Oddly light for The Asylum, the only thing here is the spoiler-heavy trailer that reveals everything you could ever want to know about 100 Feet in under two minutes. A 2-channel stereo mix is also provided, but will likely be ignored. Audio is presented in a 5.1 surround option that is deceptively quiet for large portions of the feature, but performs nicely when called into service. The DVD provides a solid 2:35 anamorphic transfer that brings out nice detail in the picture, with strong blacks and rich colors. The interaction Janssen shares with the abusive ghost is quite nice, and this would be a better movie if only the script would have allowed this relationship to play out to the fullest. There are enough strong sequences to recommend the film, including a standout variation on the scenario of a man catching his wife cheating. The film takes a few wrong turns along the way to its bone-headed finale that is completely out of place and feels as tacked on as it likely was. Eric Red ( The Hitcher, Near Dark) has written better scripts than this one, but he has grown as a director since his earlier work on films like Bad Moon and Body Parts. Glimpses of cinematic beauty are overshadowed by pacing and direction.
There are some very nice set pieces throughout the film that make the shortcomings all the more glaring. I must blame writer/director Eric Red as these actors are stronger than the material.ġ00 Feet is filled with promise, but sadly squanders a lot of opportunities by going for the instant gratification scare instead of following through on some decent suspense. Her character is on screen 90% of the time and never wavers in her sincerity, although some of Marnie’s confrontations with Shanks are over-the-top and shrill.
100 feet horror movie torrent how to#
She convincingly tries not only to figure out what is happening, but also how to escape without help. It actually takes a corpse falling on Shanks before he is willing to believe Marnie’s story.įamke Janssen is fantastic in this role as a tough but sympathetic woman audiences will pull for as she encounters some truly frightening phenomena. There is a corruption subplot that further demeans the Shanks character, in that while he is a true-blue policeman, he is clueless that his former partner was a wife beater who was also on the take. What could have started out as a nice piece on isolation and the horrors of being trapped in the house where Marnie suffered domestic violence instead forces the CGI ghost angle. If only things that implausible were the case. As Marnie begins to show signs of physical abuse, Shanks starts to believe that she is covering for someone who may have framed her for killing his partner and is now threatening her to keep her quiet. Within a day of her arrival the flatware is flying, as the ghost of her husband resumes kicking the shit out of her on a regular basis. The only positive element in Marnie’s life is Joey (Ed Westwick), the delivery boy who may offer more than casual flirtation. Things could always be worse…oh yeah, the house is now haunted - by Mike.Īs if she didn’t have enough problems, Marnie now has to deal with additional pressures: the place is filled with bad memories, the neighbors scowl as they pass her windows, and her late husband’s partner, Shanks (Bobby Cannavale) is on permanent stakeout across the street waiting for her to fail. A fashionable ankle bracelet keeps her tethered within a 100-foot radius of the security monitor that will notify the police if she exceeds this distance for more than three minutes. Marnie Watson (Famke Janssen) is serving the final year of her prison sentence under house arrest in the same home where she murdered Mike (Michael Paré), her abusive cop husband. 2008, Region 1 (NTSC), 103 minutes, Unrated
0 kommentar(er)
