Just got back from a midnight showing. It was worth the 1.5 hours waiting in line to make sure to get a seat.

The hype is that is the scariest flick ever. Pretty damn close imo.

If you have a theater near you showing it, go see it. It's only showing at 13 theaters across the country. We saw ours in Ann Arbor.

I won't give anything away at all but just say that the big cool U of M college dudes behind me screamed like girls more than once.

I am still freaked out and movies never scare me.

My sister got a ticket for a midnight screening last night and gave it to me. I got off work at 10pm, got to the movie theater by 11pm and saw a line literally two blocks long. I said fuck that and went home. Turned out half the people in line didn't get to go in. I really hope they make this a wide release because I really want to see it

Just watched the trailer on youtube. Reminds me a little bit of The Blair Witch Project.

I see the little college theatre here is doing midnight showings this weekend...now if I can just find a date.

























Looks like I'll have to wait for dvd.

Gonna wait 'til I get more confirmation.

I heard [rec] was "the scariest movie evar!" and it was so blah that I can't be sold that easily anymore.

For me personally, these types of movies need to been seen immediately before the hype ruins the effect. I knew nothing about the story or what it was remotely about other than it scared the crap out of Steven Spielberg. I think hype can ruin what most would find a decent movie experience if they see it before waiting to hear every last review. And for the most part, this movie has been getting great reviews across the board and all say that it is creepy and does a good job with the scaring.

I typically don't listen to all the "scariest movie" talk because typically when they say stuff like that it's the slasher scary (which doesn't scare me at all) or the "cat jumping out of the garbage can after 45 seconds of musical buildup" scary which I find cheap and annoying.

However, I've heard this movie is "creepy" and that's what I really look for in a scary movie. The buildup of an almost physical sense of unease accompanied with psychological tension. It's tough to do and I can't readily recall a recent movie that has done it consistently throughout the showing.

IIRC Emily Rose did that well in short bursts a couple of times but failed to carry it longer than a ~10mins at a time.

Exactly. Creepy is the word. The tension. I think what they did here was almost as perfect as you can get. There is no monsters, no gore, or anything like that, just about 80 minutes of tension out of 99.

I watch "scary" movies all the time and it is rare that I ever feel the tension afterwards. I liked Blair Witch which is the closest movie I have seen that is similar but I think what puts this way over the top is the setting. After watching BW you go home and not into a forest for 3 days so the tension wears off. After this movie you go back to your home and since it is shown at midnight, you go back home and to your bedroom to go to bed. And that is the setting for this movie. There were literally girls outside the theater crying about how they needed one of their friends to go home with them because they were scared to go home and sleep alone. (so maybe you should go stag Hank!!!).

FUCK IT'S NOT PLAYING AROUND HERE

Everyone laughs at me, but Blair Witch is the creepiest movie I've ever seen and I didn't see it on the big screen. I watched it by myself in bed at 11:30PM at night (I remember Letterman was about to start). I was so freaked out and the odd thing is I couldn't turn it off or turn away if I wanted to. I was just glued to it. After it was done I had to watch cartoons for the next hour before going to bed lol.

This totally looks like it would have the same effect on me, I'd personally love to rent this thing and watch it bed at night. Although after seeing the "ghost" in the bed with them in the trailer I probably wouldn't be able to sleep all night.

If you're thinking about seeing this movie, please don't read any more about it. Just see it. My husband saw it, I didn't. He called me, to make sure I was home when he got there--he didn't want to be home alone.

The last time he had a reaction to a horror movie like that was when he saw the Japanese movie Pulse, he saw it in the theater, I went out with other friends. When I got back home, he was waiting for me, with every light on. He loves horror movies, sees as many as he can, but those two really scared him to death.

Blair Witch and The Ring were both very tension filled and fun to watch.

My wife and I watched the Blair Witch at home one time late and night and were both pretty creeped and out scared the entire movie.

When it was over my wife went into the bathroom and I went by our front door and just stood with my face in the corner so I was just standing there with my back to her and my head down when she came out of the bathroom. She was so freaked out she started crying. It's been what, 5+ years or something, it seems since that movie and she still brings that incident up.

That is the sign of a good creepy movie!

I agree with everyone else here. I'm not a huge fan of the blood and gore and hacking, although thats cool and all, but I like the buildup and tension where you almost feel like you want to look away cause you know someone/thing is going to be there behind them when they close the bathroom door or someone is staring at them in the background when the medicine door mirror closes; that kind of shit is what I love!

That being said, this movie is something I really want to see, but it's not playing anywhere near here, boooo!

lol I do the same thing to my wife and she gets angry every time. Just reading and remembering that scene in BW gives me the chills.

I'm very ashamed of the fact that I bought into the Blair Witch backstory in 1999, and during the buildup/hype before the movie came out I believed 3 kids had gone missing and all that was found was the videotape which was made into a documentary.

