22 second shot of something creepy. WOW. I need to make films for a living.
The only entertainment at this movie was the audience response. Now THAT was entertatining. From all the "uh uh" and "no you didn't", I heard from the crowd it WAS scary. IMHO, not scary AT ALL.

If you like it, good for you. For me, it was a waste of $7 I could use drinking.

Peace and hair grease,

Carlos

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Torque I enjoyed the movie but I agree with you. It didn't scare me one bit. Now we get to see 500 clones of this movie that probably suck even more.. Can't wait..The only thing that really affects me in horror movies is the intense gore. Like bodies being skinned and deboned and gut shots and creatures eating flesh.. Gore causes me to squinch mostly because it's disgusting but a good scare.. Hard to find.. So you know what I do now? I just turn on CNN!! Shootings.. terrorist cells.. Climate Change.. hell we got plenty to be afraid of already don't we? Compared to most movies I think it's a good one.. but I wish I could find a movie that scared me truly. One movie that scared me when I was a kid was Night of the living dead..Nothing else has really ever touched me to the point where I have to check under my bed before sleeping..

I can't handle gore. I prefer a movie where events take place off camera, and leave your imagination to fill in the blanks. That, too me, is scarier than anything rob zombie could ever make.

Newbie Joined: 25 Jun 2009 Posts: 28 Location: Austin, TX

Vamp,
I totally agree! We are bombarded with graphic images constantly. If you get in our heads, however, now THAT is creepy. The Japanese have the creepy movie theme down pat. The american remakes of Ringu and "the Grudge" we just not as creepy as the subtitled Japanese versions. Creepy!!!

IMHO the original "The Thing" ca. 1958, I believe, was creepy as hell! Lots of sleepless nights for his kid.

But that goes to the difference between creep factor and BOO factor. Most american horror films are slasher films. Very visually graffic, but no plot or story or anything. The foreign horror has a good balance, but is much more psychological than the American. I like both, but I like the psychological much better than the slasher.

Speaking of Europe, has anyone seen Dark Sno (minus umlauts)?

Newbie Joined: 25 Jun 2009 Posts: 28 Location: Austin, TX

Sorry, Dead Sno. =|

I guess one beers too many, eh?

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I'll take all extra beer ya got!

Nope, torque, haven't had the pleasure of seeing that one. Is it any good.

Americans are way too hung up on gore films. Too much Puritan brain washing about what is and is not obscene, in my opinion.

Seeing someone's brains splattered across the street. Not obscene. Perfectly acceptable. Janet Jackson's tit exposed for five milliseconds....OMG!!!! Obscene!! Obscene!! Someone protect the kiddies!!! Put a time delay on all "live" broadcasts!!!

Yet another case where I have to ask, "What the fuck is wrong with this picture?"

Going tomorrow !

Newbie Joined: 25 Jun 2009 Posts: 28 Location: Austin, TX

Let me know how it is! I missed it when they were showing it here in Austin, for Dismember the Alamo.

That's why ya never live with a boo.

Well if by "boo", you mean ghost or some sort of strange phenomenon, then you can never really not live with them IMHO. Though they show an extreme example of unusual activity in this movie, most people who might experience things like this for real would have to live with it for some period of time. Not many folk can just pick up and move at the drop of a hat. I have seen this flick and really it's just another Blair Witch Project. Kudos to the makers, as I needed a good rest and slept quite well through the last half. I deride, it was more of the same to me.

This Paranormal experience could certainly happen to anyone losing their sanity, home rehab or stop taking the Meds.
I have "Gone to Hell" as well,
How's that movie ?