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Post by seahawksraawk00 on Oct 30, 2020 14:32:52 GMT
 About to check this film out. Was looking for underrated horror/thriller/supernatural films to check out, and this one pops up on a lot of lists. Never seen it, but the cast alone is enough for me. Anyone else seen it?
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Post by forca84 on Oct 30, 2020 17:09:27 GMT
I saw it ages ago and enjoyed it.
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Post by Marv on Oct 30, 2020 17:36:06 GMT
I used to watch it a lot...and it more or less introduced me to The Rolling Stones, so I love it. Great cast.
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Post by wmcclain on Oct 30, 2020 22:16:17 GMT
I like it as an example of a small genre: melancholy, sort of autumnal demonology. Some of the Chris Carter TV Millenium episodes are similar.
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Post by Archelaus on Oct 30, 2020 22:25:45 GMT
I may see the movie next month if I can find it, but the movie is better known as the source for one of the most overused memes ever:  |
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Post by Marv on Oct 30, 2020 23:40:34 GMT
This thread inspired me to rewatch this tonight...and i still enjoy the heck out of it.
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 30, 2020 23:51:38 GMT
Clever narration/ending.
Wasn't SHOCKER using the same idea-body transfer.
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Post by seahawksraawk00 on Oct 31, 2020 2:55:12 GMT
Clever narration/ending. Wasn't SHOCKER using the same idea-body transfer. Yeah, I actually felt like that twist was revealed too early into the film and made the second half a bit predictable. |
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Post by mszanadu on Oct 31, 2020 3:47:19 GMT
IMPO - This movie is definitely worth watching
a most entertaining storyline for it's time indeed and a really outstanding cast as well   .
Before he played the role of a criminal on death row
he was a teenage skinhead named Duncan from my top favorite John Hughes Film -
Also 2 of my favorite awesome scenes from both films  .
Thanks so much seahawksraawk00 for this excellent movie reminder
and for your subject post here also  .
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Post by quagsjonny on Oct 31, 2020 7:52:20 GMT
Best open ever, and a great film.
What goes around...really goes around.....
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Oct 31, 2020 14:14:37 GMT
Loved it! I watch it every year. It's very effective, and the ending with all Denzel put into planning it was WOW! Hope you liked it!
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Post by petrolino on Nov 15, 2020 0:09:13 GMT
Nice movie.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2020 15:35:56 GMT
I just got this one on DVD with the intention of revisiting it. I remember thinking it was fairly decent.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Dec 11, 2020 18:13:27 GMT
I like it as an example of a small genre: melancholy, sort of autumnal demonology. Some of the Chris Carter TV Millenium episodes are similar. Millenium was a neat series. Wish it had lasted longer.
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Post by wmcclain on Oct 18, 2021 17:43:28 GMT
Fallen (1998), directed by Gregory Hoblit. After attending the execution of a scary serial killer he caught, a homicide detective slowly comes to believe the awful truth: that an ancient demon is passing from body to body. It's mission: pain and murder, particularly the intricate persecution of our hero. In some ways this is a modest supernatural thriller, but I am quite fond of it because it represents a rare horror genre: the sad, autumnal quality of evil. In a lot of popular entertainment evil is interesting, seductive, "Their Satanic Majesties". It is more unusual to show evil as sad, the product of broken, limited beings. This film and the Millennium (1996) TV series with Lance Henriksen are the most prominent examples I can recall. It helps that the cast includes actors we tend to love: - Denzel Washington is our hard-working detective.
- John Goodman: his partner.
- Donald Sutherland: the homicide lieutenant, warning our hero off of the investigation.
- Embeth Davidtz: daughter of a detective who committed suicide decades earlier, now a theologian becoming terrified of her subject.
- James Gandolfini: a not bright, hostile policeman.
- Elias Koteas: the first killer, executed but possessed by an undying spirit.
Notes: - I love the community of cops here, their lack of hand-wringing and the way they take the homicide scenes so calmly. They flip attitude up and down the line and don't have much respect for authority.
- In a demonic possession story people are not responsible for their crimes. They don't even remember them. The Devil made me do it.
- The film uses a trick beginning and ending, which though clever, perhaps lowers its serious tone. I think it makes the middle narration a cheat.
Available on Blu-ray. 
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Post by Fetzer Zinfandel on Oct 20, 2021 1:21:24 GMT
Now THAT is a horror movie. Damned fine.
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Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Oct 26, 2021 5:16:12 GMT
Another similar serial killer horror film that came out around the same time and was shown on HBO was Blowback:
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