Long Time Dead (2002)

A young Londoner and his friends use a Ouija board to hold a seance, triggering a chain of mysterious deaths that may be caused by an otherworldly force.

Director:

Marcus Adams

Writers:

Marcus Adams (story), Eitan Arrusi (screenplay),

Stars:

Joe Absolom, Lara Belmont, Melanie Gutteridge

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joe Absolom	...	Rob
Lara Belmont	...	Stella
Melanie Gutteridge	...	Annie
Lukas Haas	...	Webster
James Hillier	...	Spencer
Alec Newman	...	Liam
Mel Raido	...	Joe
Marsha Thomason	...	Lucy
Tom Bell	...	Becker
Michael Feast	...	Paul Brennan
Cyril Nri	...	Dr. Wilson
Tameka Empson	...	Girl student
Peter Gevisser	...	Lucy's neighbour
Derek Lea	...	Guard
Joel Pitts	...	Young Liam

Storyline

A group of British students enbark on summoning spirits on a Ouija board after a night of clubbing. But someone breaks the link before they have finished and now a demon is trapped in their world and the only way to banish it, is for all the people who summoned it to die.

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Plot Keywords:

spirit | ouija | seance | death | ring | 

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Taglines:

Play It To Death

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence, language and some drug use

Details

Country:

UK France

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 January 2002 (UK)

Also Known As:

Već Dugo Mrtav

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$76,163 (Australia) (6 September 2002)

Gross:

$76,163 (Australia) (6 September 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Working Title Films, Film Council, WT2 Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The position of Liam's arms, on the pane of glass.

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Connections

References Casablanca (1942)

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Soundtracks

"Shiver"
(Adimora / Deluxe)
Performed by Double 99
Featuring Victoria Horn
Courtesy of BMG Entertainment International UK & Ireland

User Reviews

Jumping on the bandwagon.....

Way back in 1996 Master of the macabre Wes Craven had an idea, to re-invent the teenage horror slasher movie. It was an idea that gave the horror genre the new leash of life that it needed, although, as usual, Hollywood milked the concept. After 'Scream' set the critics raving and the audiences screaming, Hollywood came up with the theory that as Scream made one hell of a lot of money, they'll make more. Thus 'I Know What You Did Last Summer', 'Cherry Falls', 'Final Destination' & 'Valentine' (to name but a few) were born.

After 7 years the British Film Industry must have thought, "Hang on, let's have a go at that". Unfortunately, they're trying to jump on a bandwagon that is not there anymore, hence making one big mess. Namely - 'Long Time Dead'.

Now, I'm a strong supporter of British films, but this is just plain awful. Dire acting from all parties, the director (Marcus Adams; Also the writer) must have been asleep while the actors attempted to perform. The movie heavily relies on the: `boo...oh I scared you tactic', using a lot of non-digetic music weaving in with the digetic noise of the characters either running or aimlessly wondering before getting 'slaughtered'. Inverted commas because none of the killings actually go on on screen.

Literally the plot is scraping the bottom of the barrel. It kind of has distant echo's of Cravens superior 'Wishmaster' and the appalling 'I Still Know ..'. A group of teens for some reason (quite possibly I missed the part where this was explained, but I doubt it) decided to have a go on a Ouija board, and accidentally call a Djinn. A Djinn ( for all the people who didn't see Wishmaster) is a demon. The term Djinn is what is commonly known as a genie. But ironically enough (as if you didn't see this twist coming), the Djinn is evil.

For this 'Djinn' to be released it has to kill all those who conjured it. But really, do you even care? The characters are supposed to appeal to the audiences so we don't want them to die, yet we do.

An extremely predictable film from start to finish, if you can't see these twists coming then there is something seriously wrong with you.

Marks out of 10 - I'm not even gonna bother. I implore you, don't go and see this movie, don't waste your money.