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31 out of 35 people found the following review useful:
Predictable and slow, 13 November 2011
Author:
descartesrock
Not recommended. This movie was slow and predictable. If you've seen
the Shinning, then you have basically seen this movie. The acting was
well done and there were some cool shots, but the actual plot is one
that is constantly overdone. It never made me cringe and I rolled my
eyes at the complete utter predictability of it. It's a waste of time.
Really, it is. I have never looked at the clock so much during the
movie, wondering when it was going to end.
And also, I am not a person that is usually good at predicting things,
but this movie was so easy to predict. The other thing is, I didn't
really like the main character, due to the way he was presented in the
beginning, so the fact was that I didn't care at all as to what was
going to happen to him made the movie even more boring. It was a well
reviewed film by other users, which gave me the idea that it was
original and well done. IT ISN'T.
12 out of 12 people found the following review useful:
Weird atmosphere building up to absolute nothingness, 2 January 2012
Author:
dschmeding from Germany
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
OK, considering the plot about a guy who has to live 12 days in the
flat of his recently deceased grandmother to be the legal tenant with a
nice low rent in NYC no one would expect much. Sounds like a Scooby-Doo
Movie with kids who have to sleep a night in a spooky house to win a
bet.
So my expectations weren't high and I have to admit the first 40
Minutes had me positively surprised because the location and weird
atmosphere keep you interested. So in the beginning you take the whole
strangeness of that guy in his huge flat, isolated with only a strange
Doorman helping him get his groceries as weird foreshadowings of eerie
things unfolding. People appear in the flat, others disappear, there is
a strange hole in the wall and the main character gets more and more
paranoid regularly stamped with "Day X" on screen to count the 12 days
and announcing some terrifying finale. So I give to the creators of the
movie that they managed to create atmosphere with minimalism but that
just falls apart after 40 Minutes because then the strange incidents
get tedious and don't follow any build up. Many things don't make sense
and are never explained until the guy suddenly (really pretty much out
of the blue to me) snaps and delivers one bloody scene towards the end
that follows the whole strangeness of the previous minutes perfectly
but is totally incoherent and random... and cheap considering a 12 day
build up and then having a guy snap some hours before his lawyer knocks
at the door.
Spoiler alert.... If you go for the psychotic episode/its all just in
your head motive don't drop red herrings all over the place that have
no meaning whatsoever. After all the basic premise of granny dying with
a horrified look on her face makes which is the base for everything
here.... it makes no sense unless the whole family is genetically
pre-disposed to schizophrenia.
So watch the first 40 Minutes, enjoy the weird atmosphere and then roll
the dice to decide if its a Paranoid Psycho or Haunted House Movie. No
matter what ... this movie is totally random and the character
development is ridiculous. There really are people randomly falling
from the sky or appearing in the apartment dying of a heart-attack.
When the credits roll you can't but feel cheated.
10 out of 12 people found the following review useful:
Godawful!, 1 January 2012
Author:
alex (doorsscorpywag) from United Kingdom
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
I watched this drivel on the strength of some of the reviews which I now see are obviously written by the crew/cast/director. Don't believe a word of the 10 star reviews as this film is utterly awful. It makes me laugh when I see the videos of rubbish like this and how glowing the cherry picked reviews are. But in reality they are poorly scripted, badly acted toss. The only part I enjoyed was the part with the door which I found rather amusing. This film is not like the Shining or Polanski it's just another worthless waste of film and peoples time. Not the worst film ever as there are better candidates for that here but one which is not worth 90 minutes of your time. Time better spent grouting the bathroom or lying on your back looking at the ceiling. Believe me both these activities will feel more rewarding than watching this pile of crap.
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Good beginning to one of the most disappointing movies ever, 1 January 2013
Author:
rogersdean7 from United States
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
I created an account just to write this, just FYI. If you can avoid
this movie, do it. You will be fooled/lured in by the first 30 minutes,
only to be smashed violently in the head by the absolute terror of
predictable, boring nothingness of movie. I cannot accurately express
how frustrated and angry this troll of a movie made me by the end.
Spoiler: 12 days by yourself in a luxury apartment cannot drive you
crazy. People spend months in solitary confinement, which this is not.
He kills the chick on day two, due to his insanity from being isolated,
what? If you want to anger yourself, then watch this movie. This is a
zero of a movie. Do not watch this movie. You should only do so to know
how not to make a movie. Not the worst, but almost.
13 out of 25 people found the following review useful:
Above average Polanski-like homage, but Hansis isn't really up to the task, 24 October 2011
Author:
bob_meg from United States
"Occupant" has one of the nicest, most believable set-ups of any recent
urban thriller: Danny (Van Hansis) moves into his granny's (whom he's
never met) rent-controlled Manhatten apartment (if you can call a 3500
sq ft space merely that) hoping to continue her $675 a month renting
price, with the aide of an overly-friendly/sinister doorman (Thorston
Kaye). The only glitch? To secure the place at the low-low figure, he
only needs to barricade himself inside the plush joint long enough to
lawyer up and win legal custody of the property.
