Rating: 
Summary: Hmm... this is frustrating to watch.
Review: I would give this movie only one star, but I think that the direction and the special effects are enough to merit two. The movie does create a somewhat decent atmosphere, and it is a bit creepy, but there are severe faults in the course of the movie that prevented me (And possibly others) from enjoying it fully.The first problem, I would say, involves the ending. The alternate ending available on the DVD is actually very good, and would have made the movie much better (Maybe even raising it to a two-and-a-half or even three-star rating). However, the "real" ending is quite disappointing. It builds up the movie to a conclusion that is never concluded. It's the sort of ending that you'd get when somebody thinks they're being clever or fooling around with your brain, but really, they're just being lazy and not finishing off the movie. The second, and much more devastating problem is that Laura Regan does a terrible job and her character is a poor choice for a heroine. It's bad enough that Regan can't act to save her life (Figuratively or literally, however you look at it). It's made only worse by her stupid, stupid character. You know those horror movie cliches that annoy you? Like when a character is all alone in a creepy house wearing nothing but their underwear and then they decide, "Hmm, the attic would be a good place to hide?" This movie is full of those stupid cliches / decisions, and almost all of them come from the heroine. She is unlikeable, unbelievable, and very difficult to sympathize with, which makes the movie difficult to enjoy. On the plus side, the creatures are nicely rendered and pretty creepy. Also, I'm pleased to see that the movie relies less on cheap scares and gore and more on subtle suspense and eeriness (Even though it kind of weakens down as it goes on). This is a movie that could have been incredibly scary if the script was retooled a bit and if the main character was replaced by somebody we could like. Though, I have to say... Regan is disgustingly skinny... and her frame is by far the scariest thing I have seen in years. Yech! VIOLENT CONTENT - Most violence is off-screen. There is no gore. There are some dark images and "They" grab people and drag them around on the ground, which is a bit disturbing... but it's mostly not that bad. LANGUAGE CONTENT - Almost none. Nothing worse than what you'd hear on a sitcom on network TV. NUDITY / SEXUAL CONTENT - I seem to remember at least one needless shower scene, but there isn't any nudity. There are a couple of scenes where some characters are just about to become intimate, and nothing is shown.
Rating: 
Summary: "They" destroyed the script
Review: Yet another entry into the producer-driven style of filmmaking, "They" is an utter disappointment where credulity and even basic thrills are tossed out the window in favor of B-grade nonsense. The plot of the film follows a young graduate student named Julia Lund (Laura Regan) who -- after the inexplicable suicide of a good friend, Billy (Jon Abrahams) -- begins experiencing the same "night terrors" that she suffered from as a child. She quickly begins to suspect that the "monsters" whom she thought were just figments of her imagination could be quite real. Teaming up with a pair of friends who befriended Billy in the months before his death (the always reliable Ethan Embry and Dagmara Domynczyk), Julia tries to discover the truth behind the nameless creatures while maintaining a fragile grip on reality. Director Robert Harmon is highly regarded because of his work on the cult thriller, "The Hitcher" with Rutger Hauer. But here, his efforts are wasted on a film that suffers from a largely incoherent plot and one-dimensional characters. The actors in the film have little to work with, Laura Regan (Julia) clearly has trouble carrying a motion picture on her shoulders, and any semblance of tension is lost within a sea of hackneyed scares -- the type which have been used over and over again in these types of movies (i.e. people bumping into someone behind them and saying "Oh, you scared me!"). Creature designs were handled by Patrick Totopolous of "Godzilla" and "Independence Day" fame -- but very little is seen of the night predators. The film's downer ending is quite audacious and provides the most inspired moment in the entire ninety minute running time, but considering the fact that the characters are so poorly constructed, the viewer is probably not likely to care. However, the real tragedy is not the fact that Harmon made his comeback with this mess, or that Wes Craven attached his name to "They" simply to help Dimension Films sell tickets. It's the writer who got the raw end of the deal here. In what's becoming one of the most famous and bally-hooed instances of producers single-handedly ruining a project in recent memory, Brendan William Hood's original spec script (which is also availible to read online, as of this reviewer's writing) was an extremely frightening story that had almost nothing -- and I mean almost NOTHING -- to do with the film ... no night terrors, different creatures, and a chilling plot which features none of the scenes in this movie. For reasons unknown, the producers junked with the script's entire central concept and decided to focus on "night terrors" instead (even though the night terrors in the film are really just nothing more than shopworn and conventional instances of glorified sleepwalking). They even managed to rip off one of their OWN movies -- "Pitch Black" -- with creatures that can't appear anywhere except when the lights have gone out. Nice one, guys. And according to IMDB trivia on "They," as many as ten different writers reworked on the script at various points in the production -- is it any wonder why it's a mess? The DVD also has almost no extras -- save for an alternate ending which proves that nobody was quite clear as to what they wanted this movie to be. There are no film trailers, and no commentary by the cast, writer (which is understandable) or the director is provided. Blame the producers for this one, folks. Hopefully the cast, director, and writer will manage to move on to better projects. But "They" is a catastrophic failure -- a midnight movie that actually provides more of a cure for insomnia than any decent scares inherent to good horror films.
