Urban Ghost Story

[cat]

This one nearly passed me by but I stumbled across a review of it in this months Total dvd and suddenly remembered that it was one that I meant to keep an eye out for ( never did arrive at my local cinema ) Has anyone seen this? and any ideas as to what the dvd is like?

[Wil]

*WARNING MILD SPOILER*
















If your expecting a ghost/horror story than avoid like the plague, as its not really about that. I was very disappointed with it, as was the mrs.


It really bored me stupid, i heard a bit of hype about this film too, but i was ****** off for parting with money for renting this rubbish. If you really must see it, then wait till it comes on TV

Should have been titled "Urban Domestic Problems Story"

[cat]

that bad eh? couldn't find a bad review of it anywhere so assumed that it must at least rate as middling :(

[Michael Brooke]

I saw it at the world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival and was hugely impressed - you have to make allowances for the budget, but if you fancy <I>The Haunting</I> as remade by Ken Loach on a Glasgow housing estate you could do a <U>lot</U> worse than this!

Bear in mind, though, that it's very much a subtle, suggestive chiller in the vein of <I>The Haunting</I> (the original), <I>The Blair Witch Project</I> and <I>The Others</I> (much of the creative energy has gone into the soundtrack) - so if your taste in horror is for something more graphic and upfront, it's probably not for you.

For what it's worth, a full review of the DVD (which I have, but have yet to watch) will be up shortly.

[cat]

Thanks Micheal - actually ordered the disc b4 I recieved an answer on this thread! ( only £12.99 at under18 for anyone that is interested ;) ) 'The Haunting as remade by Ken Loach on a Glasgow housing estate' sounds not to be missed :D look forward to reading your review :)

[dunctay]

ive just ordered this as well sounds interesting
cheers peeps

[Boink!]

Hey, thanks for this info. I just won a copy and wasn't even going to watch it.
But now I shall.:)

Boink!

[cat]

Watched this last night and was pretty impressed - a few minor quibbles ( I'm not a big fan of Jason Connery :D ) but on the whole was very pleased with it. Certainly a keeper.