You know those movies that start with some seemingly innocent and carefree character meeting some shady looking guy who's smoking a cigarette in an alley? Yeah...you know that eventually this will not end well. Fortunately for the viewer the same is true of Dread. While I didn't really grow up watching Clive Barker's movies (still can't stand Hellraiser), I've grown an appreciation for him over the years. Even though he didn't have much to do with the making of the actual movie, I'd like to think it's very much what it would look like if he had.
This film is kind of hard to define. It's not really what you'd call a horror movie in the traditional sense, although it definitely has horror elements. I guess it kind of walks a fine line between a psychological thriller and paranoia horror. Sure, there's a bit of gore here and there, but the film isn't relying on it. There's also some scenes of what some would call torture, but there's more of a point to it than films like Saw or Hostel. So in a way you'll feel like you've seen it before, but you really haven't. I suppose a quick and dirty summary of the plot would be "seemingly normal but slightly eccentric guy slowly becomes crazier than a craphouse rat...hijinks ensue".
All said and done I quite enjoyed it. Not the best thing I've seen from Clive Barker, but far from the worst. I guess in a strange way you could compare Barker to Lovecraft. People will always be trying to turn his stories into movies and they'll probably succeed admirably or fail horribly. Here's to hoping for the best.
This film is kind of hard to define. It's not really what you'd call a horror movie in the traditional sense, although it definitely has horror elements. I guess it kind of walks a fine line between a psychological thriller and paranoia horror. Sure, there's a bit of gore here and there, but the film isn't relying on it. There's also some scenes of what some would call torture, but there's more of a point to it than films like Saw or Hostel. So in a way you'll feel like you've seen it before, but you really haven't. I suppose a quick and dirty summary of the plot would be "seemingly normal but slightly eccentric guy slowly becomes crazier than a craphouse rat...hijinks ensue".
All said and done I quite enjoyed it. Not the best thing I've seen from Clive Barker, but far from the worst. I guess in a strange way you could compare Barker to Lovecraft. People will always be trying to turn his stories into movies and they'll probably succeed admirably or fail horribly. Here's to hoping for the best.