Seth_Rogue_One Making a horror movie about night terrors can't be an easy task I'm sureBut with legendary horror film director Wes Craven as the... uhh... Presenter, one might think that this could be good after allPresenter by the way, yes that is his official title, not producer, not even executive producer but simply 'presenter' which I guess basically means he knows someone in the crew and gave them the okay to use his name to bring in an audience to see itAnway back to the subject, despite Craven's "presenting" the movie it's pretty darn boringDespite the fact that the special effects (the 20 minutes or so they are used) being fairly good, and it being visually pleasing enough but it's just one heck of a dud of a movieThe acting is I guess borderline acceptable but the movie is just about as scary as a Richard Simmons workout videoBut then again I never really was scared of the dark, maybe it would have helped if I was but even that's doubtful

bowmanblue After the smash hit (American version) The Ring in 2001, many other horror films tried to copy its formula. Some succeeded (like the US version of The Grudge), but most fell into the forgotten abyss of B-movie horror.'They' comes somewhere between the two. It's not as good as either The Ring or The Grudge, but it's not as terrible as some of its fellow genre movies. It tells the story of a woman who experienced 'night terrors' as a child. Now grown up, strange things start to happen which indicate that the night terrors are coming back again.The good: it's quite short. If you really hate it, you won't feel like you've wasted too much of your life on it. Also, the 'night terrors' are quite creepy, both in the weird 'trilling' sounds they make, plus what you do get to see of them (which isn't that much).The bad: not much of a budget. No recognisable stars and some may feel that you don't really get to see enough of the 'night terrors' to work out what they actually look like. Also, I've seen a lot of online criticism of the main actress - it ranges from her looks (apparently she has a 'long neck' and even an 'adams apple' to her acting ability. Okay, she was never going to win an Oscar for her performance, but I didn't think she was any worse than any other 'scream queen' in a similar type of film.If you fancy another 'Ring-esque' type of film, you might like to give this one a go.

BA_Harrison After her childhood friend Billy (Jon Abrahams) commits suicide, convinced that something waiting in the dark is going to eat him, psychology student Julia Lund (Laura Regan) becomes convinced that she is also being stalked by creatures who intend to to her harm.My automatic reaction to seeing the words 'Wes Craven presents' on a DVD cover used to be to put it straight back where it came from: to me, having a film-maker who has zero connection with a production lend his name to help shift units smacked of desperation. The strange thing is, having now seen a few of the films that Wes has endorsed, I can honestly say that they're not as bad as a lot of horror films I've seen (including a few of Craven's own!).'They', for instance, is is a textbook example of how to develop a solid scary movie out of the flimsiest of set-ups; the story (if one can even call it that) goes absolutely nowhere over the course of an hour and a half, but is fun while it lasts. Director Robert Harmon wrings every last ounce of tension from his unexceptional set-up, preying on the audience's inherent fear of the unknown, repeatedly immersing his characters in darkness where something dreadful lurks waiting to whisk them away to somewhere terrible.Harmon wisely keeps the film's creatures, who attack those who are afraid of the dark, as indistinct as possible, well aware that what the viewer will conjure up in their mind will be far more terrifying than any CGI special effect. All Harmon shows us are vague, inhuman forms scuttling in the shadows, making some really creepy sounds as they stalk their victim—and that's all is really required to deliver some decent jump scares and hair-raising moments of fear.Sadly, after such a fine build up, the film wraps up matters in a really weak fashion no matter which of the two endings you watch: ending A) Julia's mad and the creatures don't exist, or ending B) Julia's not mad and the creatures do exist. Neither makes for a particularly satisfying conclusion, but neither is terrible enough for one to dismiss the film entirely.

atasever-t I first bought this movie like 8 years ago.I was never an afraid or shy watcher when it comes to horror movies. Mostly most of them wasn't doing any effect on me due to very low credibilities and out-of-aim unnecessary special effects and story backgrounds of the movies that makes you "eehhh...ending up with saying "another bullshit". On the other hand "They" was just another movie for me on that time though which made me think "can have potential" however while i was watching this pure horror it was so unrelentingly keeps you on the edge of your seat, i wasn't aware that i could feel something like this since like so long time..What i can say for this movie is "freaking awesome"!!! And that's it! Frankly speaking, as a horror movie of course what audience expect differs from one another but one thing mostly does not change; we do not make horror movies as documentary, (2nd world) war films, long story short "fact movies" made upon some historical facts or science facts. (I said "mostly" because there are few such examplary movies of these categories.) Instead horror movies most of the time consist of incredible characters, monsters, zombies, and mostly they rely on such unbelievable situations which makes you laugh which leads us again "credibility". "They" gives you this credibility beautifully combining your childish fears with a background of nightmare/incubus legend among children with "unseen" characters, eventually makes you suspense, confuse and hesitate..The ability of the movie relating with your ownself while you are watching this movie is inexpressible combining it with darkness and unknownness fear.I want to note that this is above all in pshycological horror category which is "more simple means more expressive" which needs serious audience. If you are expecting a zombie bashing movie just to enjoy your tastes do not even start it. But if you feel ready to watch a real horror movie and let this movie gets you into your most deep childish fears...watch it.10/10 --Do not watch this movie as if its a classic Wes Craven movie, actually in my opinion let alone this is his best horror movie, its one of the best movies of all.--Do not watch this movie with any preopinions or getting any comments of it before like any other movie it will ruin it.--Do not watch this movie if you are unable to relate with your childish feelings/sides anymore.