The Amityville Horror
cast: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George
The good: appropriately tension-filled
The bad: just isn't very engaging
A remake of a from-whatever-age film about the supposedly true events of a family terrorized by demonic forces in a suitably creepy house, this film bucks the trend of contemporary horror and presents a bubblegum level of enjoyment... if a bit too shallow.
The highlight of the film is in the acting performances of the two leads. Melissa George gives a convincing portrayal as the mother of the family who has become disturbed by all the strange occurrences in their newly occupied house. However, giving the best performance of his not too broad career is Ryan Reynolds as the step father. His character seems to relive the past tragedy which befell the former occupants of the house and he both looks the part and plays the part (even if its weird that his character has full abs), brandishing a dastardly wicked set of eyes which adds all the more tension to an already high-stress film.
If all you're looking for in a horror movie is a few hours of tension well then this movie is just right up your alley giving a good dose of the usual pop-out-of-nowhere horror filled with increasingly disturbing demonic apparitions. Unfortunately, this comes at the expense of engaging storytelling as there really isn't anything to the story rather than the initial premise. The little mythos towards the end helps little in producing a sense of character for both the important events leading up to the story and the film which chronicles it itself.
So what comes of as a visually engaging horror flick just becomes a forgettable two hours of...I forgot. (2/5)
*Fun Fact: Ryan Reynolds is Canadian and Melissa George is an Aussie.
The good: appropriately tension-filled
The bad: just isn't very engaging
A remake of a from-whatever-age film about the supposedly true events of a family terrorized by demonic forces in a suitably creepy house, this film bucks the trend of contemporary horror and presents a bubblegum level of enjoyment... if a bit too shallow.
The highlight of the film is in the acting performances of the two leads. Melissa George gives a convincing portrayal as the mother of the family who has become disturbed by all the strange occurrences in their newly occupied house. However, giving the best performance of his not too broad career is Ryan Reynolds as the step father. His character seems to relive the past tragedy which befell the former occupants of the house and he both looks the part and plays the part (even if its weird that his character has full abs), brandishing a dastardly wicked set of eyes which adds all the more tension to an already high-stress film.
If all you're looking for in a horror movie is a few hours of tension well then this movie is just right up your alley giving a good dose of the usual pop-out-of-nowhere horror filled with increasingly disturbing demonic apparitions. Unfortunately, this comes at the expense of engaging storytelling as there really isn't anything to the story rather than the initial premise. The little mythos towards the end helps little in producing a sense of character for both the important events leading up to the story and the film which chronicles it itself.
So what comes of as a visually engaging horror flick just becomes a forgettable two hours of...I forgot. (2/5)
*Fun Fact: Ryan Reynolds is Canadian and Melissa George is an Aussie.
posted by NaCl at Wednesday, May 11, 2005
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