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Summary: ST. FRANCISVILLE "waste of my time" EXPERIMENT
Review: Let me say first that All in all, i felt scared once, when the movie wouldnt eject out of my VCR, (thank god for quick thinking and a bat ).The only reason i rented this cheeeesy movie was because my friend hyped me up about it saying , " the scariest movie i have ever seen! Better than the blair witch!" now i saw the blair witch w/this particular friend and i must say it freaked me out, so to hear him say this about the movie got me thinkin. If it was possible to get the time i wasted back after watching this movie, i would. The actors who are supposedly "real people" are fake and boring. The 4 characters are 1 physcic named Madison, 1 history major Ryan (girl), 1 team leader chicken Paul and 1 goofy cameraman Tim. While watching the first 15 min you get a feeling of the Blair witch w/ many interviews w/ local people and directors and what not. The house if supposedly haunted by a women in the 1800's who mutilated many of her salves. She then escaped a mob and then supposedly hid in the st. francisville house where she did even more gruesome acts. It sounded like a pretty intersting plot i must say. At the time the gang reaches the house you have about 55 minutes left. I couldnt understand what they could do for 55 min when the first 15 min felt like 1 hour. The group gets in, the only way out if the front door. the windows and the rest of the doors are locked tight. They make camp in the front living room. and start a HOUSE WARMING party. they pray to the house, " we come in peace, and are protected by the white light." If i ever hear a person say WHITE LIGHT again i might die. After this they go throught rooms where every closet has a sound, but only have cats jumpin out of them. FINALLY! in the last 10 minutes do they split up, go to different areas and start to get their butts whipped by a ghost.
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Summary: blatant blair witch rip-off but entertaining none the less
Review: Not to get into a comparison of the Blair Witch and St. Francisville, but you have to. The three actors in Blair Witch were so convincing that you thought the footage was real. One of the four actors in St. Francisville was soooooo bad that it was obviously a movie you were watching. Regardless of the some terrible acting and a not-so satisfying ending, the movie does a good job creating some tension. Definitely more satisfying than a lot of bigger budget movies with name stars, so it's worth watching and you can garner your own opinion.
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Summary: Dreadful
Review: Obviously this is a Movie and not "REAL", but I can't believe anyone would find this scary or even interesting. I rented this knowing that it had some bad reviews, but curious anyway. After watching this movie I can honestly say that I was angry. Not because the movie tries to gimmick itself as real, not because the actors and dialogue are lame, not even because the movie is just bad, but because it was such a lackluster production that was probably whipped together in month to ride on the Blair Witch Project coat tails. It is a blatant rip-off that does not even try to impress the viewer. That is the most unforgivable thing about this movie. Finally, yes I agree...with a previous review...May I never hear "surround yourself with white light" again!
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Summary: Much Better than the Blair Witch
Review: Ok, for all you people out there, this is suppposed to be fake. Whether or not they said it was real, you should have known that it was fake anyways. They wouldn't send 4 people into a supposedly haunted house, and leave them alone for the night. But just to throw that out there, who cares if it's not real, it's entertainment value. Anyways, about the movie. Albeit, a little short, and slow at the beginning, once they get into the house, the blood starts to run cold and the scares begin. I'm not saying this is the best movie, nor the worst. But the laughs at the comments by the actors, and the scares that this movie provides, is more than worth the sluggish start. I don't care what anyone says about this movie, it's worth watching. The Blair Witch, although having a better backstory, and the hype factor, didn't live up to what we expected. Personally, I enjoyed the ending of this movie over the Blair Witch, because things actually happen, you actually see things happening. Instead of strange noises, and jumpy cameras, you actually see things happening. And the end is quite freaky. While not the best of movies, I definitely recommend you people to watch it once, and then decide on yourselves if you liked it. Don't take what all these people here who obviously have no sense of imagination and fun, ruin it for you people. See it yourselves. P.S. Watch it with the lights out, and the sound way up.. =)
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Summary: A Most Chilling Tale
Review: Remember The Blair Witch Project? Good. Now forget about it. TSFE exceeds it in every way. That aside this is a great movie to watch at nite, or in the daytime(My mom watche it while she was doing laundry and still got the bejeezus scared out of her) The plot basically centers on four college age kids who spend, or attempt to spend a night in a St. Francisville plantation. These four are: Madison, Paul, Tim, and Ryan. By the way, Madison is psychic. After an informational beginning, in which the true story of Madame Lalaurie is told, we finally came to the house. While exploring the house, some very interesting things happen. A chadelier falls as the team leaves an anonymous room. The ghost is obviously a fan of Phantom of the Opera. Then while in the attic a light mysteriously flickers, and a chair hurls itself across the attic. Creepy. After an interesting Ouija board session with a spirit named Charlie, and a few cold spots and closing doors, Madison decides the team should cleanse the house. With the "white light of heaven" no less. Unfortunately some of the spirits of the house aren't to happy about this, included a tortured slave, and supposedly Madame Lalaurie herself. (gasp)
You'll have to watch the movie to find out if the team escapes. This is one of my favorite horror films of all time, mainly because I am one of those silly people who have trouble deciding whether or not the movie was real. At any rate Madison's new world psychic crap certainly makes her character believable. The other characters, if they are actors, certainly portray fear well. And for those of you who dislike the ending I'll say this much. It definetly got my attention.
