lizzieimp Reviews

Jeepers Creepers (2001)

Jeez Jeepers

[1/10 · 7 July 2009]

This was just horrendous. If you are a thinking being in the least, then there's no way you could be frightened by this movie. I kept rooting for the driver because I absolutely just wanted to slap the taste out of the two main characters, who were bland and boring.

I've taken scarier naps than this.

For those saying that you have to turn your brain off to enjoy the movie, I have to say NO. If you have to turn your brain off to watch something, it's a bad movie. I mean, if you stop thinking, you can enjoy anything. If we turn off our brains, how can we then be scared by a horror movie? We might as well be entertained by watching pretty, pretty pictures set to music. This could be entertaining if one is a completely baked, die-hard stoner, but really, it's terrible. The whole point of a horror movie is to be startled, grossed out, and above all, scared. If you have to stop thinking to enjoy something, then it isn't worth anyone's time, and it's an insult to us, the audience, that filmmakers make stuff like this. They're basically saying, "Yes, it's no good, but that's okay, because you're too stupid to appreciate anything better." We, as an audience, have to stop patronizing crap like this and demand we are served quality entertainment. If we pay to see a horror movie, whether in money or in time, we should be frightened, or at least be able to see how it could frighten someone else. I was neither scared, nor could I see how anyone else could be scared by this drivel.

Darkness Falls (2003)

Had to Turn on the Lights

[8/10 · 7 July 2009]

I saw this movie in the theaters when it came out in 2003 with my then-boyfriend, now husband. My husband is a pretty stoic guy, and because I love and have seen so many horror movies at this point, I'm afraid I'm a little jaded, and have frequently been disappointed when it comes to horror movies that have come out past 1983.

"Darkness Falls" delivered the goods. The movie has just enough supernatural to it to be weird and freaky, and the acting, while not terribly good, isn't horrible. I think they showed the monster a little too early, but that's just me.

We were terrified. Neither of us would go anywhere in my house without the lights on, and certainly not alone! The sets, lighting and sound effects were so creepy it made my skin crawl.

Certainly better fare than some other pathetic excuses for horror movies that rely solely on special effects for creep.