Of course, this isn't as easy as it seems, as a series of eerie
coincidences gradually convince Danny that someone's not exactly
playing above board in their attempts to foist him out.
Henry Miller's latest film is much glossier than his previous outings,
nicely shot, with some inventive camera angles. The story, by
writer/producer Johnathan Brett, is engaging, if not rendered a bit
campy sometimes with it's use of 250-point Helvetica fonts screaming
DAY ONE, DAY TWO, etc.
The real weakness, I think, is the casting of Van Hansis --- a soap
opera actor who looks a bit too Abercrombie to be mistaken for the
average working-joe-farm-boy-come-to-the-big-city. He's not bad,
really, his acting is just very one-note (as with many soap opera
alumni, his range is either in the "super sincere" or "utterly
hysterical" registers...they're either whispering or shouting).
Unfortunately, he doesn't do well with the latter. It appears Miller
found that out, because the film tends to lapse into gimmicks like
speed-frame, freeze-frame, and wipes particularly in the final scenes.
It takes a lot of gravitas to pull off the kind of gut wrenching panic
that's needed here, and Hansis just doesn't have it. This is a shame,
because the film, overall, has a lot of unique touches going for it. It
just needs an actor with a resume that's longer than his Facebook page
to support it.
Pretty dull, 25 April 2013
Author:
sinny_koshka from United Kingdom
At the start of this movie my hopes were high - an original plot with
the scope for scary ghosty stuff. Unfortunately, when you're stuck in
an apartment which you 'can't' leave it doesn't take long for the
boredom to set in. There was an opportunity for chills and thrills but
for some reason the execution is dull and listless. For some reason I
started getting a hankering for The Shining - the definitive descent
into madness. If you watch The Apartment then you'll get similar pangs
after about 20 minutes.
If you delve into Korean horror then you can discover interesting
themes fully realised and not just imagined by the director.
Nili has put together a classy list -
http://www.imdb.com/list/8txFAcBLcUo/
Worth leasing, but not buying., 6 July 2012
Author:
blongca04
"Occupant" isn't the smartest effort of recent memory, nor is it the
scariest, but it's certainly unique enough to be worth mentioning. The
plot here isn't especially innovative, borrowing heavily from movies
like "1408" and Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining," but much like said
inspiration, the execution is what differentiates this film from the
slew of other cheap imitations. The movie is actually pretty sleek-
looking for a lower-budget offering, and it makes effective use of its
small, fairly-unknown cast, especially leading man Van Hansis, whose
portrayal of a man grappling with his sanity is so convincing its
unsettling. The atmosphere is dark, disturbing, and suspenseful, akin
to an under-your-skin David Lynch head trip; it's that special blend of
intentionally-ambiguous psychological thriller and supernatural horror
that makes this a very carrot-on-a-stick experience, never allowing the
viewer to turn away once the action begins its slow-burning buildup.
For the rest of my review, please check out my movie review blog:
http://filmsallthetime.blogspot.com
Okay, I guess, 1 July 2012
Author:
mattie-jade from Denver, Colorado
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
I liked this, except for the fact that he painted like half his wall, then stopped. Like, who does that?? If you are looking for a scary movie in a hurry, this probably wouldn't be it. This movie wasn't really all the scary, and actually quite confusing. Many parts were left open with no explanation. This movie is quite random too. Different scenes just happen, without being led up to. I didn't like it too much. I wish it had more depth to it, like they didn't put much effort into making it detailed. There were also no on screen killings, people would just be found dead. The acting was okay, actually, for such a B movie. The main character sometimes over acted, but that's fine. Overall, I give this a 6/10 for creepiness
2 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Definitely intriguing., 19 February 2012
Author:
Sara Hay (radicocaine) from United States
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
If you enjoy slow films you will find that part of the film intriguing, but if you dislike slow films then you might as well as not waste your time. You look at it and assume that it is predictable but it's really not. It's about a guy whose Grandmother passes away and he sublets her apartment but without the proper permission from the owners of the building therefore his lawyer enforces a strong encouragement for him to stay in his apartment until they have the proper lease. It shows the slow journey of him losing his mind without the viewers knowing that he is losing his mind until the end, of course. The ending is really what will make up your opinion of loving or hating it. Personally I adored it and found it to have the perfect amount of intrinsic as well as suspenseful scenes. I highly suggest it.
2 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Nice try, 12 January 2012
Author:
spiiidey-1
OK, I'm gonna write this short: This movie has some really nice shots,
in the beginning it creates an interesting, little weird story, the
acting is pretty nice ... BUT there are so many plot holes, so many
stuff that happens without any reason, just for the effect and there's
no horror at all. This movie is just a concept ... looks like they ran
out of money and had to end it somehow. This is sad, because it really
had a decent start and could have been a remarkable film. This way
there is no comparison to any Polanski movie.
Usually it's nice to watch a movie and in the end be left with a few
questions to talk about and to discuss ... but here it's just too much.
Why all this?
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