Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Celia A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

GL84 Traveling to Romania to finish a legendary movie, a troubled director and his crew must deal with the effects of a deadly curse over the production killing off anyone involved and deal with it before succumbing to it.Overall this one was pretty enjoyable if slightly disappointing effort. This one really tends to get going with the rather enjoyable and exciting back-story here detailing the effects of the gypsy curse and revelations about the early film here which is quite the creepy story that would've made for a rather enjoyable film had it ever been filmed. This makes the filming of these scenes quite enjoyable as there's a fine sense of atmosphere displayed there during these scenes when looking back at them through the film-cameras which makes many of these accidents quite thrilling when falling lights, broken rigs and failing light-work all conspire against the crew in a slew of grisly accidents that come off rather nicely here to carry on the legacy of the curse here in addition to the few startling ghost attacks up on the stage- rafters and the ambush down in the basement. This also brings up the events of the final half as the true value of that curse comes about with deadly accidents in the development lab, a thrilling revelation sequence on the movie set as the replayed events of the original story are enacted and then finally meeting up with the main spirit which causes this one to really get a decent enough finish here to help it somewhat against the few flaws here. Among the biggest is the fact that there's just no end to the rather convoluted and completely meaningless visions that he keeps experiencing which don't really further the movie at all. Rather than serving as a way to keep the filmed movie going or gaining insight into how to defeat the ghostly being stalking around, which is what's to be expected in this kind of situation here, they're more used to showcase supposedly creepy images and jump-scares that don't mean much instead as there's little purpose to them, and simply being there to remind us how troubled he is doesn't help matters so all these scenes do is serve to highlight the film's next big problem in the uneven pacing. There's so many stretches here where nothing really happens that there's times when this one tends to run aground and derail itself by not going for the main storyline involving the curse on display against the film crew as they deal with their own petty problems or utilizing his moronic visions that keep the ghost actually off-screen so long into this one until the final battle. That in itself is the biggest issue holding this one back, as while the lame CGI for the lone ghost sequence might be another detriment it's not as bad compared to these other factors that hold this one down.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Rabh17 A lot of the other reviews are kinda harsh and seem to come from the Uber-Film High-Brow Horror Critic's row of the theatre. Whereas I just wanted to see something. . .different.What grabbed me was the notion of a ghost story set current day, in Transylvania, that didn't involve Vampires. Period.I'm sick of Vampires: Old, Young, Teenagers, the black leather thing, suburban dark sex. . .whatever. Just sick of it all. And here was a story about a modern day haunting in Transylvania on a movie set.Now I'll be honest, the plot is confusing. I'm not quite sure on exactly WHAT was haunted: The Movie Set, the Film, or the 'Set Specialist' himself, But I like the fact that you're not quite sure whether the 'Set Specialist' Marcus is hallucinating or really seeing things. The build-up of havoc on the filming set and the deaths here and there followed by the final send-up of the ghost/apparition at least did not follow the usual formula, so I was entertained. And to the Nay-Saying Aficionados who were expecting more linear, explainable plot, I say that the lack of an explainable plot was excusable because the action still drove towards a weird conclusion. And what held me was the fact that it wasn't a PREDICTABLE Plot. I STILL wanted to see what the End would be. And on that score, I say the movie scored a point.The FX were nicely done and the flies were a nice touch. There's gore, but it's more Ick than Splatter. Warning: Girlfriends with weak stomachs or sensibilities may need you to cover their eyes a bit. Oh, and refrain from a genuine male desire to get some pizza out of the Microwave. . .the GF will NOT understand and will give you troublesome disgusted looks.Nah, it's not Horror Movie Gold-- but it has it's own Honorable Mention Category and definitely a good passable Saturday Nite Horror Flick. And when you watch, don't Siskel & Ebert it. This is Elvira material! Enjoy!

kdkpranks Sure, it's not a GREAT movie, but it's far from bad. It's a Japanese director's attempt at making a more western-oriented horror film. It DOES have some gore (though no nudity, but who gives a shite about nudity unless they can't get laid? Most of us can see real nudity whenever we want it, so that shouldn't be an issue to most Americans). This is actually a quite decent interpretation of Asian horror. The script is certainly no more lame than other 'revered' Asian horror films like The Ring or The Grudge or The Eye. Give it a chance and an open mind and you'll see that it's not a classic, but still quite good compared to most horror films produced nowadays.

