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Great twist ending! Best Twilight Zonish ending of the fest!

As I was watching it I was a little thrown off by the cheap looking set design. Looked awful fake. Oh, well, low budget and all... When the final reveal came, it all made sense. Wow. Great premise, well executed! :beer:
 
Review as I watch the second time (lie, it's the 4th time)
Love the shots and the angles. Nice reveal of the Holy Bible. Oh wicked!!! I saw the shadow of the hand on the stairway and that was super cool! Candy corn drugs, crudely drawn (in crayon) set design... LOVE IT! It's freaky man, but funky cool.

On first viewing would have been better to review this. On second viewing we're in on the joke. Even the way he says "exorcism".

I love the way he gets the candle and the crystal ball so quickly. Originally I was "WTF" but then ot all tied together. Excellent production value and your actors were spot on.

Great dialog. And nice dissolve to the doll house. I absolutely LOVED this film. GREAT Twilight Zone episode.
 
Congrats, you seriously spooked me. You have a real handle on creating tension. I was quite unnerved. The performances were very good. Only thing that took me out of it a bit was the slight tonal shifts to comedy in a couple of spots. They felt out of place, and blew the creepiness you so successfully created. Anyhow, this is definitely in my top 3 so far.
 
Maximus said:
Great twist ending! Best Twilight Zonish ending of the fest!
As I was watching it I was a little thrown off by the cheap looking set design. Looked awful fake. Oh, well, low budget and all... When the final reveal came, it all made sense. Wow. Great premise, well executed! :beer:
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Gotcha! Thanks for the super-kind words

puckthemad said:
Review as I watch the second time (lie, it's the 4th time)
Love the shots and the angles. Nice reveal of the Holy Bible. Oh wicked!!! I saw the shadow of the hand on the stairway and that was super cool! Candy corn drugs, crudely drawn (in crayon) set design... LOVE IT! It's freaky man, but funky cool.

On first viewing would have been better to review this. On second viewing we're in on the joke. Even the way he says "exorcism".

I love the way he gets the candle and the crystal ball so quickly. Originally I was "WTF" but then ot all tied together. Excellent production value and your actors were spot on.

Great dialog. And nice dissolve to the doll house. I absolutely LOVED this film. GREAT Twilight Zone episode.
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The "WTF" seems to be the common denominator with most people. I'm glad you've watched it so many times. We worked hard to fill it with clues and references so you can watch it multiple times and see things you didn't before. There's still a couple things that nobody has mentioned yet....

oh, and that's not candy corn, but I see why you would say that, and it fits the story anyway. I don't know if I should put an ECU in there to show that they are pills???

punkkid said:
So far this one is one of my favorites.
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Awesome. Thanks!

sean90291 said:
Congrats, you seriously spooked me. You have a real handle on creating tension. I was quite unnerved. The performances were very good. Only thing that took me out of it a bit was the slight tonal shifts to comedy in a couple of spots. They felt out of place, and blew the creepiness you so successfully created. Anyhow, this is definitely in my top 3 so far.
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I have to give a big credit to my composer Neal Acree for a lot of that. I still get the chills at the end because of his music. Also, that devilish look from Anoushka helps too.
We weren't trying to make anything funny, but it did turn out that way a little in some spots. Jason is primarily a comedy actor. Check him out here. I must say I do enjoy toying with peoples emotions :Drogar-Evil(DBG)::Drogar-Evil(DBG)::Drogar-Evil(DBG): I think a little darker color grading for the living room would help with that though.
 
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Very good story! I love all the twists and how throughout the film you were constantly leading us in different directions!

The score definitely added to the creepiness of the film and I love all the hand shadows on the wall; that made sense at the end.

You might have meant to do this on purpose, but I went back to rewatch it and had a hard time figuring out what the girl was whispering throughout the living room scene and I also had a hard time understanding what she says at the very end as she walks out the door.

Both lead actors did an excellent job! :)
 
teresadecher said:
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Very good story! I love all the twists and how throughout the film you were constantly leading us in different directions!

The score definitely added to the creepiness of the film and I love all the hand shadows on the wall; that made sense at the end.

You might have meant to do this on purpose, but I went back to rewatch it and had a hard time figuring out what the girl was whispering throughout the living room scene and I also had a hard time understanding what she says at the very end as she walks out the door.

Both lead actors did an excellent job! :)
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Thanks Teresa, you know how much I enjoyed "I Would Rather".

I would love to hear from others about the intelligibility of the voice during the "haunting" big climax part. I did some pitch processing and other effects, but thought you could still understand what the voice is saying, if not, I'll definitely clean it up for a future version. Same goes for the lines at the very end, although those only have a little reverb on them.

The other voices during the two other "scares" towards the beginning are not meant to be recognized.
 
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I'm not sure which ending shot is better, yours, or the end shot of Saw 5. That girl was VERY creepy.

I also forgot to mention that I found it kinda stupid he just happened to have that ball and candle..haha. It all comes together!

Robbie
 
After they get the ball, and we hear the voices. Can you understand what the voice is saying? 2 lines.
 
The opera type singing in the background? Lol.

No, I can't understand him, what's he say? But I did see the 1-2 frame shots of the doll house. BRILLIANT!

Robbie
 
Puck- That's right. The other line is "I'm gonna get you".
Thanks for letting me know. I have several fixes for the mix, and this really helps me out.
 
So now that I understand the girls voice, my intentions on the story is that she controls them, bla bla, but she knows there bad cause she's making them to bad things.

Am I on the right track?

Robbie
 
This one rocked I was waiting to find out why the room looked so weird and the dude was going after candy corn as a druggie goes after crack. Funny story and great execution.
Pauly
 
yeehaanow said:
We weren't trying to make anything funny, but it did turn out that way a little in some spots. Jason is primarily a comedy actor. Check him out here. I must say I do enjoy toying with peoples emotions :Drogar-Evil(DBG)::Drogar-Evil(DBG)::Drogar-Evil(DBG): I think a little darker color grading for the living room would help with that though.
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"Exorkism?" Ouch. You do scary much better than funny. You do scary very well.
 
Robbie Comeau said:
So now that I understand the girls voice, my intentions on the story is that she controls them, bla bla, but she knows there bad cause she's making them to bad things.

Am I on the right track?

Robbie
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Definitely one interpretation. We tried to close one story line, (the answer to all the "WTF" stuff happening throughout) but leave others open for the afterthoughts.

But, if that's what's REALLY going on, then she would need 3 arms. See my post responding to Jack's comments on the story a few pages back.
 
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