Rating: 
Summary: OK horror that kills time almost as rapidly as its cast
Review: Though THEY is "presented" by Wes Craven, his name doesn't appear anywhere on the credits of this B-horror directed by Robert Harmon, best known for the cult classic THE HITCHER.
As a child Billy (Josh Abrahams) suffered from night terrors. Now 19 years later the nightmares have resurfaced, but this time he awakens with a Freddy Krueger-esque slash mark on his hand that won't heal. He calls his friend Julia (Laura Reagan) and when she meets Billy at a local diner she finds him dishevelled and visibly disturbed. The explaination is simple: Billy tells Julia that he is haunted by dark dwelling creatures that can affect electricity (And of course, has a thirst for human blood). But conveniently there are mysterious power fluctuations in the diner which electrocute Billy before he can give Julia the full story. Is this a plot device to help build suspense; or is it just plain old-fashioned indolence on the Screenwriter's part? Watch and decide for yourself.
What's more macabre is that prior to Billy's death, strange events that could only be of supernatural origin have been occuring in Julia's house: Such as random short circuits, blood gurgling out of the bathroom sink and an icky black substance smeared on her bathroom mirror. Could this be a coincidence? Nope. At the funeral Julia learns that several more of Billy's friends have recently been having "night terrors" that they had as kids. No prizes for guessing what happens next.
THEY is a passable time killer which is better than a lot of similarly themed direct to video horrors, but this could easily be dismissed as a low-key, toned down variation on NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. Horror fans may still want to check it out, but THEY will mostly appeal to novice horror fans in their early teens rather than hardened genre buffs.
DVD extras include the trailer, an alternate ending for the movie and subtitles.
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Summary: The worst horror movie since Wishmaster
Review: This movie is summed up by the old saying "Much ado about nothing". You can tell they had a great special effects team but it is always so dark that you never get to see anything. The monster never comes into the light. It appears for about 1 1/2 seconds each time it springs out and never delivers even to the very end. The only thing good about THEY is the alternate ending but by then you're so bored it doesn't even save it. Remember movies like: THE THING, ALIEN, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET? Those were good scary movies. Don't waste your time or your money on this one. I've seen scarier episodes of Sponge Bob Square Pants!
Rating:
Summary: One of the worst movies I have ever seen
Review: This movie has 0 scary scenes and is incredibly boring. I can't believe Wes Craven would lend his name to this tripe!
Rating:
Summary: BORINGGGGGGG
Review: What a waste of a nice evening! This movie was beyond horrible and if I could have given this movie -stars I would have. The plot was borning, nothing made me think in this movie because quite frankly there was nothing to think about. I read some reviews on here before I even rented it and I have to agree with the people that say its dull, boring and most of all a waste of time. Nothing about this movie was scary, if you want to see something better, watch "The Ring". Please do yourself a favor and when you see this movie in the movie rental stores, do not even give it the pleasure of your glance.
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Summary: more doldrums from the master of the obtuse, Wes Craven
Review: I don't know what I was thinking when I got this movie. I had a chance to back out-when I saw the name "Wes Craven," and remembered a number of movies bearing his namesake that nearly put me to sleep, and should have taught me a lesson. Ah, but it had been years since I last slipped up- I had forgotten the strung-together storylines, the bad acting, the predictable cuts to scene after predictable scene. The master of nightmares? Maybe one nightmare-and unintentionally so.
Rating: 
Summary: Creepy and effective
Review: This movie has received a bad rap by many horror fans, but those of us who can still appreciate a good old-fashioned scare will take to this atmospheric, nicely photographed film that deals with childhood nightmares coming back to haunt us as adults. The "monsters" are seen only briefly and scarcely throughout the film, and this only increases the apprehension and sense of dread, culminating in a hair-raising encounter just before the film's final act. This isn't a gore show, but if you are able to be affected by a spooky atmosphere, well-paced scares and things that go bump in the night, "They" is definitely the movie for you.
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Summary: Great Potential, but left me Craven
Review: Started out with promise. I could relate to, and liked the night terror concept, but soon found out that the movie did not have much more to offer. All the lights going out, and what's behind the glass were too cliche and predictable. The ending was something of a shocker, but it was too abrupt and left me wanting a better resolution. My biggest complaint is the lack of hope in the entire movie. You get the feeling that there is no way out for the victims, which takes away the anticipation of victory, and leaves you dissatisfied. Definitely not Craven's best: I will no longer watch a Craven movie just because of the name.
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Summary: Rent it before you buy it...
Review: I would suggest renting this movie before buying it. I wasn't able to see this movie in the theater (the sound and darkness might have made the movie better/scarier) but I didn't care for the movie. If you like the "monster-type" movies then this is the movie for you.
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