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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 396092" data-attributes="member: 5079">Although I seldom watch horror films outside October, I was curious enough about this to view it last night.&nbsp; &nbsp; Nature helped out with a cloudy and chilly night; with the remnants of an autumn-scented candle, I was able to put myself in the right frame of mind.The film is exactly what it appeared to be -- a 1970s set pastiche of NETWORK, complete with gravelly voiced narrator providing exposition, and ROSEMARY&#039;S BABY/THE EXORCIST.&nbsp; Those are some lofty targets and I don&#039;t think the film achieves its ambitions.&nbsp; I enjoyed the film and found it interesting enough -- plus, it&#039;s stayed in my head for the past 24 hours -- but I didn&#039;t find it particularly satisfying.&nbsp; Depending on one&#039;s mindset, the film could be seen as tantalizingly ambiguous or frustratingly inconclusive.&nbsp; The look and vibe of the film was a decent approximation of late &#039;70s seediness and the movie&#039;s only really major misstep was the inevitable phantasmagoria of bad FX; this entire sequence is the wrong vintage.&nbsp; (Think 1982&#039;s POLTERGEIST.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 396092, member: 5079"] Although I seldom watch horror films outside October, I was curious enough about this to view it last night. Nature helped out with a cloudy and chilly night; with the remnants of an autumn-scented candle, I was able to put myself in the right frame of mind. The film is exactly what it appeared to be -- a 1970s set pastiche of NETWORK, complete with gravelly voiced narrator providing exposition, and ROSEMARY'S BABY/THE EXORCIST. Those are some lofty targets and I don't think the film achieves its ambitions. I enjoyed the film and found it interesting enough -- plus, it's stayed in my head for the past 24 hours -- but I didn't find it particularly satisfying. Depending on one's mindset, the film could be seen as tantalizingly ambiguous or frustratingly inconclusive. The look and vibe of the film was a decent approximation of late '70s seediness and the movie's only really major misstep was the inevitable phantasmagoria of bad FX; this entire sequence is the wrong vintage. (Think 1982's POLTERGEIST.) [/QUOTE]

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