Them (2006)

Lucas and Clementine live peacefully in their isolated country house, but one night they wake up to strange noise... they're not alone... and a group of hooded assailants begin to terrorize them throughout the night.

Directors:

David Moreau, Xavier Palud

Writers:

David Moreau, Xavier Palud

Stars:

Olivia Bonamy, Michaël Cohen, Adriana Mocca

3 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Olivia Bonamy	...	Clémentine
Michaël Cohen	...	Lucas
Adriana Mocca	...	Ilona (as Adriana Moca)
Maria Roman	...	Sanda
Camelia Maxim	...	Maria
Alexandru Boghiu	...	L'enfant
Emanuel Stefanuc	...	Adolescent n°1
Horia Ioan	...	Adolescent n°2
Stefan Cornic	...	Adolescent n°3
George Iulian	...	Adolescent n°4

Storyline

Clémentine, a teacher in a French School in Bucharest, lives with her husband, Lucas, in a remote real estate in Snagov. During the night, Clémentine is woken by weird noises outside their house, and Lucas sees their car being stolen. The lights are turned off, the phones are disconnected and they see that they are no longer alone. When weird lights appear outside, they hide in the cellar and try to ask for help from what could be a dreadful night of pure terror...

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Plot Keywords:

night | intruder | underground tunnel | tunnel | teen violence | 

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Taglines:

You'll never feel safe in your home again.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence and terror

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shot in 30 days.

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Goofs

When "They" (of "Them") first ring the house the telephone ringer is the classic European electronic bell signal from the last thirty years or so. However when Clem answers the phone the device clangs like an analogue phone would have sounded from the phones of 70 years before that. Then again, when she puts the receiver down, it clangs again like an antique phone.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Child: We just want to play! Why won't you ley us? Let us! Will you let us?

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Connections

Referenced in Viande d'origine française (2009)

User Reviews

Tense as hell...

...but in the end you realize this is something you'll only watch once or perhaps twice. It's a perfect cinema experience however.

The sound work works really well in a theater. There is clearly a very eager and talented sound designer and editor responsible for creating most of the tension. Every single creak and footstep is perfectly placed for the best scares. The plot is the "weakest" part, but it's nothing you'll care about. The best thing is that it mercifully steers clear of all "jump" scenes we know and hate from American scary movies.

After the first act, lightning starts to come in more and more and almost replaces sound as the tension-maker. This is also done extremely well. Actually, this is probably one of the most well- made horror movies in a long time. Everything plays out perfectly; lightning, sound, camera-work(modern, but not annoyingly so) editing and cinematography.

Definitely worth watching for the technical aspects alone, but more so for the tension and the scares.

Details

Official Sites:

Mars Distribution [France] Official site [UK]

Country:

France Romania

Language:

French Romanian

Release Date:

19 July 2006 (France)

Also Known As:

Them

Filming Locations:

Castel Film Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,025, 26 August 2007

Gross USA:

$50,057

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,822,116

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eskwad, StudioCanal, Castel Film Romania

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1