Vanishing on 7th Street

2011 "Stay in the light."
4.9| 1h32m| R| en
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A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic horror. Realizing they may in fact be the last people on earth, a dark shadow hones in on them alone.

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BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment
Mjeteconer Just perfect...
FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
Blazehgehg Conceptually, this is a cool movie: all of a sudden, the world is plunged in to darkness. Those that vanish in to the night are never seen again. And those that survive to see the sunrise find that even the sun itself is beginning to disappear, bit by bit."Vanishing on 7th Street" is presented to maximize confusion and to scare the pants off you. With a high-contrast visual style where light sources are constantly blown out, it definitely has a unique look all its own, and the whispering, living darkness will make you think twice about sleeping with the lights off.Here's the problem: adrift in an ocean of style, the movie barely gives you anything to hold on to. Some of it is being cryptic on purpose, and that's fine, but other parts of it just don't have enough meat on their bones. Or, like, uh, any at all.Vanishing on 7th Street doesn't have any characters. This should be obvious enough, as the lights go out barely even five minutes in to the film without establishing anything or any one. It's not until almost halfway through the movie that anything really begins to solidify in to a coherent narrative, and even then, the cast of characters we're given mostly exists as the same "scared survivor" clichés that have become so common in zombie movies: the traumatized orphan, the hardened curmudgeon, and so on. Hope gets lost, nerves get frayed, guns get pointed, and should we leave him? I DON'T KNOW, MAN! WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE! LET'S GO! The movie throws out vague ideas about what *could* be going on, but they never amount to anything more than just suggestions. And so, our characters of one-dimensional stereotypes move from light source to light source, running from shadows, and doing incomprehensible things that jeopardize their own safety for no other reason than to manufacture fake tension.It all feels a little thin -- a spooky concept that just needs to be fleshed out a little more. I'm not asking for it to over-explain itself to death, I'm just asking for it to explain literally anything at all even a little. It doesn't.
atinder Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)I thought this was very decent.I actually liked the plot of the movie, with darkness that tries to find you and you vanish.I wasn't really on edge of your the seat however there were some really good tense moment that I really enjoyed.But nothing in this movie was scary or creepy but some-how I could not stop watching.I didn't think the movie was that bad at all but I thought worth a watch, Until very the ending, Which I kind of fell flat.
bowdenj Watched about 50 minutes of the 92 minute movie and gave up. Stupid character actions = bad writing. When viewers get frustrated at characters doing stupid things its the fault of the writers and in the case of this movie: I gave up. A few flash back moments during the movie I wasn't sure that it was indeed a flash back and that added to confusion.The generator (should have been in the credits?) - its your lifeline and you totally ignore it, kick it, etc. Please.Total existence depends on light: Backup candles, backup flashlights, backup torches, etc., etc.
suite92 The film is set in Detroit in modern times. Paul handles the technical end of a movie theatre. Luke had a nice job at a television studio. Young John was with his mom. Rosemary was a nurse. One day darkness falls, so to speak. People disappear, with their clothes left behind. The period that the sun shines decreases rapidly.Three days later, almost everyone is gone. The four have found each other, and are trying to save Paul. They have figured out that they need to stay in some sort of light. Batteries that work are getting harder and harder to find. Luke locates a truck that might still work.The darkness comes after them. Will any of them survive?------Scores------Cinematography: 6/10 It's a dark subject. The camera work is pretty good for the trying situation.Sound: 6/10 No particular problems, but the creepy music is not all that creepy.Acting: 5/10 Hayden Christenson, Thandie Newton, and John Leguizamo all gave reasonable performances, but I have seen each of them do better in better films. The script did not give them much interesting to do or to say.Screenplay: 4/10 Short on ideas, useless ending. The references to Roanoke Island did not seem to lead anywhere.