It's been a long time (Long Time Dead (DVD))

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Product:	Long Time Dead (DVD)
Date:	30/06/02 (2 review reads)
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Advantages: scary stuff!, scary stuff!!, scary stuff!!!

Disadvantages: n/a, n/a, n/a

A group of students at an all night warehouse party dare each other to play on an ouija board. But what starts out as fun rapidly turns into a nightmare, when the glass spells out the message

ALL DIE

Unnerved, the students retreat to their house, but as one by one they fall prey to a succession of disturbing murders, the remaining friends know they must somehow banish the evil they have awakened, before it claims its next victim.
With time running out, and the head count growing, they realise they can?t trust anybody, not even each other....

Okay, I think everyone will admit that recent British horror films ain't been up to scratch when compared to the State's output. 'Long Time Dead' goes some way to closing the gap.

Probably the first film in a few years that have made me actually jump out my seat in shock, the film's fright's don't stop and end with shock-factor. The most frightful moments come from unseen forces being at work - similar to 'Final Destination', but a lot more 'real' due to the enemy being spirits/ghosts/demons rather than 'death'. Some very tense moments come when nothing can be seen, only felt - you can actually feel the fear.

The acting in the main is pretty poor apart from the actual 'fear sequences' that are very believable (far more so than Blair Witch). I think the problem lies with some shady dialogue as opposed to the actors talents. The one problem with the film is that when the demon manifests itself it just isn't as scary as when it was invisible.

If you love classic horror along the lines of 'The Exorcist', the hammer horror series, and 50s b-movies, you'll love this. If not, avoid it. Pure popcorn fodder!

Cast: Lukas Haas, Joe Absalom, Lara Belmont (Stella), James Hillier, Melanie Gutteridge, Alec Newman, Mel Raido, Marsha Thomason

Director: Marcus Adams (feature debut; he was a mem
ber of Meat Beat Manifesto, and directed most of their videos)

Screenwriters: Chris Baker and Andrew Day (cowriters of Mean Machine), Eitan Arrusi (debut), Daniel Bronzite (debut)

Based upon: Marcus Adams also directed a 30-minute short of the same title, so this film is probably based upon that. It's also based upon a story written by Marcus Adams, Daniel Bronzite, and James Gay-Rees.

Rated 15

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