Paranormal Activity 3

Yes it’s that time of year again folks – No not Christmas – Halloween.
Which, of course, means that all the spooky and horror film franchises will be releasing this year’s chillers to get you into the cinema.

The newest of these is the spooky Paranormal Activity series – well when i say spooky that depends on your point of view, some might say “daft”, “silly” “stupid” etc etc.

Paranormal Activity 3 takes us back in time to when the mother in Paranormal Activity 1 was a young girl and what happened to her and the rest of the family.
Just like in the first movie not a lot happens in the first 20 – 30 minutes of the film as the suspense slowly builds up.
The film is also shown through a series of video tape evidence filmed back in the 80’s.
There are a lot more jumpy bits in this film and a lot more happens than in either the first or second ones.
The people’s reactions in the cinema were a mixture of laughter and screams as the film transgressed into the more “spookier” bits.
It’s on a general par with the first film, so therefore a lot better than Paranormal 2 but there are several times that you think “ would you really pick up the video camera to then go investigate the noises you heard”

One thing I did notice however is that the main scene they use for the trailer ( the two girls in the bathroom mirror ) is not in the film, which is a little disappointing but i’ve noticed quite a number of movie trailer scenes recently that are then not in the movies they advertise.
Isn’t this classed as false advertising ?

So, anyway if you enjoyed the first film but thought the second one was “pants” then you should like this one but don’t expect a great deal and then you won’t be disappointed. 

Reviewed By David
Family Entertainers for your Halloween Parties.

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark

Actually do be afraid of the dark. Be very, very afraid........

An excellent modern horror/suspense film is a little difficult to come across lately and lovers of this genre of film have been let down several times. But now this has all changed with " Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark".

A young girl, Sally, is sent to live with her estranged father in a great big mansion of a house that he is renovating with his interior design girlfriend.
However things are not as quaint as they seem and when Sally starts hearing whispered voices she decides to investigate where they are coming from.
Her investigations release a nasty surprise for the new residents and it's up to Sally to get her dad and his girlfriend to believe her about the danger they are all in before it's too late.

The suspense is kept up all the way through the movie even though the reveal of the menacing creatures, that reside in the house, happens about half way through.
And although the setting, the" haunted mansion"has been done many times before, the story is still fresh with a novel storyline and an ending worth waiting for.
The young actress, Bailee Madison, who plays Sally steals the film with some excellent acting and i'm sure we'll be seeing her in some more films soon.

Don't miss it.............

Reviewed By David
Corporate Entertainers

Final Destination 5 in 3D

I went into the cinema with slight trepidation as I was expecting this to be rubbish.
Let’s face it the first 1 was brilliant, the second was Ok and it went downhill from there but 5 has breathed a breath of life into this flailing franchise.

The usual happens, a major disaster, this time a collapsing bridge, is seen in a premonition and eight people are saved from very gruesome deaths.

Only death is not happy about this and goes about putting things right.

Cue lots of, even more, gruesome deaths all captured in glorious 3D.
I won’t say how many deaths there are as this would spoil the “will anyone survive” question.
But I will say, avoid this film if you’re planning on going in for Lazer Eye Treatment ;)

I loved all the 3D effects of which there are plenty, all the way from the opening credits to the closing ones.
I’m quite often disappointed with 3D films but this one had me beaming every time a load of blood, gunk or broken glass came my way.

A fully enjoyable film and I defy you not to cringe and go “oooooooh” at least once.

Reviewed By David

Corporate Entertainment

Fright Night

Colin Farrell who stars as Jerry, a vampire, who has just moved into Vegas, has been in the news recently.
It was reported that he allegedly maimed one of the actresses in the film with his prosthetic teeth as he was trying to make one of the scenes look realistic.

Film hype or real ?  Mmmmmmmm let’s ponder that one ;)

This is a 3D updated version of the original back in 1985 and if you like your vampire movies you will not be disappointed.

Jerry is a particularly nasty vampire, played excellently by Farrell, who is not about to let a nosey teenage boy get in his way of his lust for blood.

Whereas Charlie Brewster, the teenager, has to convince his friends and family that a vampire has just moved in whilst protecting himself and his girlfriend from Jerry.

David Tennant, of Dr Who stardom, cameos as a theatrical vampire destroyer and thoroughly enjoys camping up his part and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, well known for his geek roles, makes a fangtastic vampire.
Between the two of them they inject a bit of light relief into the otherwise, tense situation.

All in all a great film with just the right mix of comedy and horror to keep everyone happy and even a couple of decent 3D effects thrown in too.






Reviewed By David
Family Entertainers