GazerRise Fantastic!

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Caryl It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

key-02487 I'm making an account just to rate this movie. I don't get why this movie has such low ratings. It's really not that bad of a movie, and I think people should give it a chance.I'm going to spoil some stuff of the movie. Nothing important, but you've been warned.The story is pretty straightforward and nothing mind blowing. A couple who's road tripping through the country side has problems with their cars and they have to look for help. They end up in the house of some poor bastard who just awakened an old vampire, by removing the wooden stake that it had in its body.The vampire in this story resembles that of Nosferatu, at least in appearance. We have a bald, ancient looking creature that walks slowly yet has significant strength. Another curious thing, it's afraid of every source of light and not only the sun. I believe mentioning the nature of the creature is important because it ties with the setting and tone of the movie. This is not a classic horror/slasher movie with your big cast of teens who are gonna get laid and get picked up one at a time in stupid ways. This is a slow movie, with only two protagonists and almost no dialogue. The vampire doesn't run fast, or screams, or flies. It's just there, being a constant menace to our characters, looking for a chance to attack. Some people will complain and call it unrealistic but I like how, for once, we have competent characters. Even if their actions and decisions aren't right every time, they adapt and think logically and actually try to survive. A nice change of pace.Anyway, I could keep going but there's no point. This isn't a perfect movie. It has some flaws, some of the characters might have been TOO stoic and calm in some situations, and it might come as boring to some. But I think it's a good movie, different to most horror flicks, yet still being a "monster movie". Give it a chance, because you might just like it, like I did. Best than most of the garbage you find in the horror genre.

view_and_review Like they say in journalism: this is a non-story. There was nothing here; nothing original, nothing special, nothing scary, nothing worth watching.When Sarah (Niamh Algar) and Mark (Stephen Cromwell) escape to the Irish countryside for some alone time they find themselves stuck on an isolated property hiding from some creature. The movie makers tried to drum up some fear and suspense but it fell flat. How can I even be expected to fear a creature that spends most of its time unnecessarily stalking its victim? I know that was done for added fright, but it only made the creature more baffling as it could only hunt during the night so time was precious. This creature timidly slinked around in order to give us a 90 minute movie as the heroine fought it off with flashlights, cell phone light and matches. There were definitely several points in the movie when I wondered what's the plan. Not just the plan of the protagonist but also the plan of the creature. Both of them seemed aimless. What I watched was a choreographed hunt where they both strategically harmed each other a bit until one of them delivered the kill shot. Like I said, there's nothing to see here folks.

Dennis Moore I don't normally write reviews on IMDb, but after watching this movie I felt compelled to just point out the unrealistic decision making of the characters. Warning Spoilers!OK the concept and the creature are good. It is a different kind of take on the vampire. It's all wraith like and any source of light not just the sun, hurts it. Cool idea! That's why I give this movie four stars.It goes to hell from there. First off who's house are they in? It seems likely that whoever owns the house is probably the one who staked the vamp and buried it in the field. I'm thinking this because of all the motion detector lights everywhere and the fact that the house is all lit up inside. It's not likely do be the house of the dude digging in the field because why in the hell would he leave all the lights in his house on as he goes out to work in the field? It doesn't bother me that the couple comes to the house to help the strange acting man. The house is still the best option for them to get help with their car. It does bother me that once the man attacks them and runs off instead of looking for a phone in the home, or just plain staying there because a man just attacked them and ran off into the dark, they decide to follow him outside and then try to go back to their car! Umm, hello someone just attacked you. Why not look for a phone and call the cops? Also, what is going back to their car going to do? It's still stuck! Once they've been attacked by the big vamp and are on the second floor with the light (by the way it takes them WAY to long to figure out that the creature is harmed by light)they don't assess the situation, look for more light sources (there were candles in the room next to the hallway they where in), and or arm themselves. I mean how hard is it to break off a table leg to use as a club?The lack of looking for more light sources is a constant problem in this movie. They find one light source and go, "ok this is all we need" Because the creature won't try and destroy it or anything! When the main character is in the barn and shuts off the lights, I assume it is to try and trap the vamp like she did with her boyfriend before. The problem is she shuts off the lamp and the STEPS AWAY FROM THE LIGHT SWITCH!!!! This makes no sense at all! Also there were two hanging lamps in this room. Even if the vamp took out the one lamp when he grabbed it she still could have turned on the light! WTF!?Finally, at the end she makes the torch and has a lantern and decides to go off on foot. In the next scene she has ditched the torch and just is using the lantern. Once again these characters don't seem to get that with a monster that is harmed by light more is better! When you see her leaving the barn the sun is clearly starting to rise. There is light on the horizon, but for some reason takes a really long time to come up. The character also chooses to walk through a dark fissure in the ground instead of staying on the open surface where she would be able to see everything around her. She does have light at this point after all!This movie had a lot of potential, but when characters do stuff that doesn't make sense over and over again it makes it tough for anyone to like it! In the end these character's actions were driven by the demands of the plot and not how a person would react to the situation.

mary-laking I enjoyed this film. The thing I liked most was the absence of music. There was a little bit, but most scenes were done in silence, which I actually find much more scary than an annoying soundtrack. It had a fairly predictable beginning - young couple get lost in the remote Irish countryside and their car gets bogged down. From that point on, things go from bad to worse. I also liked the absence of tedious explanations as to who or what the original creature was. Sometimes films get too bogged down trying to explain and in the end, does it matter? They're being attacked by a scary creature, they have to save themselves, not much else is relevant in the larger scheme of things. I agree with some of the other reviewers that there were some parts that didn't make sense, for instance, how many bad creatures were there running around in the dark? The original biter, the bitten farmer and Mark? How come the heroine gets scratched, apparently by one of the creatures, but doesn't get infected? But in my experience that's the way with horror movies. In the end, if they keep you riveted that's all that matters.