Deathwatch (2002)

Deathwatch came during the british horror invasion(Dog Soldiers, Creep, The Decent, Wilderness.) And holds up just as good.

Deathwatch came during the british horror invasion(Dog Soldiers, Creep, The Decent, Wilderness.) And holds up just as good.

The story, acting, cinematography is solid. The atmosphere is excellent. And allthough as mentioned before, you'll see the twist ending from a mile away(unless you've never watched a movie before) It's still a suiting ending, to a highly entertaining film.

7/10 September 8, 2008

Excellent war and horror film

I agree with those reviewers that gave this 4 and 5 stars. It puts the horror into war and does a good job of capturing the mood and reality of WWI trench warfare. Where does true horror come from? How does one deal with it? It is a movie that requires you to think after it all has ended.... or does it end? November 26, 2007

Story is a let-down

The cast of characters is interesting, they are competently acted, their interplay is compelling, and the sets seems authentic and convincing. The atmosphere is suitably filthy and bleak, certainly we're convinced that this is war.

However, the movie falls down where the story/plot is concerned. The British soldiers have the unfortunate experience to encounter some evil force in the German trench they've occupied. However, this origin or purpose of this "evil force" is never explained. It manifests itself in a variety of seemingly random, weird ways that aren't really all that original or scary. One keeps waiting around for some bigger scare near the end and it never comes. Utterly disappointing in this regard.

Almost gave this a 2, but generously gave a 3 due to the aforementioned positive aspects.

August 7, 2007

Surprisingly good

What a wonderfully produced film. I watched it only 'cause I was sick home for the day, and expected just another lousy slasher flick. That's not this film at all.
The music is wonderful, the set design establishes a dreary mood of war in the trenches, and the acting is really quite good.
What I liked best is that this movie can be viewed in so many different ways _ horror film, ghost story, political metaphor. I have no idea what the writer had in mind putting this screenplay together, but sometimes the most seemingly simple stories can be the most complex. This is a good film. April 20, 2007

Excellent period horror film

I really loved this movie!!! It was very different than many horror films because it took place in a German bunker during war time. Probably the reason that it was soo scarey and chilling to me, is I wonder how many "old bunkers" that exist now actually are haunted. What stories could be told from them? It did remind me of Dead Birds in which the past does repeat itself over and over again. I highly recommed this movie to anyone that wants to see something different than the "run of the mill teen scream horror" films. December 28, 2006

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