I blame the alcohol for making me a very stupid/gullible 22 year old.

The Ring is pretty much the only movie to date that really freaked me out.

I knew too much about Blair Witch beforehand, but I still found it pretty interesting, and I went with people who didn't know anything but what I told them, so that was fun to see.

This movie got over 1,000,000 requests through the Demand It website so Paramount is releasing it nationwide on October 16th.

I'm looking forward to seeing it!

It was made for $15,000.

Actually $11K. Filmed in 5 days in the creators house. Used his actor friends who didn't even change their names. It is actually well done for what it turns out to be.

I can't wait to see it again.

A college buddy of mine saw this when he was in high school, before it came out in theaters (and before the hype train had started). His best friend's dad was a movie exec who brought home a screener, telling them the backstory as if it was the real deal. They watched it in a house set fairly far back in the woods, and apparently it was the scariest experience of his life by far, to the point where it was completely unenjoyable because they couldn't fall back on "it's just a movie".

Where'd you come across this info?

Per wikipedia: In casting the movie, Peli auditioned "a few hundred people" before finally meeting actress Katie Featherston and actor Micah Sloat. He originally auditioned them individually and then called them back so that they could audition together. Peli was impressed with the chemistry the actors showed saying, "If you saw the [audition] footage, you would've thought they had known each other for years."

By the way, went to a late night showing on Saturday night and I thought the movie was fantastic. I completely agree with someone earlier in this thread that mentioned that what made it even creeper was the setting. When I got home, for the life of me I was still scared shitless when I was about to go to bed and every noise in my house was freaking me out.

Only part that was a little meh for me was the ending. I'm not sure what I would have preferred but it seemed to end a bit on the cheap side.

I know it was done for no money--and good on him. Instead of being a whiny creative type "All the movies suck. My movie wouldn't suck. Pass the bowl." He out of his bean bag chair and did it.

The cost being reported is first filming, right? After it being shown in Slamdance, Spielberg saw it, and gave him notes about the ending. (I'm assuming he wanted more scenes with lovable aliens.) Then there's all the post production, color correction, audio looping, etc. And then we get to publicity costs.

I'm hoping Oren Peli has seen Overnight.

My wife got it from another source. Maybe I misunderstood her or her info is wrong or the wiki is wrong. Either way. Awesome movie.

my girlfriend went to watch this movie and called me at 3 in the morning to make sure i was home cause she was scared shit less from this movie but i still had doubt that this movie might be actually that scary, until i started reading a couple forums where grown men couldnt go home alone so now i cant wait till the 16th to go watch it

I saw blair witch when it came out, im still waiting for something to happen.

apparently this movie is going to start being shown around here this friday. I kinda want to go, but I don't have any friends so I'd have to watch it by myself, which will be both embarrassing an scary, which is a pretty tough combo. kinda conflicted.

I go to the movies by myself all the time. It's not that loserish, trust me.

I feel like action flicks and comedies are the only movies that aren't weird to go to alone. Horror, drama, romance...all awkward to go to as a party of 1.

Saw it this afternoon. Pretty creepy. I'm trying to forget about it before it gets dark...

I just saw it myself a few hours ago. I then watched the original ending from 2007, which is different from the 2009 theatrical version. I jumped a few times. Now I am home alone with the dog, may stay up for awhile (all night) and play some cards. lol.

Creepy yes, scary no.

Cant believe it scared the crap outta spielberg.

Why does a spook need to turn on lights?

you racist.

QFT

I also found myself rooting for the dumbasses to die, or at the very least, learn to hold the camera steady.


Haven't seen paranormal yet.

QFT

I also found myself rooting for the dumbasses to die, or at the very least, learn to hold the camera steady.


Haven't seen paranormal yet.

I really couldn't stand the douchebag boyfriend in paranormal activity.

I usually hate disecting films, cause its just entertainment, but all I know is if the demon can leave footprints, it can do damage, so Im outta there, also when the shrin k got to scared to stay, Im also outta there. At the very least Im calling in paranormal experts to spend the night.

Someone, I forget who, told me that the douchebag boyfriend reminded them of me.

Ok, this was a good movie. The only thing that pissed me off was: That they didn't get out of the house right away. I understand that it wouldn't be a movie then but regardless. I'd get the hell out of that house the first time some crazy noise or something happened. I don't care if someone tells me it will follow me, I'd still get out of there. The fact that they waited 20 days to finally decide this pisses me off and is unrealistic.

So if they leave then you got a movie set in an hotel where it happens again. So they leave again and now in a friends house and the same stuff happens, then they go to a resort in the bahama's and all the same stuff happens. But sadly even though that would make the movie that much better(not), the guy who made it didn't have the money to do that. Just because YOU would do something in real life doesn't mean that will make it a good movie.

The people in Alien should have left the planet. But that would ruin the movie.

get it?

