tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post433376685421698814..comments2024-03-28T13:45:39.854-04:00Comments on Final Girl: Horror Without People: THE CHANGELINGStacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-831588483916444792015-10-03T23:57:31.231-04:002015-10-03T23:57:31.231-04:00As a kid in the 80s, I saw this on tv and it scare...As a kid in the 80s, I saw this on tv and it scared the heck out of me. I'm still a bit spooked to revisit it as an adult! I'm so glad you placed it on your blog, as I remember visiting before and didn't find anything about this movie here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-71966063647147731532015-10-01T20:26:45.486-04:002015-10-01T20:26:45.486-04:00SPOIIIILLERRRRRRSSSS
Yeah, I know what you mean...SPOIIIILLERRRRRRSSSS<br /><br /><br /><br />Yeah, I know what you mean. I don't mind all the mystery stuff so much–it's so "supernatural horror", you know? Gotta solve dem mysteries!–but it does wrap up perhaps a little too neatly, and there's maybe too much mystery/not enough "horror" in the last third. That scene near the very end, though, where Claire is lured into the house and upstairs? So, soooo good. And I *love* that there's no romance between Claire and John (particularly considering they were married in real life). It gave weight to his grief and didn't turn into a typical movie nonsense relationship.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-27445700780907337062015-10-01T19:55:17.931-04:002015-10-01T19:55:17.931-04:00NOTE: Don't read this comment, OriginalSlugBoy...NOTE: Don't read this comment, OriginalSlugBoy ... go away until you've watched the damn film.<br /><br />-----------<br /><br />Three words: Little. Red. Ball. <br /><br />This is a very, very good film. And a very scary film. Things coming down the stairs. The voice on the seance recording. The hidden room. <br /><br />I will be brutally honest and say, though, that I'm not head-over-heels about the last reel of the film. Maybe it's the right and proper ending for the story. But for the movie it's so damn anti-climactic and a letdown from the tone that's been established.<br /><br />Still an A-, but, man, this thing had a chance maybe to take on Hill House for #1 of all time. Chris Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875854143718805298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-17440952124955625722015-10-01T00:04:39.910-04:002015-10-01T00:04:39.910-04:00Oh, man! I've had this movie forever but have...Oh, man! I've had this movie forever but haven't watched it yet.originalslugboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182150967822481292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-11231482551317393292015-09-29T15:38:32.738-04:002015-09-29T15:38:32.738-04:00I used to love this movie. It scared the shite out...I used to love this movie. It scared the shite out of me- I happened to see the trailer one day as a kid and there was that wheelchair and the lady screaming and that was all it took for me to be afraid; I later saw the whole thing on TV and I was completely justified in being scareded half-to-death. Unfortunately, unlike The Exorcist, this movie doesn't hold up so well acting-wise. It's still spooky as hell, though. I still am afraid of 1) rubber balls bouncing out of the darkness, 2) big-ass houses, 3) stairs leading up into darkness, 4) loud ghost noises, 5) animate wheelchairs (+6 if they are antique), and 6) freaky seances. <br /><br />Oh, and 7) ghost children clawing their way through the floorboards in order to hyperventilate living children. Hunrzeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09025818186633416122noreply@blogger.com