BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

davehandy-85251 I agree with the other reviews. It's a cluster f*** of other movies mashed together, you don't feel for the characters, and overall the acting was not so great. *SPOILER* Here is why I felt the need to write a review. The premise is that the devil invented cinema in order to steal souls, and the Le Prince family gets possessed by him each generation. OK so that is like 5 or 10 souls every 15 to 20 years, seems like the devil would work on a bigger scale but whatever. The real kicker for me is he can't take your soul without the camera. The fu**ing devil is possessing someone (not just a demon THE DEVIL), but he can't get ya if you just close your eyes or look away from the camera. WTF. I can't believe this didn't land in any other reviews, but just this fact alone makes the movie 100% laughable. I was waiting for them to be like "I closed my eyes devil ya can't get me ooooh, home base, I'm safe". It's not the worst thing ever, but it is an hour and a half you won't get back.

smellykellyking "Jumpy Horror" was probably the reason why I watched this film, and also it was free on my Sky so what the hey!I must say, it's definitely not the worst film I've ever seen. I wouldn't say it was straight- to-TV stuff either. Handy to have on in the background while you do the ironing, or some knitting or whatever. Absolutely not 'jumpy'. There are maybe 3 bits where you have a bit of a flinch but you quickly see that nothing interesting has happened. The idea of this film has been done far too many times. Some form of demon/Satan/zombie wants to possess sexy teenagers (who wouldn't) and he chooses to do so via video?? It doesn't make a massive lot of sense, so don't watch it for the plot, as it is riddled with holes and quite pointless! My questions would be: (possible spoilers)Why!?? Just, why?? There is no explanation as to why this thing wants to possess people. Why does it possess people via video? Surely possessing teens in person is easier? Why has nobody noticed that there are loads of murdered kids everywhere? Why is christen bale (sorry, slater) such a pervert?? And why does he perve over girls on school grounds? Must have been a quiet day at the office.Anywho, not the worst film I've ever seen, but down there with quite a few other teenage 'horrors' I would have enjoyed it age 13 possibly!

Saiph90 First the good news I did not pay for the film it was free on Sky, when I say free I mean apart from the exorbitant monthly subscription. Now the bad news I was robbed. The story line a man who we get to know very little about in the early part of the 20th century made a cameo film so he could steal the souls of the people in the footage.Then jump forward to I think 1994 and deranged Harlan Diehl (Luke Bonczyk) kills his family in their farm and only a baby survives. We then get to the present day and a group of replaceable teenager Americans who look more middle to late twenties than teenagers (Toby Hemingway,Jonahtan Keltz, Johnny Pacar, Jennifer Missoni, Luke Bonczyk, Alessandra Torresani and Ambyr Childer) All hell breaks out murder a bit of flesh and a bit of gore.Now how far must your career sink when appearing in this mess seems like a good idea? Christian Slater wanders bored as a porn-addicted cop buying covert footage from inside the girls locker school from the pre-possessed filmmaker.Writing that it seems more exciting then it is the acting is appalling, the script has no thought, the plot messy. On a Saturday we like to get a Chinese takeaway and my cat tried a prawn cracker about an hour in to the film which he surprisingly enjoyed, my cat eating a prawn cracker was like the making of Citizen Kane compared to this film. Avoid like the plague and if anyone bumps into Christian Slater ask him what the hell he was thinking.

aesgaard41 This is one boring movie. Maybe it's just me, but thirty minutes in, I feel as if I'm still waiting for the movie to start. Let me see if I can understand it (and this is debatable): A Satanist in the 1900s made a film that allowed him to steal the souls of his actors in the footage, and after a brutal murder scene in the Late 90s, he now jumps from film footage into other the bodies of others, sometimes more than one person at once. In recent years, he possesses a young filmmaker and tries to recapture his power with modern video equipment. There are some murders, some pointless sexuality and Christian Slater completely wasted in a role as a porn-addicted cop buying covert footage from inside the girls locker school from the pre-possessed filmmaker. Did I get it right? What do I win? Filmed partially in a pseudo-documentary style, the script has uneven amounts of sex, gore and suspense, but it never gets scary nor does it ever really clarify itself. I can see the story that that the writer is trying to make, but there's too many layers and exposition to get there. The only other recognizable name is Alessandra Torresani ("An American Horror Movie"), but she's barely given anything to do before her character is killed off. Over all, the idea is there, but it's lost under a lot of details and in the execution.