This actually didn't need a spoiler tag.



This kind of did.

Ahhh, F this movie!

I seriously had an almost exact same idea about 6-7 years ago. Obviously i'm too god damned lazy to do anything, so i played the movie in my head and left it at that.

My idea for this movie came because all horror movies suck IMO. They try and make creepy killers, and lots of blood, or they try and make demons do crazy shit, but its all just sooo "hollywood" Even good horrors that made you think still didnt bring home the juice.

It wasnt until i started watching episodes of a TV show on TLC i believe.. I cant quite remember, but the show was re-enactments of what they said was real events.
with a narrator who sorta brings you into the movie. Give you that first person impression. And the best part, it was good god damn stories.


Keep reading if you want an example:


it starts off with a normal 15 year old boy, he shared a room with his younger brother. The 15 year old started to go through the teenage stage, where he would talk back, lash out.

This lead the parents to realize, maybe its time he has his own room.. So they allowed him to move into the finished basement.
He started staying down there all day/night.. not being with the family, and distancing himself.

As he lays in bed at night awake. looking up at his ceiling and noticing a dark stain, like mold in the corner.
Then his cousin who was a hot 18 year old girl came to stay with the family one week for a visit. She wanted to hang out and catch up with the kid but he was clearly different.

his face pale, eyes black bags. looks like hes going through a classic emo loser stage. She tells the parents how he doesnt seem to be himself, they say. we know hehas an attitude problem now.
then as the boy lies awake one night while the cousin is sleeping over.The boy looks at the dark stain and you hear whispering coming from it...
The cousin is in an upstairs room. you see her blankets sorta lifting by themslves. then they pull right off her, and she opens her eyes and sees the kid standing at the foot of her bed looking hella creepy.

so she screams and the parents come in, and they comfort her etc etc... then the dad goes downstairs to have a talk with the kid, and you notice the dark stain is getting larger. and creepier looking.
the boy who looks very sick now has an attitude to the dad.

dad goes to the mom,, he's really got a problem etc etc. maybe we should get him some help.

and the whole time this is going on, the narrator is explaining to you the events. and how the evil spirit sensed the young boy was weak minded, that he thought his family hated him and thats why it started making his bedroom its home. trying to control his mind..

it totally makes you think that if its true. it can happen to you..

Still making excuses for trying to bang your cousin?

I actually remember that episode...it was creepy as hell.

saw this last night and I thought it was fantastic! I love these type of movies that scare you in an anticipation, anxiety, whats around the corner, is something going to jump out at you type of way.

my wife couldnt sleep hardly at all last night, woke me up no less than 4 times, twice having nightmares.

One REALLLLLLLLLLY freaky freaky freaky thing that happened. About 3:15 AM this morning my wifes phone rang (she keeps it in our bathroom).

She goes to pick it up and sees on the caller ID it is our daughter calling (who is in her bedroom in our house). She's like OMG it's Bethany!? I was like isn't she in her room? (thinking she may have snuck out and got in trouble or something).

She picks it up "Hello, hello? hello?" She's not on the other line, omg!

So the dark cold 3 am walk happens across the house to goto her bedroom, her door is shut. "Bethany?" no answer.

Open the door, it's pitch dark ..... she's in her bed oblivious to anything that just happened.

We later found out she had fell asleep with her phone open in her bed and she rolled over on it and it called my wife.

Ahh good times!

awesome!

You should freak you wife out one night by getting out of bed and then just standing there.

lol been there done that and didn't end well!

I did tell her she better not try that shit with me too though! Told her if I wake up in the middle of the night with her just standing by the bed hovering in a catatonic state staring at me there is a high likelihood of me causing bodily harm to her!

each to their own i suppose, i didn't really care for this that much at all.

I just finished watching this movie and I found it creepy as fuck. very few movies have ever actually "scared" me, well after I was 6 years old anyways, and this one did. I actually said out loud "fuck fuck fuck don't do that" in the scene when the demon dragged her out of the bed. weird thing is though is that the copy I got was apparently the original 2007 release with the original ending, not the one that was shown in theaters. gonna have to find the new ending and see what that was like. I thought this ending was pretty damn good though.

i think I had the same reaction to that scene as well

also the scene whereshe says he she can tell the demon is behind her because she can feel him breathing and then her hair moves.

shit, that scene wasn't in the version I watched. damn, guess I'm gonna have to rewatch it completely when it comes out on dvd.


I've been trying to think of what other movies actually scared me, and it's a pretty short list. I think blair witch did, can't really remember. texas chainsaw massacre scared me pretty badly but I was pretty young when I saw it and thought the rumors were true that it was a true story. the ring creeped me out quite a bit, especially the tv scene. only other one I can think of is the exorcist which I watched at night along, also when I was quite a bit younger. can't really think of any other movies that genuinely scared me, and I've seen an ass ton of horror movies.