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Summary: You Gotta be Kidding
Review: SFE I watched with a open mind being both a avid Horror Movie fan and ghost hunter. Well the movie at best tryed Desperatley to Rip off the Blair Witch Project but hid that fact by introducing the haunted House concept.Problems With the Film #1 The Spooky scenes in the movie are Obivously rigged and campy at best. #2 I have actually Been to that House, Well Sort of I got as close as you can without disturbing the Residents. Smell of Death? Hardly Probably Lysol, and Long Dark Road? Perhaps at night But where in St Francisville is not dark at night...Nowhere lastly #3 the Premise is that Madame La Laurie evil Mistress of the movie did Committ heinous Atrocitys in New Orleans Long Ago, But by Movies account She escaped overnight to this Place in St Francisville. Um New Orleans to Baton Rouge is a good two hour drive at freeway speed, No less St Francisville is Another Hour North Of Baton Rouge. She Must have owned Horses that were on the Tv Show Bonanza. but thats a different Review.
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Summary: Just Good Fun
Review: SFE is not groundbreaking. If you are a stuck up little film snot, then this movie probably isn't for you because it's meant to be fun. If you are cynical, pretentious, or only watch "films" and never "movies" (you know who you are), please, show yourself to the door. Okay, the rest of you? Still there? Good. Let's get down to business. SFE is a lot like sitting around and telling scary stories during a sleepover. All it is really, is a device that is trying to spook you. Let yourself go and you stand a great chance of being freaked out by this movie. I know I was. The story is simple. Take "Blair Witch," cut the general plot and characters (plus a few more) and paste the whole deal into a haunted house. Add minimal FX and wash, rinse, repeat. The best difference between SFE and BWP is that SFE feels like there is some design to the way it was made. It feels produced, but scarier because it wasn't made by some kids in the forest who don't know the first thing about suspense (or in their case, improvisation). If you're looking for a fun way to kill a friday night, give it a whirl. I think you'll like it.
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Summary: Not Exactly "The Ring", but Not Without its Charms
Review: So the characters were cardboard cutouts, and annyone ones at that (If I here "I'm surrounded by white light," "Paul, save me!" or "Is it that time of the month?" ever again...). At least Tim's "I love all the ghosts" was cute. Admittedly, scenes like the cat in the closet and the conviniently placed bag of medical equipment in the basement (that house had obviously been renovated for a modern family, and that box was RIGHT under the stairs. Do you honestly think it wouldn't have been found?) had me groaning out loud. But quite honestly, that last "cleansing ritual" made me sit up and take notice, from the point where Madison's candle blew out onwards. Tim's succession of doors, the ghost in the mirror, Madison covered in blood and screaming in terror, I felt all of those scenes were nicely done. Is this one of the great haunted house movies? Not even close. But that last scene made me sit up and take notice, and left me feeling at least somewhat satisfied. Worth a look.
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Summary: What Blair Witch should have been.
Review: The comparisons between this film and BW are inevitible; they go with the same general idea of a small band of young people exploring a paranormal experience. What made this movie much better for me than Blair Witch was believeability. Whereas the plot, acting, and interactions in BW were all very bad in my opinion, this movie scared the bejesus out of me. A sign of a good scary movie is that it will affect you after you finish watching it, looking over your shoulder. I laughed through most of BW and that was seeing it in a theater. TSFP on the other hand, I watched at home by myself, and I had to have a light on. I do not scare very easily, and the only thing that does make me go into the whole "fight or flight" adrenaline-pumping frightened mode is real stories and videos of ghosts. While a few of the events and the too perfect selection of people tips you off that this really is just a movie, the actors and interactions are just real enough to leave you questioning whether or not it could possibly be real. Also I'd like to say I thought the actors did a wonderful job portraying who they did, and I believed them through the movie. Whereas I laughed when the girl was talking into the camera in BW, I felt really frightened and sympathetic for the "psychic" in the one "mirror" scene (If you watch it, you'll know which one I mean.). Probably what also helped this was I didn't know whether it was real or not at the beginning. That's the one edge BW should have had, but never did because of the media hype that surrounded it. Even with that, I felt TSFP was far superior in many ways and on what had to be an even smaller budget. In fact the only thing that keeps it from 5 stars is mearly the first thing that happens and the ending, otherwise a great scary movie, perfect for scaring yourself senseless on Holloween if you can't find a haunted house of your own to visit.
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Summary: Descent
Review: The movie started out pretty slow. The interviews weren't anywhere close to being interesting, I almost fast-forwarded it. Luckily I had my girlfriend over and she was doing the whole scared girl thing, just because I told her it was going to be a horror movie. The roach on the sandwich was a very obvious touch to the already predictable movie. Like some of the others I thought the ending saved the whole movie. The actors were crap and untalented. Just a bunch college brats who thought it'd be "cool" to be in a haunted house. So i'd rent it or buy it anyway, just for the hell of it.
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