![]() ![]() It's a bit soft, like standard def tends to be, but honestly, I didn't really anticipate how much better it would look in HD until I saw Screenbound's blu. It's anamorphic, 2.35:1, and not interlaced or otherwise troubled. Well, Screenbound sure solved that mystery for us!Īnyway, for a DVD, Vision's disc looks alright. ![]() Spot-checking their catalog, it seems like most of their films are DVD-only. I was pretty disappointed this film got a DVD-only release, but thinking about it, since it was started back in 2002, maybe there's some issue where some of the effects were only finished in standard def? But it's just as likely, if not moreso, that Vision Films, the company that finally bought this film out to the world, were just cheap. Michael Berryman hasn't had a horror role this cool since The Hills Have Eyes (sorry, Cut and Run).Ģ017 Vision DVD top 2017 Screenbound BD bottom. And yeah, it was a DVD-only release here in the US, and hardly a packed special edition at that. Yes, it's a mixed bag, but one where the highs are so high that the lows are immaterial. But definitely don't let its total garbage dump of a release strategy put you off seeing it, either. So maybe don't come into this film expecting the greatest horror film since the original Hellraiser you'll probably be disappointed. Plus, there are one or two "plot convenience" moments and one jokey, meta line of dialogue in the ice cream shop that's so out of place, I can only imagine the director must've left it in the final film on a dare. Yeah, you need some of that exposition, but some judicious editing could've turned a stilted, uneven film into juggernaut. It's like being trapped in a student theater group. #EVIL INSIDE DVD FREE#Like I think co-star Sean Patrick Flanery is giving a decent performance overall, but when he starts talking to Dina Meyer (whose performance could use a bit of a jolt) or his psychiatrist, feel free to go out to the kitchen and top up your drinks. On the other hand though, this has some drawn-out, clunky scenes that really feel like the awkward work of a first-time filmmaker. I think their critic just wasn't paying attention. But its narrative still manages to be more straight-forward and clear than either of those films, and pointed criticisms from that Guardian review like, "characters appear and vanish without warning or explanation, long surrealist interludes go nowhere, and the plot constantly veers into tangents that appear to bear little relevance to the rest of the film" are flat out untrue. Plus, a large element of the story is about dreams, putting it a bit more in the vein of Phantasm. Yes, it's a surreal, in some ways Lynchianhorror flick that shows us the world through the lead character's unreliable perspective, a la Repulsion. It's also not wildly incoherent, the way some write-ups are making it sound. You'd have no idea of its tortured history. Horror we don't see the actors age a decade and a half through theĬourse of this picture or anything. Maybe it is the unknown elements that have more depth and would have been explained better if Getty had been able to let us know the meaning behind certain scenes.And Getty may've been working on this film for fifteen years, but heĬouldn't have been shooting it for fifteen years. Unfortunately though, the film isn’t as much of an artistic masterpiece as viewers would hope. One that brings demons and ghouls back to life. Taking on board some of the classic features horror films have used, Getty makes a film that takes all the qualities of a well-loved horror film and turns it into a new feature. ![]() When John finds his new girlfriend demanding all of his time, Dennis decides to find out what his house is home to, including an antique mirror. Starring Frederick Koehler, Sean Patrick Flanery, Michael Berrymen and Brianna Brown, the film tells the story of Dennis, a teenager who is mentally handicapped, causing him to live with his brother John. After focusing on The Evil Within for over 15 years, the film’s director Andrew Getty works to make horror that is now finally about to be released. When a director allows a film to becomes his whole life works, you know that they care about every detail. ![]()
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