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best movie i've ever seen.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

At the start of the movie it's not clear what is going on, but everything seems creepy because of the editing, the camera work, and the music. There is little or no sound telling us what is happening, but there seems to be a party with young people, and we also see a movie theater.In England, Martin and Allie are a young couple out on a date. He gives her jewelry and then takes her to a multiplex with 12 theaters. Their plan is to watch a horror movie. What they don't know is they are about to be in one.Stuart is not at the concession stand like he is supposed to be. He is actually in a room where he can watch footage on security cameras. His boss Clive is not happy. He tells Stuart to run the concession stand, and Stuart says there is something wrong with one of the movies. Clive said Stuart is not qualified to fix it because he hasn't had the training in digital movie technology, and that is why after more than 20 years, he is also no longer the projectionist. Stuart protests that he is smart enough to continue as the projectionist, and to fix whatever needs fixing. Still, Clive is the boss. But as we see throughout the movie, Stuart is brilliant at dealing with new technology.The couple buys their popcorn. There is something wrong with the lemonade, as Allie discovers when she tries some. Stuart has actually tampered with it. And the adventure begins ...I have seen Robert Englund, but I don't recall whether I've seen him as a horror movie villain, and I certainly haven't seen his trademark role. He is outstanding here as a villain, and now I want to see him in the other role. Here, he is creepy but calm and intelligent, sometimes friendly, occasionally funny, rarely angry. I'm not saying I was rooting for him, but Stuart is the type of villain one is tempted to see succeed.Emily Berrington does a good job as well. She's pretty and adorable but slightly edgy and quite tough. We don't actually see that much of her, and much of the movie is a cat and mouse game involving Martin and Stuart. Finn Jones is capable of handling himself, but it is a challenge.Malachi Kirby is tough as a boss when he has the authority, but in a crisis he's more of a coward. That still could mean a good performance.I don't know the name of the police officer in charge, but he's really good.There is some violence, but mostly the movie is very tense. It's effective as a thriller. There are so many challenges to be met.I'm not a fan of horror, but this was really good, mainly due to Englund.

Robert Englund acts everyone off the stage... literally! It could have been better cast as regards the other characters, but I really enjoyed R.E's performance, as I always do. I'm of the firm belief that he's sooo underrated because of Freddy Kruger et al.It's just a shame it wasn't a little more emphatic - I found it wasn't as 'tense' as it should/could have been.I still liked it, and I'm glad I bought it. This ten lines of text thing is sometimes way more than you have to say about a film, and that gets a little wearing, thanks IMDb.This ten lines of text thing is sometimes way more than you have to say about a film, and that gets a little wearing, thanks IMDb.This ten lines of text thing is sometimes way more than you have to say about a film, and that gets a little wearing, thanks IMDb.

This movie sort of pokes fun at stereotypical behavior in horror movies...but not in a clever way. It puts forth a premise of what would an unsuspecting victim would do if they were placed within a horror movie scenario...with the antagonist planning their every reaction via horror movie stereotypes. But even built on that premise...the behavior and acting is just SO TERRIBLE and not in a fun way. There are very few characters involved but not once did a single one take a second to try and assess what was happening to them instead jumping immediately to hackneyed and lame conclusions. I'm sure people react without reason when something jarring occurs but when you're given ample time to think about your situation in reality many people do figure out a path to safety eventually. They'll question their situation, they'll try to process it, they'll try and survive. Well people don't do that in this movie, they panic, then panic some more, and when given a break with plenty of time to explain their situation...they break down crying and blurt out nonsense. It's just not good. There's no action in it to speak of, no gore, no clever plot twists. It's cliché packaged as intelligent...with no delivery in the intellect department. It's a completely juvenile script with no thought or depth to it and ultimately a pathetically simple film where no single person is able to rub two brain cells together to come up with a coherent thought. Basically...it was just plain lame. I wouldn't recommend it, it's just not good entertainment.

The synopsis on IMDb didn't make this sound very good, and I almost skipped watching it. The only reason I did watch it was because I like Emily Berrington. She was great in 24: Live Another Day, as well as in The White Queen. Robert Englund always ads a sense of fun in the horror/slasher genre. Finn Jones is good in Game of Thrones, so here's my review British lovers, Allie (Barrington) and her boyfriend Martin (Finn Jones), go to see the last showing of The Hills Have Eyes 2 and find they're the only ones in the theatre. Stuart (Englund) is a disgruntled cinema employee who is working as the concessionaire. He slips some drug into Allie's drink, just before she and Martin go into the movie. From there, Stuart proceeds to make his own movie, even though the actors - Allie and Martin - are less than willing participants.The movie is well done, and the acting is good. The ending isn't what I expected, so I was pleased by that. I like being surprised. I don't know if this was exactly what would be called a low-budget, because all three of the stars are hardly no-names, and they probably were not cheap, but then again, none of them are especially sought after either.I gave it a 6-star rating, because the story was original, as was the setting for it. I liked the cinematography, and the script was pretty good. I don't know that I'd watch it again, but I would recommend it. However, there are no jumps, but it was still fun enough for what it was.