SirFuzzi "Don't Look Up" is a remake of an old Japanese film, following in an almost viral tradition; "The Grudge" and "The Ring" are but two popular titles that have followed this trend. Both are stellar films in their own rights; unfortunately, "Don't Look Up" shows promise only moments before falling flat on its face.From the very beginning of the movie, the viewer is introduced to the significant element: a vengeful spirit seeking to inflict her sorrows on the world. The Romanian Devil Beng, long ago, struck a deal with a woman who would bear this devil's child in exchange for the most powerful man. This would ensure her a life of leisure. It's fairly bread-and-butter as far as backdrop folklore goes, but it sets a solid premise; this is where the solidity ends, as the movie begins to jump... the viewer is treated to an early 20's filming where an actress purportedly "disappears" without a trace. The film was never produced and is never seen. The spirit apparently kills the director of said film, then, and we cut to a man standing in his room, having what can only be described as a seizure. He is apparently capable of seeing apparitions, and writes his sights down for movie plots-- he is a starving-artist director whose odd 'condition' has inhibited his ability to properly shoot a film. He then gets a phone call, apparently to see his sickly (ex, perhaps) girlfriend. She has a vindictive brother who has no love for our director star and tells him to leave his house. Thus the man sets out for Romania to shoot another film based on these otherworldly sights. For those keeping track, at this point, the movie still retains intrigue and a plot that seems to have potential.Plot elements officially lose consistency here. They go to Romania, to the old film studio where the 20's director was killed. And from this studio, there are both strange sounds and awful smells; however, they ignore this and begin shooting. A scene mimics the very first in the movie with the 20's film shooting, and then all hope is lost. The director meets a strange old man with an unsightly growth on his neck who tells him he has been waiting for another to film a movie at the studio. Then, the supposed spirit starts causing wanton death with no real explanation as to why. People get angry and pull a strange hook out of nowhere-- this is a significant element only in that the old man was holding it, and apparently, he was important. Somehow. At this point, the plot and the characters are inexplicably inconsistent; if it is trying to make a knock on the style of "The Grudge," it has missed the critical phase of explanation. There is no talk of the spirit's influence. There is just flies. Lots and lots of flies.At this point, the film has officially stopped making sense. The actress portraying the disappeared actress from the '20s is making her move on the main character, people are still dying at an almost alarming ratio of roughly 1 per every 8 or 9 minutes, and the deaths are still inexplicable, have no allusion or purpose, and just seem to be for the sake of wanton murder. There is a disturbing scene where the main character confronts the spirit, who proceeds to discharge a number of things from her vagina, and he runs. The actress tells him they can spare this girl from her suffering and then the main character's girlfriend comes in from a giant backdrop of glowing white and everything disappears. Someone asks the main character who he's talking to, and he says his girlfriend's name; the reply is simply that she has been dead for a while. It cuts back to him; she's not there. He cries, the police take him away, and the viewer is left wondering, quite frankly, what in the name of Mother Earth just happened. It's revealed that he was hallucinating her all along, but that explains all of five minutes-- if that-- of film. The viewer is left wondering what, why and how the spirit is what it is.In conclusion, "Don't Look Up" isn't necessarily a bad premise; I say this only because I could not grasp the premise fully from the film. There is indeed a spectre, and there is indeed death, but what the relevance is between that, the myth stated at the beginning of the film and the main character, I cannot truly say. However, the operation is awful, the actors as a majority do poorly at their job, and the special effects feel a bit dated to be from 2009. It almost seems as if they had a good film for a rough thirty minutes, and then completed the remainder for homework in a cramped hour in their rooms, under dim lamplight with their sixth can of energy drink in progress. If you didn't pay for it, "Don't Look Up" is an item of mild curiosity. Otherwise, avoid it and rent something else. Anything else in the horror genre ought to be better than this, as few films nowadays lack such basic elements of coherency and continuity.Note: I believe the scenes using the girl's eye are taken directly from "Ringu," the Japanese version of the film "The Ring."