VividSimon
Simply Perfect
ChanBot
i must have seen a different film!!
AshUnow
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW)
This is something that I wouldn't normally do. Be judgemental. There's a town in Maryland where the local people are church-going folks. But there's a family that are outsiders and they are accosted by the locals. One of the the members whose daughter(Rumer Willis, Bruce's daughter) gets the shock of her life. She was being intimate with the outsider, but he started to brandish a gun a commits suicide, she became hysterical. But it wasn't the suicide that really scared her, she claims that she's being followed by a girl. Then she was later found with scissors in her neck. Pandora's box was opened up in this quiet little town. It turned out to be the outsiders were practicing witchcraft. The book the brother has contained something that would cause others to die by their own hands. While the rest of the town would turn their backs, the daughter would investigate the truth must to a pastor's son dismay.
Once the book was opened, people seemingly would take their own lives. Of course they weren't willing. It's their deadly doppelgangers doing the deed. But some of the suicides are off. Why would the niece think that her own uncle would hang himself over his daughter's death, and then her death ended up being unnoticed?
No one is that DESPERATE of ending their lives.
This movie is a cross between "The Ring" and "Final Destination" .
I read the Bible myself, but I won't be judgemental about things. Just say that there are too many secrets in that town there. I would just drive by there a find a town more peaceful.
3 out of 5 stars
draftdubya
Is it even possible to find a town that deeply religious in Maryland? Why wouldn't the very well off witches not just move? The jocks at that high school would've torn Dylan apart with all his religious crap. these much well off witches would've had a arsenal in their house(if not a entire gun store)to fend off the religious nutters. Green shirt follower 40-50 something religious nutter was funny./Fedor8 had the funniest review that I seen in years.
mfnmbessert-224-279128
Thoroughly well-made, well-acted, well-written, and well-photographed underground horror film. I was very pleasantly surprised by how well done everything seems to be here; the acting is far above average for this type of low-budget horror. Elizabeth Rice is a new face to me, but a beautiful one at that. The only person I easily recognize is Adam Goldberg of 'Saving Private Ryan' and 'The Salton Sea', and while he does well, his character is slightly forgettable.The story is fresh and original, and plays out something along the lines of 'Final Destination' meets 'The Blair Witch Project', but don't take my word for it, there is no gratuitous nudity or extreme amounts of bloody gore to be had here, just well made psychological trauma mostly. And I must say, unlike most endings, 'From Within' definitely pays off in the end. Highly recommended.FROM WITHIN -----8/10.
Paul Magne Haakonsen
Alright, well I didn't really think this movie would fit into the "After Dark Horrorfest" genre, but apparently it did.This movie was interesting, and yet it was sort of dull. Confused? Well I will try to lay it on the line. The interesting part was the who religious fanaticism going on through the movie, that they showed just how crazed some people can become and to what extends some people are willing to go. That is what I found interesting in the movie.And the dull part? Well, basically the entire movie was just one long smear about nothing much in particular. There was very little happening throughout the movie. And what did happen wasn't scary at all, it was just a bit out there. And that was a major disappointment to this movie.Now, I am not saying that this is a crappy movie, it does have its moments and there is a constant sense of dread laying just beneath the surface, but this dread never gets a real chance to shine through.The movie is psychological, and that works very well in its favor, and the scenes that do draw on the supernatural, does work nicely as well. The whole part about being killed by yourself, and no one else but you can see what is going on, is kind of freaky, and that was the good part about the movie."From Within" took a sweet long time to tell very little, and that made the movie drag on forever and ever. There wasn't enough sparks and magic to make this movie all that interesting. Sure, the movie had potential and they were on to something with the story, plots and the twists in the movie, but it just didn't catch the bigger picture.The cast in "From Within" was good, and I think they all portrayed their characters very well and in believable manners. So there is nothing to complain about here. The leading roles were portrayed well, and the supporting roles were the same.The effects were good throughout the movie. They didn't revel in one grand CGI eye-fest after another, but rather made use of subtle effects and scary environments and small details. That is one of the cooler things in movie-making.The ending was nice, although not a surprise ending. But it worked well enough.I am rating this movie a 4, because of the story took forever to get you almost nowhere. But still, there were elements that managed to keep my interest throughout the movie. Now, if you are looking for a movie to scare the crap out of you, this is not the movie to pick. However, if you want a psychological movie with some underlying supernatural elements, this might be right up your alley. But be prepared for a very long storytelling...
