Syed Aqif Mukhtar I started watching Shadow Hours one evening on Foxtel (Australia). Pretty soon I realized that I had to watch it all the way through as the suspense regarding the mysterious rich man (Stuart) kept on building. The movie is about a journey of a young man (Holloway) in to the very dark side of city's night life with that mysterious rich man. Holloway was a former drug addict and is supporting his wife pregnant with their first child by working through grave yard shift on a petrol station (yes we call it petrol in Australia :). He gets acquainted with a rich guy who takes him to very strange clubs and places. That sparks a battle of conscious within Holloway and he finally manages to get out of way by following a rather hard way.The movie reminded me of 8mm in which Nicholas Cage goes deep in to the dark and ugly of porn, gambling and some very psycho stuff in pursuit of a missing girl. Shadow Hours also takes us to all these sick places where at first you will not understand that what kind of people would want to go through that sickening lifestyle. But, If you think a bit more that probably you will realize that most of the people who hang around these places and gets abused by people like Stuart are mentally ill and are probably not accepted by the society. By hanging around such places people like Holloway who often are at borderline of sanity can be influenced in a terrible way. Anyway the movie was entertaining and thought provoking and I will recommend it to all people who liked 8mm.

eddy-28 It is a shame that Shadow Hours is kind of one of those rare thrillers that may have been sorta ignored during it's release, but it is perhaps one of the likable thrillers I have seen in recent years. Director and writer Isaac Eaton did a rather fine job at creating tension and keeping me interested through the story.Balthazar Getty in my opinion has been rather too underrated in films. This talented young actor did a good turning point here in Shadow Hours as the troubled Michael. Trying to straighten out his life, Michael has a new wife (Rebecca Gayheart) and a child on the way. He gets a job during the night shift and encounters a mysterious man named Stuart, (creepily portrayed by Peter Weller). They become close friends and they begin to experiment in the terrible parts of the city and Michael begins going downhill. Eventually Michael learns that Stuart could be a sociopath and he has to fight against him to get back to his life again.Shadow Hours should very well be viewed for those that are fans and are inspired by this kind of genre. The film also has a familiar cast in cameo appearances that include Peter Greene, Richard Moll (of TV's Night Court) and Oscar nominees Frederic Forrest and Brad Dourif.

Dr. Gore *SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT*A gas station attendant is bored with his low paying, sober existence. Peter Weller pulls up in a black Porsche and proceeds to get this party started. He wants to show Balthazar how to have a good time in L.A. after dark. Weller knows where all the hidden parties are. They start slow with some bars and some strip clubs. It's just a little taste for Getty to get excited. Then they advance to underground fights and S&M clubs. Getty starts to lose his soul with the freaks in late night Los Angeles. It may be gone for good.Peter Weller knows how to party. This guy never sleeps. He loves getting as depraved as possible every night. Getty cannot resist the temptation to party in the Shadow Hours with Weller. That pretty much sums up "Shadow Hours". It's the Weller party hours. Rebecca Gayheart shows up as Getty's concerned, pregnant wife. She frowns on all of Getty's nightlife activities. She's a downer, total buzz kill. Thanks to Weller, Getty knows how to have a good time. The movie might be trying to be some sort of cautionary tale about living life too fast or it may just be a B-movie with some cheap thrills. Either way, I enjoyed it. It was a party. Like all movies that try to show you the downside of living wildly, they also have to show you the upside to a wild, wild life. Getty was having more fun with Weller than he was pumping gas. Sometimes, you just gotta cut loose, footloose, kick off those Sunday shoes. Oooh wee.

mwvixen Although initially attracted by an image of what looked like hook-suspension on the video cover, this movie was recommended to me by someone in the scene, and, afforded the opportunity to purchase it for under $10, i took a chance on watching it. Ultimately, i am glad, and i hope to share it with you folks in HELL at an upcoming meeting.The "protagonist", Michael Holloway ( Balthazar Getty), a newly married impending father, and a recovering substance abuser stuck in a depressing job at a 24-hr. convenience store, appeared to me more a vehicle for moving the plot along than a three-dimensional character.The insidious Stuart Chapell, (played by Peter Weller ) proved to be a much more intriguing individual, especially as his true nature became evident. To me he was the epitome of a suave, amoral, cultured sadist, the type that is so seductive and disarming as they lead a confused and impressionable 'submissive" into the "abyss" of their own degeneracy.Distracted by the somewhat vapid "Eyes Wide Shut" - type beginning, and uninspiring, but ,i suppose, necessary, domestic details,and strange impressionistic repetitions, i did not realize where the film was going - not so much plot-wise as thematically, so i was very impressed by the conclusionWhile the "scene" enactment's, both mild and intense, were very compelling and relatively believable,this was not a film about BDSM, but about the dark side of human nature, and its inevitable persistence. ( i was wryly amused that a"mild" erotic BDSM club fell some where on the depravity continuum between campy male strippers, and what appeared to be ostensibly an opium den, while "heavy" S/m directly proceeded a deadly serious game of high-stakes 'Russian Roulette."!The ending surprised me, until i realized what Chapell was supposed to represent..And then i began thinking about the movie "Quills", and about the influence a brilliant mind and Dominant personality can exert over others...while bringing to the surface their suppressed, or less honorable desires...In a word - Chilling - and definitely worth the price "admission"!~MWv~ "What fresh HELL is this?" ~Dorothy Parker~