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Post by GL on Jul 29, 2011 9:57:07 GMT -5
 While working on the nightshift at a soon-to-be-dismantled children's hospital, a nurse finds that the mysterious accidents towards the children are caused by the ghost still lurking within it's walls and tries to stop it's rampage to get them to safety. What did everyone think of this one? |
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Post by Jen on Jul 29, 2011 11:46:35 GMT -5
I enjoyed this; it was mostly well acted, atmospheric, and the ghost was very effective and creepy. I thought it was a little slow though, a bit predictable and it really seemed more of a drama than a horror film to me a lot of the time (not that I find anything particularly wrong with that).
I give it a strong 3.
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Post by GL on Aug 1, 2011 9:53:58 GMT -5
I didn't get "Drama" out of this, oddly. I just thought it was very 'British' in the sense that hardly anything that was going on was presented with any urgency or excitement, even though it clearly had a horror film feel to it. It just seemed like a great combination of the two country's works: the slow-going, oddly paced British horror with the sensibilities and tone of a Spanish one.
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Post by Jen on Aug 1, 2011 12:04:06 GMT -5
To me, it's not the pacing, it's that the whole thing is just more sad than scary really. Reminded me of The Orphanage in that way (a movie I love).
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Post by GL on Aug 2, 2011 9:53:16 GMT -5
There was only one part that kinda leapt out as possibly involving that, what with the pill medication for the accident in her past, but for the most part, I didn't get drama out of this. One small section that's brought up near the very end of the film, yes, but beyond that nothing at all really screamed out at me.
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Post by Jen on Aug 2, 2011 12:05:37 GMT -5
Well Flockhart's performance as the cliched troubled lead almost falls into the melodramatic for me. The relationship with the doctor, which is surprisingly intense considering they barely know each other and barely anything happens between the two. Honestly even though I didn't hate it, the ending was borderline ridiculous to me. More disney fairy tale than horror. But I will say that the actual confrontation with the ghost worked really well. And sense of menace around these kids was effective and spooky. |
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Post by GL on Aug 3, 2011 9:47:46 GMT -5
Your spoiler warning pretty much sums up what I thought about it, Jen. That won't be touched over here in the US, and to see it done in a film was pretty nice. I agree, it works fairly well and it gets a lot of mileage out of the concept.
As for the other stuff, we're not that much exposed to it to really go anywhere with it. We're treated much more often to the other nurses and staff workers who are trying to keep the past under wraps from here, and it seems as though there was a secret that's trying to stay hidden and the ghost is trying to get it corrected. How many times do they wander into the room when she's looking over some paperwork and she gets a dirty look or a "What're you doing?" comment from them. Because of the lower amount of attacks given, I'd say having some kind of eerie mystery from the staff makes up a little bit for it.
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