Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Adam Peters (57%) A better than most family based horror from the new hands of Hammer horror. The great Tim Spall in a fairly decent in terms of screen time support role elevates the film by some margin, and even though the main line up isn't quite up to his standard I still found this to be a stronger film than I was first expecting. What this also has over many films of this type is quite a high level of blood and gore, plus it's entertaining, not that badly made considering the all too clear lowish budget. Overall the gore is there, it's watchable, it's not over-long, there's plenty fun to be had, and of course there's Mr Spall making this a better film than first assumed.

Leofwine_draca Produced as one of a new wave of 'Hammer Horrors', WAKE WOOD is unfortunately an entirely derivative horror film that freely plunders modern classics as well as a couple of more obscure outings. It's the entire lack of originality that hits it the hardest; if it had been fresh and unique, I would have liked it a lot more, but sadly the source material is just too predictable for this to be enjoyable.The plot involves a couple grieving the death of their only daughter, who has been savaged by a dog. They move to a small rural town which they soon discover is the home to a sinister pagan cult a la THE WICKER MAN, and they become involved in a conspiracy of resurrection. What soon transpires is a virtual page-by-page, or scene-by-scene, remake of PET SEMATARY, with so many similarities between the movies as to be far from coincidental.Those two movies are the main sources of inspiration, but there are a few more all-too-familiar elements here, including a sex scene borrowed from DON'T LOOK NOW and a 'shock' ending copied from CARRIE. It's a pity this is so predictable, because the acting is particularly strong (Aiden Gillen in a rare sympathetic role for example, and Timothy Spall) and there are some decent moments of atmosphere built up along the way.It's just a shame that this is nothing we've not seen before.

stephen-hoyland The Inhabitants of a small and very close-knit Irish town have an apparently ancient method of bringing a dead person back to life for 3 days by harnessing the energy of a fresh cadaver. What made me connect with this movie so well was the fact that the 'resurrections' had neither religious nor evil connotations - not a 'black magic' or occult procedure but rather something which could best be described as having a Pseudo- scientific basis. For example,a 'relic' of the person to be resurrected Is required - hair,bone,nail-clippings,that sort of thing - and this brings to mind the fact that DNA seems to be a major part of the ritual (although weather or not the townsfolk are aware of this Is never actually disclosed).The story revolves around a young couple - he a veterinary surgeon - who have recently moved to town. They lost their 8-year-old daughter after she was savaged by a dog and are offered the opportunity of having her returned to them for the 3 days that the ritual lasts, In order that they can then 'say goodbye' properly and come to terms with their loss. In order for the ritual to work, the person being 'brought back' must have been dead for less than one year - and therein lies the problem! So desperate are the couple to see daughter Alice again that they tell what they see as a 'white lie' - Alice has,in fact,been dead for over 13 months and NOT the 11 months,2 weeks and 2 days which Is what they tell Arthur!So Alice comes back - but she's all 'wrong', and any more detail would spoil It! A little dull and dreary - the constant wet weather doesn't help - but an interesting and very creepy story with some exceptional acting particularly from Timothy Spall as Arthur. My only regret Is that the story-line could have been expanded somewhat. Well worth watching.

nickjohngray This film is very scary!! i watched it with my son and he has seen several horror films, but with this one he didn't want to go to sleep by himself. I too couldn't get certain images out of my head. its a bit slow for about 10 minutes and it looks like a low budget, but then you get a bit of gore right up front and some shocking distributing stuff mixed in with real life stuff, making it even more real and gets you even more invoked and sick to the core! There are several jumps and the story line is kick ass and unique. I love the cocoon idea. the only thing that was a little strange was the idea of the daughter just been brought back to life for three days. good acting, especially the little girl she does make a good, ( well you will find out)