Thought it was ok. Good atmosphere, some nice moments, but far too many cliches and moments of stupidity from the characters. Nothing special but certainly not terrible. Not something I'd need to see again any time soon.

I thought it was suspenseful for the most part. The main problem I had was the character development of Speedman and Tyler. I didn't know enough about them to really care if they lived or died. There was some real stupidity in a few scenes with Speedman and his buddy that came looking for him.

The one thing I did like was that they never showed the faces of the killers.

Also, was Speedman's buddy's car undrivevable?? WTF!! His buddy was dead, but the car was still sitting outside with only a broken winshield. They could have grabbed his keys and easily gotten the hell out of the house and left in his car.

Overall I would give the film a B- probably closer to a C+

That was one of my favorite things about the film. The masks were creepy enough but not actually getting a visual grasp on who these people were was great. As my friends and I were leaving the theater many theater-goers were mad about this.

I saw this with a big group of friends and we all agreed it was a lot better than we expected. It definitely had a lot of tense moments and overall was pretty enjoyable. I do agree with everyone in the part with the friend was unnecessary, mostly there for shock value.

One thing I liked about the movie was why the couple were at the house in the first place. Judging by the trailers (and I think some of the trailer voice-overs) I had a different idea to why they were there. It helped the overall sense of dread/sadness in the movie, which for the most part never let up.

All logic aside (maybe I'm used to really bad horror movie logic), the movie was definitely enjoyable.

Going to see this in 40 minutes :banana:

Enjoy it! I did, as did the wife.

Pretty solid until the "friend" scene and then it goes straight down the toilet. Why must these people act so stupid? In addition to the shotgun comments, the guy also had about 20 shells in his pocket. I think that's more than enough for target practice on 3 individuals.

There were plenty of tools in that barn also, but Liv Tyler doesn't touch a single one of 'em.

Agree with the 'Wasn't bad until the friend showed up' comments...actually about 2 minutes before that cause knew what was going to happen.

Reason I don't get into 'horror' movies like this, for the plots to work people have to act very stupidly.

So, what did you think??

I thought it was an enjoyable romp in the park :)

It said it was based on true events so was that .

I also wonder if .

And of course, what do you do if

Also, at the end

In the theater I went to people were screaming way too much... and then laughing. I think they were doing it on purpose to be funny so that ruined the mood a bit.

You're wrong on all three accounts. This movie is jump-scene torture porn. Near the halfway point I was more surprised when something didn't jump out. And the people weren't weird, they just had masks on. I can't recall, but I think there's at least one (probably obscure) movie where the killer had a mask on. I might be wrong.

Yes, that would've been perfect. A perfect cliché.

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This movie was very good for the first half then quickly started going down the tubes. There were so many things that could've been done differently to make this fresh or exciting, but the filmmakers took advantage of almost none of them. Near the beginning of the movie, I was wondering how it would be possible for me to go to sleep tonight. By the ending, I knew I'd forget about the movie halfway home, and I live a mile from the theatre.

My appreciation for the remake of Funny Games grew ten-fold.

Usually for a movie like this one, "based on true events" means something along the lines that some people got attacked once, in a house, by some other people. That's all they need to make a claim like that. Actually, they don't really need any factual basis - Fargo famously claims to be based on true events when it isn't at all.

So does Return of the Living Dead, for that matter... but we all know that WAS true ;)

The movie was not based on a true story at all. Think of the opening 911 call , kind of like the opening narration of The Texas Chainsaw.

I thought the first half was just about perfect. The second half was ok but not as good. The second half seemed to rely more on horror cliches and violence than suspense. I also thought the acting dropped off too. The tension between the two early on was great but I just didn't buy that they were as terrified as they should have been in the second half. But... That could be explained by the fact they were exhausted. Also thought they overdid with the placing/misplacing of cell phones and the noises on the outside of the building(s). Overall I was impressed though. Best "scary" movie I've seen in a long time.

I also love the fact that...

I caught this today. I wound up leaving work early and figured I'd sneak in a movie before heading home. This had the earliest start time so I went with it. Wise decision.

First of all, I was the only person in the theater. That made the experience so much better. I really liked this one. Tons of scenes that gave me a jolt made me happy to be alone. The scene at the very end practically made me jump out of my skin. I really wasn't expecting that,lol. This was really a very solid flick.

I enjoyed the first half, great tension build up, then it just kind of faded for me. I really wasn't engrossed in it like I was-say The Descent. It didn't really scare me, except for the jump scenes. Not horrible by any means, but I was disapointed.

This movie had potential but ended up being really lame. I didn't find it scary at all and that jump at the end was laughable.

Does anybody have a pointer to the "real" events which inspired this?

I finally saw it on monday night. Overall it was an enjoyable tense movie. Although there were many parts where i predicted the plot points to where it seemed all formula and not much originality. One thing I'm kinda confused about

Anyone See The Strangers?
 

Saw this last night and it gave me the chills! Unusual nowadays to see an old fashioned Thriller without the gore. Sort of reminded me how I felt watching Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the first time.

Yes.
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well, I finally got around to watching this and I have to say it was extremely well-made. Very impressive for a first time writer/director. The villians were excellent and the acting by the two leads was pretty damn good.

But one thing pissed me off when this ended...




Besides that and a few other dumb character moments that have been mentioned already, this was a very solid horror flick and look forward to the director's next film becuase he's got talent.

Saw this last night and really enjoyed it. Predictable plot but very well done. The director did a great job of creating tense moments out of cliche plot points. For example,

The scariest part of this movie is how realistic it was. It made you feel like it could happen to you. Maybe some of the things the characters did were stupid but the idea of

According to FBI, there's like 1.4 million violent crimes each year. That's 3800 every day, that's scary.