Bardlerx Strictly average movie

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Smoreni Zmaj Cool thrillerMaybe it is a little slower, on the border with the boring, in the first part, but it makes up for it in the second half. I do not know why they count it into the horror genre, although it is a little tense and sometimes bloody, but only for moments. It's more dramatic than it's scary.7/10

Mike Guratza Guillermo del Toro has often been presented/named as a horror director/producer... Usually, though, the films he is involved with are more like "dark fairy tales" with sympathetic monsters and... that kind of boring stuff.This movie (which he has produced) is not like that. It actually starts as a decent mystery/thriller which offers very good scares and deals with one of the most tragic conditions a human being could ever face: the loss of one's eyesight. The directors ideas for the depiction of blindness are very very good, and the viewer can actually feel the character's helplessness. And that's about all that's good about the film.Once the plot starts to unravel, the story sinks itself into absurdity, providing us with a villain driven by one of the least realistic motives ever. To top that we are faced with some soap opera situations/twists that are equally non-believable. Yes, in Norman Bate's case, this kind of ideas was very interesting, but after the repetition of those models for the 1000th time, to be honest - we've had enough of them. Also, visually it is one of those "modern" movies that take place in a world with only three to five colors, ranging from blue to (hardly) green. Finally, the movie closes with a repetition one of the most used movie clichés, i.e. the "using camera flash in the dark in order to see" scare...The verdict: when this movie tries to be original, it resorts to ideas that defy logic completely, and when it incorporates classic patterns, it does it in a way that is completely uninspired.

KineticSeoul This is more of a thriller than a horror movie, even if the beginning makes it seem like a horror movie. The premise and atmosphere for the most part seems to be done right. However the build up and development is just so darn slow and boring. With Julia going on a detective mode to find his sister's killer to her going blind and paranoid. This movie is just boring when it comes to the build up, which is actually mundane. After a hour and 10 minutes in is when things starts to get interesting. It goes with the who is telling the truth direction, which actually does kept me on my toes and interested in what was going on. The tension even gets pretty darn high near the end. The actress that played Julia did a good job, but here character was poorly written as well. Overall this is a decent Spanish thriller with a good cinematography, but kinda lame and drawn out story until the end. It's watchable if you have the patience until the twist.6.8/10

wfcoultergeist I have to admit to not watching many foreign films - I'm a simple being. However, this film is one of those like Pan's Labyrinth (mentioned by many here) where you quickly forget you are watching a subtitled film.An atmospheric, tense thriller without being ruined by the Hollywood blockbuster virus. Yes, OK there is a fair amount of gratuitous shots of the leading lady and her ample bosom, along with the rest of her - but as a red-blooded male, I'm certainly not going to complain, and to be honest these shots seem to lessen, or become less obvious as the film goes on.Well shot - with the occasional cliché, but generally a good watch.Oh, apart from the ending which was cheesy, abrupt and altogether rather naff. At least it doesn't pave the way for an awful sequel.