Director Ernie Barbarash makes judicious use of CGI trickery -- in one key scene, he cleverly shocks his audience into laughing -- but at heart, he's an old-school traditionalist when it comes to scary stuff.
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05/01/08
They Wait (2008)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:2
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Starring: Jamie King, Pei Pei Cheng, Terry Chen, Colin Foo
Director: Ernie Barbarash
Reviews for They Wait
1 - 5 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticThere are elements of a good fright flick and intriguing ghost story in They Wait. It's too bad that they are overshadowed by all the bad aspects – terrible dialogue and cheesy special effects and makeup.
01/25/08
The plot pieces all fit together nicely, the acting is fair and the scary stuff is well executed.
01/25/08
Initially promising for its attempt to situate Asian supernatural motifs within a North American context, They Wait is itself too derivative of its own movie ancestors to yield fresh scares.
01/25/08
...a tedious and downright silly piece of work.
09/24/07
1 - 5 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
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