- Actors: Jeff Galpin, Maryam d'Abo, Will Rokos, Daniel Gillies, Jeff Bryan Davis
- Directors: James Merendino
- Writers: James Merendino
- Producers: Adam Rosenfelt, John J. Anderson, Kevin Riley, Malcolm Petal, Marc Schaberg
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Screen Media
- Release Date: Jan 11 2005
- Run Time: 88 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B0006A9FQY
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Too confusing and underdeveloped,
By Daniel Jolley "darkgenius" (Shelby, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Evil Remains (DVD)
Sadly, the things I dislike about Evil Remains (aka Trespassing) outnumber the things I do like, so I wasn't all that impressed with the movie. I hate to start with cinematography, but the manner in which this film was shot has quite a negative impact on the viewer (this viewer, anyway). I don't know what kind of film the filmmakers used, but it's too dark, and the scenes shot in the daylight look weird and overexposed. I found it difficult to really see what was going on in certain scenes, and that is a big problem because the plot itself is sometimes confusing. And all of those weird camera angles are only effective in making me think the director was trying too hard to be artistic or something.Twenty years ago, a troubled lad named Carl Bryce killed his father and burned his mother alive inside their plantation home. This only reinforces the legend ' dating back to the days of slavery ' that this particular piece of land itself is cursed. It is said that those who set foot on the land supposedly go violently insane. 'No trespassing' signs are posted there, but they really aren't necessary. Until, that is, graduate student Mark (Daniel Gillies) decides to make the curse the subject of his thesis on legend and mythology. He and four of his friends travel to the house to conduct an investigation, ostensibly to prove that the curse is nothing but bunk. This is not one of those 'ghost hunter investigations gone wrong' movies, though. Mark has a camera, a sound recorder, and no obvious plan for using either of them. Things do go horribly wrong, however. I found the storyline confusing. The effects of the curse make the characters behave erratically, and they even witness strange events differently. Is the curse real? Are the things the characters see and hear real? Is the insane killer Carl Bryce (whose body was never found), a dark entity, or one or more of the characters themselves? I would say that all of these questions and more will be answered by the end of the film ' but they really aren't. That is why I found Evil Remains so frustrating. I do have to say that the acting isn't half bad, however, especially when it comes to showing fear and confusion. It's a good thing, too, because the script and dialogue tends to be rather weak at times. In the end, though, all I see in this film is unrealized potential.
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3.3 out of 5 stars (18 customer reviews) 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
No T&A and humor makes this slasher just a cut above average,
By J. Gillespie "gettingthere" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Evil Remains (DVD)
Evil Remains references, pays homage to, or just blatantly rips off every classic as well as recently released horror movie. In the first two scenes, there are snippets of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Blair Witch Project, Jeepers Creepers, The Hills Have Eyes, The Evil Dead, Halloween, and fill in the blank, because when the credits roll you will be hard pressed to name at least one slasher film that hasn't been scavenged.Nonetheless, this is a solid if not very memorable movie. Director James Merendino forgot it takes a lot of humor to glue together so many disparate pieces but that doesn't stop him from referencing two similar films that were quite funny, House of 1,000 Corpses and Cabin Fever. As a result a movie that could have been good is just a cut above the average slasher flick, no pun intended. Merendino also left out another essential ingredient for this genre: T&A. This will not start a trend. The story is otherwise boilerplate slasher. Five students prowl around an abandoned plantation that is the subject of a vague legend. Four will die and one will live, and with this movie that isn't a spoiler. Two of the three male students are brothers, bonded by what apparently was a bad childhood (guess what happens before we know). Yeoman acting is bolstered by standout performances from an uncredited Kurtwood Smith as the sagacious shrink and Estella Warren and Ashley Scott as lesbians who tag along to help on the ill-defined graduate work. The on-location New Orleans scenes also lend a creepy atmosphere to this otherwise ordinary film. 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
SWAMPED,
By Michael Butts - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Evil Remains (DVD)
Although set in the usually eerie swamplands of Louisiana, EVIL REMAINS doesn't go too far in advancing the tired cursed land story. A group of students venture off to a supposedly cursed plantation to disprove the myth of it being cursed. Seems twenty years earlier, an abused boy murdered his sadistic father and passive mother, but his body was never recovered. (Hint, hint). The movie tries to achieve some atmospheric chills and its cast is more than capable, but it's too talky and under-directed to provide true chills.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Real Creepy Camera work and Music good movie i thought!,
By none_of_ur_freakin_buisness - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Evil Remains (DVD)
i just rented this movie the other day from blockbuster. to be honest after watching the movie the cover art on the dvd package sucks! it makes it look like a total b movie with the evil little face and estella warren with her boobs almost hanging out and why is the girl behine her in the cover blond in the movie shes brown haired and has dreds! oook lol. BUT i was wrong the movie itself is great. it has very creepy camera work as in shots of scenes and how they were taken by angles and such. the movies color is great! a little dark at times but for a low budget movies its looks like one of those bigger budgeted studio financed "in theatre" cameras used.the music was very creepy it was like light errie ghostly whispers! and was put out more on the scenes when needed. the original sound on the dvd is in dolby digital stereo wich is only the two front speakers but I RECOMMED if you got a dolby digital 5:1 or 6:1 surround sound to set it at dolby prologic 2 decoding. set it on that when watching it the sounds ALL come out thru all front and back speakers brings the movie more to life! trust me just set ur surround reciever to prologic 2 sourround sound format on your reciever and wow better then what they use on the disc LOL. as for the story its was nothing new really boy is nuts. kills parents and then is there really a "haunting" at the plantation or a curse?. and then these young look like college kids to me go investigate and then chaos begins sorry im not gona say what cuz i dont wana ruin it for you haha. but the acting is VERY good all are above b actors. kinda almost seems like they should be doing bigger movies then this but hey you gota go where the money is i guess. but the actors bring this movie to life more BESIDES THE MUSIC and the creepy cinamatography. the thing that made me laugh was that old man RED from that 70's show is in this movie for like a cameo but i was like oook why is he in a horror movie?. BUT ANYHOW go watch this movie turn off the lights raise up the dolby prologic 2 surround sound "recommended" and get ready for the heebie jeebies!. |
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