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Evil Remains [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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A FLAWED SLASHER FILM
Review date: 2007-10-29 Rating: 6 out of 10
Twenty years after a massacre, a haunted plantation has become a figure in New Orleans urban mythology. Psychology student Mark, (Daniel Gillies) and friends Tyler, (Clayne Crawford) Eric, (Jeff Bryan Davis) Kristy Goodman, (Estella Warren) and Sharon, (Ashley Scott) are anxious to know the truth behind the legend, and decide to investigate the truth behind it. As the surroundings start to take their toll on the group and the house begins to creep them out, they start to fall prey to a mysterious killer. Deciding that escape is better, the remaining friends try to leave the house alive.
The Good News: There is some rather decent moments in here. There are some scenes in here that are quite inventive and very well-constructed. The attic sequence is especially nice, as a series of unknown banging upstairs, and upon ascending into the dusty, lowly-lit attic and discover the eviscerated corpse of one of their friends. Moments later, one of them is killed by a booby trap and stumbles into a wall and nails themselves in the head. The deaths themselves aren't half bad and do have some nice gore to them. One is killed with hedge-clippers to the head, another has their throat slit, there's a violent impaling and another is run over by a truck, leaving this satisfactory in the gore factor. There's also some very long and quite exhilarating chase scenes in here that are a joy to watch, and elevate this one a little further. It's not that bad.
The Bad News: This had a lot of potential to be good, and when it's on it's great, but when it's not, there's a lot to dislike here. The main reason for this is that it's one of the talkier slashers ever. The film seems determined to spend all of its time with actors sitting around, standing around, or driving around chatting aimlessly about random subjects. Nearly everything significant that happens in here is repeatedly and endlessly talked about in here. After seeing a similar scene for the fifth consecutive scene, it begins to wear on and it doesn't stop. That is what harms the movie the most, with nearly the first hour of the film covered by this type of action. You can tell that the plot wants to go more into the horror territory every now and then, but it's stuck in the cyclical exposition until the end, making it a slow film to get through.
The Final Verdict: With some great moments spread throughout that make it an entertaining film, but it's ultimately hurt by the fact that nearly everything is talked to death in the film. It's not that bad of a film, so if it sounds like fun, give it a shot. You could do a lot worse than this one.
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Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Will Rokos
Jeff Bryan Davis
Daniel Gillies
Maryam d'Abo
Jeff Galpin
Creators:
Jeff Galpin (Primary Contributor)
Maryam d'Abo (Primary Contributor)
James Merendino (Writer)
Adam Rosenfelt (Producer)
John J. Anderson (Producer)
Kevin Riley (Producer)
Malcolm Petal (Producer)
Marc Schaberg (Producer)
Michael Barnes (Producer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
EAN: 9781417035656
Binding: DVD
ISBN: 141703565X
Number of items: 1
Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC,
Release date: 2005-01-11
Universal product code (UPC): 025192683220
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 88 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2004-10-22
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)