The Messengers (2007)

Avaliação/utilizador:

5,2/10   

Diretores:

Oxide Pang Chun
Danny Pang

Escritores (WGA):

Mark Wheaton (screenplay)
Todd Farmer (story)

Data de Lançamento:

2 Fevereiro 2007 (USA)

Gênero:

Drama | Terror | Suspense

Chamada:

There is evidence to suggest that children are highly susceptible to paranormal phenomena. They see what adults cannot. They believe what adults deny. And they are trying to warn us.

Argumento:

An ominous darkness invades a seemingly serene sunflower farm in North Dakota, and the Solomon family is torn apart by suspicion, mayhem and murder.

Plot Keywords:

Sunflower | Farm | North Dakota | Supernatural | Murder

Prêmios:

1 win

Comentários dos utilizadores:

Entertaining as it as much eerie

Elenco

Kristen Stewart	...	Jess
Dylan McDermott	...	Roy
Penelope Ann Miller	...	Denise
John Corbett	...	Burwell
Evan Turner	...	Ben
Theodore Turner	...	Ben
William B. Davis	...	Colby Price
Brent Briscoe	...	Plume
Dustin Milligan	...	Bobby
Jodelle Ferland	...	Michael Rollins
Michael Daingerfield	...	Police Officer
Tatiana Maslany	...	Lindsay Rollins
Shirley McQueen	...	Mary Rollins
Anna Hagan	...	Doctor
Blaine Hart	...	Charlie

Conhecido como:

Scarecrow (International: English title) (working title)
The Untitled Pang Brothers Horror Project (USA) (working title)
Totem (International: English title) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, disturbing violence and terror.

Duração:

USA:90 min

País:

USA

Língua:

Inglês

Cor:

Cor | Preto e Branco (flashback scenes)

Aspect Ratio:

1,85 : 1

Som:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certificação:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42010) | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:PG | Ireland:15A | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | France:-12 | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-15 | Italy:VM14 | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:16 | Chile:14 | Brazil:12 | Malaysia:18PL | South Korea:12

Locais de filmagem:

Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Companhia :

Screen Gems

Pegadinha:

At the film premiere in Minot, North Dakota, when Bobby said "Welcome to North Dakota," the audience broke out in laughter.

Goofs:

Vários: The basement door changes locations several times within the film, most significantly appearing at the end of a hallway during a haunting scene and along a hallway wall in all others.

Citações:

Jess: [to her brother] You see them too... don't you?

Conexões:

Referências Cold Creek Manor (2003)

Tilha Sonora:

All My Dreams Are Coming True

Entertaining as it as much eerie

"The Messengers" is a been there, done that, horror about a family who move to a spooky house in the middle of nowhere and then strange things begin to happen. It sounds like you have seen this film before yet the story still keeps you interested and in some cases even intrigued.

A family move from Chicago to an eerie, abandoned farmhouse in North Dakota to start a fresh and to start growing sunflowers on its land, aw. Then the teenager daughter Jess (Kristen Stewart, Panic Room) begins to sense strange happenings from the moment they move in, something just isn't quite right, her toddler brother, Ben, also begins to notice creaking noises and following shadows and the mother (Penelope Ann Miller) just can't get rid of THAT stain on the wall. However, the family don't seem to communicate so everybody just gets on with it without mentioning the strange goings on to other family members. Tut.

Roy the dad, (Dylan McDermott, Miracle on 34th St) then hires Burwell, a man who has literally came from nowhere to help on the farm, just as long as Roy throws in a free dinner. Mysterious Burwell (Aidan from Sex and the City) comes complete with sideburns a beard and a backwards cap, yes, a backwards cap. They are all getting on nicely, the sunflowers are growing, Jess has made a friend in Bobby but mum Denise just can't get THAT stain off the wall. So where did Burwell come from? Please enter ghostly Gollum like figures, shrieking violins, pecking crows and a lot of jumpy movements.

There isn't much new with "The Messengers" but with the film changing which character it's going to focus on every 5 minutes it still manages to keep you entertained and even concerned in what is going to happen. However, we know what is going to happen, don't we? You know what's round the corner, yet you still manage to jump, and I still managed to enjoy it!