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A newly-wed NYC couple move into a low-rent luxury apartment only to be harassed by cryptic elderly neighbors.
The Glow
2002 Directed by Craig R. Baxley
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Young NYC couple Portia DiRossi and Dean Cain stumble into a too-good-to-be-true apartment in a building owned by a bunch of overfriendly old folks who are all obsessed with physical fitness. When other young tenants start disappearing, Portia starts to suspect their elderly benefactors might not be the kindly coots they appear to be.
I won't give you spoilers, but you're going to figure out the twist pretty quickly if you've seen a movie before. That's OK, though, as this dumb little made-for-TV trifle (Apparently it aired on Fox in 2002, long past the point that I remember networks airing original thrillers) does what it needs to and wraps everything up tidily. I watched it in the afterglow of Craig…
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It delivers what it promises: a cheap and trashy direct-to-tv mystery horror with absurd plot, editing and dramaturgy ripping off Rosemary's Baby. At times, it felt like something David Lynch could do if extremely drunk, listless and/or pissed off, and that's not only because of the presence of Grace Zabriskie.
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The Glow: un thrillerino poco più che sufficiente che si lascia guardare volentieri grazie alla sua trama ma che per altri motivi (recitazione, regia ecc) non riesce ad eccellere, ad ogni modo una visione la vale.
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Aus irgendeinem Grund hatte ich einen dieser richtig billigen Geisterfilme erwartet, während diese DVD über Jahre Staub im Regal ansetzte. Wie sich heraustellte, kommen aber weder Geister vor, noch war der Film so schlecht wie befürchtet. Es handelt sich um einen dieser ganz okayen Thriller, die man einmal guckt und dann war das auch gut so. Leider ist er sehr durchschaubar und versucht nicht einmal, Wendungen einzubauen. Und man muss sich darauf einlassen, dass die Auflösung ziemlich unrealistisch ist.
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