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Summary: Very entertaining
Review: For some reason this movie did not get great revues. I don't know why, i enjoyed it. While it's not scary, it was a decent story with good acting. I love the end of the film. A good purchase if you enjoy horro/sci fi movies
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Summary: The Enemy from Within
Review: The movie starts with two sisters, Lisa and Jenny, going on a ski vacation. When they arrive, they discover their landlady is dead and the town is deserted. Soon the Sheriff and his deputies join the girls and they all come to the conclusion that the entire town is missing or dead. They head for one of the local hotels where a message mentions the "Ancient Enemy." Soon the "government" shows where a British professor, Peter O'Toole, explains his theory of the "Ancient Enemy," which periodically emerges from inside the earth to annihilate civilization.Phantoms is not a really scary movie - but there are tense moments!
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Summary: filled with fear, screams, and nasty goo
Review: This movie began with two sisters, chatting away like normal sisters do. But when they arrive int he town, everyone has mysteriously died, except the sheriff (Ben Affleck) and two other deputies. When they begin to find severed heads in ovens and giant butterflies killing people, they know that no human could be doing this. About half way through this movie, you alomost find yourself turning the movie off because it seems like there couldn't be any plot to tie this movie together, but not till the end does it tie the movie together in a science/horror kind of way that only the best stelling author Dean Koontz could think of. This DVD is a and ultimate keeper.
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Summary: Shlock Horror!!!!!
Review: In the town of Snowfield, Colarado, hundreds of people have disappeared, or are left horribly dead. The 5 remaining residents must find out who or what is responsible as they face danger of an ancient enemy of horrific proportions to try and remain alive. You would think a movie starring Ben Affleck, Rose McGowan, Live Schreiber and Peter O' Toole would be pretty good. Wrong!!! The movie is a sub-par mediocre horror story I doubt does Dean Koontz novel, that it is adapted from, justice. Character development is very poor, with little told about each character other than that which the plot relied on. On a plus though - the special effects are of a high value and there are quite a few (maybe 2) nice, scary scenes. Recommended for horror aficionados only.
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Summary: Why oh why Ben and Liev?
Review: How do they get awesome and talented stars such as Ben Affleck and Liev Schreiber into movies like this? I'll admit that I watched it because these two actors were in it. They did admirably well with what little they were given. Definetely not one of the best movies I have ever seen. However, there is a really funny part where Schreiber sings "I fall to pieces" by Patsy Cline that makes up for the rental or purchase price.
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Summary: Colorado Shoggoth
Review: I actually give this one three-and-a-half stars, but I'm rounding-up since so many people unfairly blast this movie for not being the book. The major criticism of Phantoms seems to be that it's "a monster movie," but that's as unfair as criticizing a John Wayne flick for having cowboys in it - defining a picture's genre isn't the same as criticquing it, and if you didn't want a monster movie, why did you want to watch this? Small-town doctor Joanna Going and kid sister Rose McGowan return to Going's mountain resort community of Snowfield, Colorado, to find everybody missing or horribly dead. Nearby town sheriff Ben Affleck and twisted deputy Liev Schreiber turn up to help them make sense of the mystery. Their only clue leads them to unknown scholarly author Peter O'Toole, whose all but forgotten book on mass disappearances holds the answers they seek. Derivative, yes - anyone familiar with John Carpenter's The Thing and H. P. Lovecraft's "shoggoths" in At the Mountains of Madness is ahead of the game - but that hardly diminishes the fun of this fast-paced monster movie. It's slick and well-produced, and the cast are quite good in their roles. It bogs down a bit in the second half, but not enough to ruin the marvellous setup and ultimate payoff. Though the movie couldn't match the book because of necessary limitations, in some ways Dean Koontz's self-adapted screenplay improves upon the novel. For one thing, Colorado has more resort communities of the type Koontz set the story in than his original choice of California. For another, the fate of O'Toole's character in the book is less satisfying than the one he comes to in the film. Koontz streamlined several subplots and excess characters into a more dramatically workable few, to excellent effect, most notably with Liev Schreiber's psychopathic deputy. There are some very well-written scenes in this movie, many better than their equivalents in the unwieldy but definitely enjoyable book, such as the one in which O'Toole finds himself "reluctantly" recruited on the monster-hunt by government Men In Black. This isn't a great movie, to be sure, but it is a good one, and well worth watching if you like this kind of thing. And Dean, if you're listening, you made the right choices when you adapted your wonderful novel. I like both versions, each in their own way.
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Summary: Middle of the road monster movie.
Review: One thing the film adaptation of Dean Koontz's Phantoms shows is the origins of some of the plot concepts in Chuck Russell's high octane remake of The Blob. Quite frankly the borrowed ideas worked better in The Blob than they do in Phantoms because Koontz's script is so underdeveloped and over simplified, strange considering the rich and textured fast moving plots Koontz grinds out on an almost daily basis. The residents of a small town vanish almost instantly and whoever (or whatever) is responsible playfully toys with those who either stumble on the scene or have come to investigate. Peter O' Toole plays his role with resigned fatigue, Ben Afflek is far too young for his part, and guess what happens to the token black guy and other minority groups hanging around the edges of the cast. Director Joe (Halloween 6) Chappelle crafts an undistinguished monster movie that I found hard to dislike and easy to recommend to the undiscriminating.
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Summary: Just ok!
Review: Phantoms will not go down in horror movie realm as a classic. However, it is not a turkey either so one is left scratching one's head. The premise is interesting and the guy from the scream movies is easily the best actor of the lot. However, the ending is lame and the dialogue is terrible to say the least. A perfect example of wasted potential. The movie starts out great and then delves into mediocrity.
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Summary: Best Koontz adaptation is often terrifying.
Review: Two sisters return to small town Snowfield, Colorado only to discover everyone dead or missing. Intriguingly-plotted Dean Koontz horror/thriller is his best adaptation to date (no surprise it's from his best novel), featuring a genuinely terrifying first half. Loses a bit of momentum when it rushes the plot in the second half and messily explains the situation, but manages to generate more thrills in the finale. The moth scene is the film's most frightening highlight. Good performances from Ben Affleck, Joanna Going, and a scene-stealing turn from Liev Schrieber.
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Summary: GOOD START, BAD ENDING
Review: This movie starts great.It's very original and frightening.
Then, after one of the police men die, it starts to be a little stupid.
After the middle, when strange creatures appears it's very stupid.And the ending, could be better.
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