GL84 Trying to gain her psychology master, a student suffering from night terrors as well as several of her friends learn that they're being triggered by a series of attacks brought by creatures living in the shadows and must find a way of stopping them from continuing to hunt them.This was a decent if overall rather forgettable effort. Among the few things it does right here is really sell the idea of the strange creatures and their world they represent here that there's a great framework needed for horror villains. The idea of marking their prey through night terrors as a child and then coming back to collect them as adults is quite an effective idea, and the rules needed for them to become viable once again makes for a rather enjoyable creature here. From their ability to tamper with electricity by causing blackouts or surges enough to break the light altogether or the way in which they create a sense of loneliness in their attacks, it has the sort of general fear and desperation of being attacked by that kind of entity. Likewise, beyond this setup there's also the film's incredibly fun and frantic attack scenes of the creatures getting into play here as this one has some awesome scenes here, from the swimming pool encounter and his scenes in the apartment to the absolutely stellar stalking scenes in the tunnel after the train trip all being fast, frantic scenes that are much better than expected. Still, that's also what signals the start of the flaws here as these attack scenes are so haphazard and tame that there's very little appeal to the scenes as they're so bloodless and utterly devoid of any kind of true horror appreciation since they're edited to try to be chilling but can't because of the rating. Not having any kind of blood or gore in here during all these different attacks is an immensely distressing factor here by this one never really getting any kind of big effect which sells what's going on as it misses the big picture of the scenes. There's also the fact that there's such a discrepancy with the scenes here in being long, involved scenes compared to the other scenes which are fast and really crazed that it creates a really disjointed pacing of making the action scenes look good until the kills and has long, bland scenes in between them. The last flaw here is the creatures' lack of explanation for appearance here as there's never anything given about why they target the people, how they work or anything about them and it makes them far less frightening. These here are what really holds this one back.Rated PG-13: Violence, Language and Brief Nudity.

BA_Harrison After her childhood friend Billy (Jon Abrahams) commits suicide, convinced that something waiting in the dark is going to eat him, psychology student Julia Lund (Laura Regan) becomes convinced that she is also being stalked by creatures who intend to to her harm.My automatic reaction to seeing the words 'Wes Craven presents' on a DVD cover used to be to put it straight back where it came from: to me, having a film-maker who has zero connection with a production lend his name to help shift units smacked of desperation. The strange thing is, having now seen a few of the films that Wes has endorsed, I can honestly say that they're not as bad as a lot of horror films I've seen (including a few of Craven's own!).'They', for instance, is is a textbook example of how to develop a solid scary movie out of the flimsiest of set-ups; the story (if one can even call it that) goes absolutely nowhere over the course of an hour and a half, but is fun while it lasts. Director Robert Harmon wrings every last ounce of tension from his unexceptional set-up, preying on the audience's inherent fear of the unknown, repeatedly immersing his characters in darkness where something dreadful lurks waiting to whisk them away to somewhere terrible.Harmon wisely keeps the film's creatures, who attack those who are afraid of the dark, as indistinct as possible, well aware that what the viewer will conjure up in their mind will be far more terrifying than any CGI special effect. All Harmon shows us are vague, inhuman forms scuttling in the shadows, making some really creepy sounds as they stalk their victim—and that's all is really required to deliver some decent jump scares and hair-raising moments of fear.Sadly, after such a fine build up, the film wraps up matters in a really weak fashion no matter which of the two endings you watch: ending A) Julia's mad and the creatures don't exist, or ending B) Julia's not mad and the creatures do exist. Neither makes for a particularly satisfying conclusion, but neither is terrible enough for one to dismiss the film entirely.

chillis-796-360101 The camera work on this film is gorgeous--you feel almost every moment as if you are immersed in a dream-like/almost waking state along with the main character, never quite knowing what to believe. The problems come with the complete mistrust of everyone around the main character that she has any credibility at all--when she tries to assert the idea that something not-so-normal is happening, NO ONE in her life believes her, not even the man she loves. The woman is one step from her Masters in Psych--you would think she MIGHT know a thing or two about delusions! Now, on to the effective moments...and there are some very effective moments. We feel the dread the characters feel who are suffering from the revisiting "night terrors," and we feel the main characters increasing panic as she realizes what's next for herself. When these people are creeped out, so are you.The "gotcha" moments are worth putting up with the little problems...give it a shot.

pawnstar3 If you understand that this is PG-13 then you will know there isn't much gore in this and you will get that out of your head. The story was simple and creepy, the acting was decent, and the scares were realistic. I loved the scene with the Julia and Billy when he kills himself. That was awesome. I actually wish we saw more of his character because he was the most interesting character in the film. Overall, I thought it was a decent little movie that got little recognition. BTW, I loved the ending - it fit with the rest of the film. Here are my complaints: it was a bit boring at points, and it was light on scares. Other than that, it was decent.