Penny Dreadful

2006 "Don't forget to breathe..."
4.8| 1h32m| R| en
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Young Penny goes on a retreat with her psychologist; the intention is to help her overcome her phobia, an intense fear of cars. Unexpected events find her in a nightmarish situation where her worst fears come true.

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Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.
Supelice Dreadfully Boring
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.
Scott LeBrun Taking place largely inside a car, "Penny Dreadful" is an above average modern fright flick that gets by due to its successful exploitation of common human fears: fear of the dark, fear of enclosed spaces, fear of strangers, what have you. It's often genuinely spooky, creating the kind of overwhelming atmosphere you can usually only get in the most isolated of environments.Rachel Miner stars as Penny Deerborn, a young woman who's had a morbid fear of being inside cars ever since a traumatic childhood accident. Now, her therapist, Orianna Volkes (Mimi Rogers), is driving her to some snowy mountain wilderness. Along the way, they bump into a hitchhiker (Liz Davies) who never utters an audible word. After dropping the person off at their supposed destination, the terror really begins for them, as this mysterious sadist proceeds to put Penny through pure Hell.The screenplay gets no points for originality; it's what director Richard Brandes does with the material that counts. We often feel as if we're trapped inside that car with Penny, and Miner does such a good job of being terrified and panicky, it automatically raises the stress level of the audience as well. Brandes and company do well to keep the killer as mysterious as possible (it is an amusing change of pace to have such a character be played by a woman). Therefore, it's inevitable that the movie loses a little something in the final act when it gives the killer some actual dialogue, and shows their face a little too much."Penny Dreadful" often rests on Miners' capable shoulders, and she makes Penny sympathetic - and eventually proactive enough to not completely grate on some viewers' nerves. Rogers has a warm and practical presence as her travelling companion, and does a fine enough job of playing dead for much of the running time. Mickey Jones and Chad Todhunter co-star as two locals / potential saviours, Davies is creepy as hell as the villain, and the cameo by veteran cult actor Michael Berryman is highly appreciated.Overall, a commendable, solid effort, certain to appeal to genre fans, and complete with a very obvious message of the need for all of us to face our fears head-on.Seven out of 10.
Just-Being-Me I don't think this film was bad but i don't think it was great either. It is something i quite enjoyed watching though, it does more or less just stay on the actors stuck in a car for a very big part of the film but surprisingly it was alright, i didn't know what to think when i first saw it but thought i would give it a go.I think many horror fans will like this film as it isn't exactly gory, it is a little dark (literally), it involves a weird person (always good for horrors). The film runs for just the right length, it didn't drag, stuff started happening rather quick, makes you want to watch it to the very end.I think it deserves a 6 / 10.
Red_Identity I was actually looking forward to this film... it has a very interesting premise that if done correctly can succeed. While the opening credits were rather good and captured a great mood, I cannot help but feel that this is the definition of a completely mediocre film. It had some interesting scenes and premise, but the execution mostly fails. It is very amateurishly-directed and acted. Rachel Miner wanted to do good, and at times she is, but she completely annoyed me. The beginning scenes with the hitchhiker are actually tense, but things fall apart pretty quickly. Sad, because the film at least has an established tone, but ultimately, I cannot say anything but skip it (despite some worthy scenes).
silentcheesedude Did I see the same movie as the others?Girl is afraid of cars because parents dies in car accident. Her and her psychiatrist go out for a drive in the mountains. Hitchhiker gets hit by them. Hitchhiker stalks them. People die. That's pretty much about it.And it started so promising! I like Mimi Rodgers. I liked the cool intro with the credits. And the set up with the "fear of cars" felt pretty real. But the movie almost immediately begins to fall apart the moment we start to see repetitive actions that may be employed to fill the time slot of an hour and a half, to the point of ad nauseum.Let me give you an example. "Bad guy" stalks "Girl" that's trapped in the car. Girl screams for a total of 3 minutes and 42 seconds "somebody help me"!! Then she see's bad guy. Cheap special effects are employed, like a heart beat and a fast zoom in and out. 10 minutes later, we STILL are in this scene, separated only by another time filler until more murders begin. The gore is somewhat muted, and some of it silly. There's a sex scene in it which felt like they just HAD to do to make it compete with the rest of the movies we've seen for the last 40 years.Movies that take place in one specific location for long periods of time can be pulled off if done correctly. Saw did it. So did Phonebooth. But slasher movies are so boring when they follow the numbers, give no accent to the characters, and give you nothing more about the story then what you see on the screen. We should have gotten rid of this, what, 17 years ago sometime back in the 90's?Oh well, at least we got to see Michael Berryman, but in a useless cameo.