Plot: A family is moving from the city to the countryside. They spent all their savings on the house, hoping to get a fresh start. But the house needs work and something is lurking there. The kids feel there's an evil presence inside the house, but the parents don't want to hear it, which only increases the tension.
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January 21, 2025
The Pangs went to the US and ended up with this film. I liked it a lot when I first watched it, but almost two decades later I find it hard to see anything out of the ordinary. It's still a pretty solid horror flick, with some tense scenes here and there, but overall it's too cliché to deserve a spot in my list of all-time favorites.
The performances are a bit wonky (safe Stewart), the scares are generic and the premise is as basic as they come. The Pangs knows how to build up tension and the film has a bit of extra visual flair, but it's not enough to create something truly memorable. The Messengers is decent horror filler, but the Pangs are capable of so much more.
May 13, 2007
[review pending]