There were parts of the movie that were cheap scare tactics. You know, where the camera is on the protagonist and all of a sudden the camera jerks and there's the boogey-man. That's not scary. That's just a trick to get you to jump in your seat. I'm an aspiring writer. When I read, and watch movies, I look for what works and what doesn't. Whatever works, I want to incorporate into my writing. What doesn't work I want to avoid. Throughout this movie I kept thinking, "What's really scary?" My answer . . . Emotions.
There's a particular scene in the movie where emotions are used to terrify the audience . . .
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Judy Doton is starpped to a hospital bed. She can't move. She's tried to get free of her restraints, but all her effort is to no avail. Her assistant is also strapped to a bed. The begin talking to each other when they hear a noise. When we find out what the noise is it's a man, who has gone crazy, and he has a pitchfork. The noise happened to be the crazy man dragging the pitchfork on the tile floor. This man is going from bed to bed stabbing people with the pitchfork. One of the scariest parts of the movie is the feeling of helplessness you get from Judy. She can't escape. There's a man with a freakin' pitchfork killing people. Radha Mitchell did a great job expressing her feelings of helplessness, and making the audience sympathize for her.
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There are many such scenes where I was amazed by what the movie was causing me to feel.
I must say, when I saw Michael Bay's name attached to the movie, my stomach dropped. The guy is nothing more than a block buster tool. He has no other purpose in Hollywood. Thankfully, the movie was quite good despite Bay being attached. I applaud Breck Eisner for directing a terrifyingly enjoyable movie.
Now, I need to see George A. Romero's original.
This week I'll be seeing . . .
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