It Waits

2005 "It lurks...it prowls..."
4| 1h28m| NR| en
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A lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.

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Alicia I love this movie so much
Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Chantel Contreras It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.
karl_consiglio Its more like the audience that is left waiting. Patiently you wait for all the romanticism to be over so as the film could start, then the sex scene, with the candles, doesn't even give us a glimpse of her tits. Which is a shame because she has a glorious rack. In fact often you forget you watching a horror flick, its more like an episode of Beautiful. When the monster finally starts getting nasty, i don't how she manages to sleep, and how they hang around talking. She doesn't seem as traumatized by the awful stuff the monster does as she was about the car crash that killed her friend. Anyway she wastes a lot of bullets, and food.
Coventry You have to give the writers and producers at least some credit for daring to release a horror movie that is called "It Waits". That's like openly claiming: our movie will be boring and don't pretend we didn't warn you in the title. The good news, however, is that "IT" (which is this time a mythological Indian demon instead of Pennywise the Clown) only waits for a good half hour – until the inevitable dramatic sub plot and dull character drawings are over and done with – before going on its outrageous murderous rampage. I even daresay "It Waits" is a fairly enjoyable creature feature as long as you manage to look past all the dreadful genre clichés and nonsensical plot elements. The central character is a young and hot Canadian ranger stationed in a tower post somewhere in the middle of an extensive forest. Poor Danielle St. Claire drinks a lot of Vodka because she can't deal with being responsible for the death of her best friend in a car accident. This means that for the first half hour, "It Waits" only features dull guilty speeches and a forced dramatic atmosphere. Danielle's traumas all become meaningless when she and her boyfriend Justin face the bloody battle with a demon that accidentally got unleashed from its prison cave and now runs amok in the woods. There's a terribly lame sub plot trying to trick us into believing the mythological creature actually feeds and strengthens on misery and sadness (and thus Danielle herself attracts it), but I strongly advise you to disregard the ludicrous dialogs and fully focus on the special effects and gory massacres. "It Waits" borrows ideas and elements from at least a dozen of other (and more successful) horror movies, but hey, you've surely seen a lot worse already and at least the second half provides plenty of carnage and the creature's design is reasonably horrific. The filming location is stupendous and reminded me of those glorious early 80's slasher movies that also entirely took place in forestry regions, like "Just before Dawn" and "The Final Terror". Cerina Vincent isn't very believable as a park ranger heroine, but she has obvious other qualities like her incredible good look and an impressive rack. Yes, I am aware that's a shallow remark but it had to be said! Besides, her tight ranger outfit as well as the smooth cinematography leave no opportunity untaken to emphasize her yummy boobs, neither.
theverydarkestangel I am a HUGE Horror Buff...and always hope the next horror flick in my NETFLIX queue will scare the hell outta me! Ha. Jeepers Creepers scared the hell outta me. 'It Waits' did not! Sigh! *** THE FOLLOWING SYNOPSIS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS *** Cerina Vincent reminded (reminds?) me of Eliza Dushku of Wrong Turn/Tru Calling fame...or maybe Gina Philips--of Jeepers Creepers (JC) fame. The 'boyfriend' reminded me of Justin Long (as Gina Philips brother in JC). The Winged Monster reminded me of the monster in JC--but not as scary, when fully viewed....about two-thirds into the somewhat silly and wayyyy toooo l-o-n-g of a movie.It was very s-l-o-w, almost painfully so, the first hour--but when the Native American professor appeared AND explained where the monster came from, etc...the movie picked up pace. Sure, much of who the monster killed AND didn't kill made no sense. Sure, Cerina Vincent didn't seem plausible as a Park Ranger. Sure the bird was a stupid aside. But, the Canadian scenery made the entire movie viewable--for me, anyway!Certainly NOT the worst Horror flick I've watched, but I believe it had unexplored/unimplemented possibilities which could have made it great! 5 stars for trying hard.
comeundone4162 I enjoyed the movie, but think there was more they could've done with it. I only saw it on TV so I'm sure there were parts cut that would've made it better. I wanted to see the creature sooner than they showed it. I also wanted more information on the creature, such as, did they have a name for it, where did it originate, how did it come into being, etc, not just what they thought it was. I found the "sex" scene to be too long and unnecessary and predictable. There also could've been some more insight as to the characters personal lives. The scenery was beautiful. I do have a question to one part of the movie, but I can't say what it is without giving away part of the movie.I would've liked to seen more of the person she met in the woods and more information from that person. I am going to rent the movie so I can see what I missed from just seeing on television and hopefully there will be deleted scenes to view as well. I was happy with the choice of actors/actresses, they did a good job. The dialog could've been better. My favorite, of course, was Hoppy. Who couldn't like him. I was very pleased with the ending.