DEAD SILENCE (2007)

              DEAD SILENCE is a horror film which uses the traditional plots of ghost stories which involve "VOO-DOO", "PUPPETS" etc. But still I liked the brilliance of the writer for providing a good horror movie with not much bloody gore scenes. The film stars RYAN KWANTAN in the lead.

             JAMIE ASHEN(RYAN KWANTAN) and ELLA are newly married couple who are about to start their married life in a newly rented apartment. They receive a parcel with no sender's identity. They oen it to find a Puppet/Doll. Seeing the doll, makes ELLA and JAMIE to remember the age old ghost story of their town RAVENS FAIR. The ghost myth of the town is based upon a ventriloquist named MARY SHAW. It is believed that she haunts the ones who scream seeing her in their nightmares.

             On the same day when the couple find the puppet, JAMIE returns home to find his wife being murdered. He becomes the prime suspect of investigation. The investigation is lead by DONNIE WAHLBERG (Det. LIPTON). LIPTON firmly believes that JAMIE had killed his wife and so goes out on a mission to put JAMIE behind the bars. On the other hand JAMIE seeks to find the truth about the puppet. LIPTON does not believe in the folktale of MARY SHAW and so the mouths of the citizens of RAVEN CLAW but not their hearts as they believe that "HER NAME MUST NOT BE TOLD".

             The picturisations of MARY SHAW as the ghost was good. But the crappy part of the film is near the climax where the movie looks as if they sought to finish the movie in a hurry-burry. The gore part of the movie are the dead bodies and the tougue that comes out of MARY SHAW. As all ghost stories have, this film also has a good twist in the climax. Overall the film was really good except for a few minutes of crappy screenplay near the end.

           Both RYAN KWANTAN and DONNIE WAHLBERG suited their roles and did s great work in the film. The atmosphere in the movie suited the plot very good and also the dull color effect throughout the movie was good. I loved the climax  and the way the story was built and portrayed. After a long a good horror movie to watch.

MY RATING - 6.6/10

The Hitcher (2007)

Director: Dave Meyers

Writers: Eric Red (screenplay), Jake Wade Wall (screenplay)

Stars: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton

My Review:

                The Hitcher is a horror film released in the year 2007 starring Sean Bean and Sophia Bush. The plot of the film is how the Hitchhiker John Ryder (Sean Bean) hunts the young couple Grace Andrews (Sophia Bush) and Jim Halsey (Knighton) when travel through the New Mexico on a rainy night.

                Sean Bean who is known for his performances in Lord of the Rings and Golden Eye, played the lead role of the Hitchhiker John Ryder. He gave a good performance. Sophia Bush known for her role as Brook Davis in the series One Tree Hill, was also good for her role.  The story was average but the screenplay was good. The incidents that happen near the climax are the best.

My Rating: 5.4/10

Pulse (2006)

Director: Jim Sonzero

Writers: Wes Craven (screenplay), Ray Wright (screenplay)

Stars: Kristen Bell, Rick Gonzalez and Christina Milian

My Review:

            I watched pulse along with my friend on one fine afternoon when he visited my house to enjoy the day with a movie. But it turned out to be a disaster as the movie really sucked. The plot of the film is that Josh (Tucker) tries to hack Zeigler’s (O’neill) computer and accidentally releases a computer virus. This mysterious force survives and expands by taking the desire to live off the Human being and pushes them to suicide. Mattie (Bell), a psychological student who witnesses the deaths of her friends, teams up with the survivors to stop the virus.

            The screenplay in the film was horrible. Acting was very moderate. The run-time of the film was only 90 min, but it felt as if we were there for 3 hours. I was totally off when the movie finished. A day planned for a great entertainment was completely ruined by this film.

My Rating: 4.1/10

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Director: Tim Burton

Writers: John Logan (screenplay), Stephen Sondheim (musical)

Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Alan Rickman

My Review:

                This film was one of the best films of 2007. With Johnny Depp in the lead, the film was a blockbuster hit and a critically acclaimed one too. The basic plot of the story in one word is Revenge. An Infamous barber Benjamin Barker, who was married to a gorgeous woman Lucy, was wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit by Judge Turpin. Turpin was attracted by the beauty of Lucy and hence he imprisoned Barker for 15 long years. Barker after fifteen years of life in exile returns back to London to avenge the death of his wife.

                In London he meets Mrs. Lovett, a meat shop owner and sets up his barber shop at her place. The film was not taken in natural colours in order to emphasize the period in which the story was supposed to have happened(19^th Century). The film was made as a musical which added beauty to the best. The film had too much of bloody violence which added with a colour setting gave it a Hell look.

                Johnny Depp won the Golden Globes and was Nominated for Oscars for his performance as Sweeney Todd. I would rate this performance of Johnny Depp as his best performance so far in his career.

My Rating: 7.7/10

Recommendation: Enjoy it!!!