Dark Remains (2005) DVD

Starring	Cheri Christian, Greg Thompson, Scott Hodges, Jeff Evans
Director	Brian Avenet-Bradley
Genres	Horror

Dark Remains

Julie (Cheri Christian) and Allen (Greg Thompson) decide to move to an isolated cabin to try to escape the pain of the loss of their daughter. But, unable to move on, Julie begins photographing haunted areas hoping to see her daughter. Meanwhile Allen makes some disturbing discoveries surrounding their cabin, which may shed light on their daughter's fate.

Starring	Cheri Christian, Greg Thompson, Scott Hodges, Jeff Evans, Rachel Jordan, Michelle Kegley, Patrick G. Keenan
Director	Brian Avenet-Bradley
Studio	HIGH FLIERS
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 31 mins
Certificate
Genres	Horror
Language	DVD: English
Released	DVD: 30 Apr 2007 Production year: 2005
Format	DVD

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Average Ghost Flick

Two grieving parents occupy a remote cabin as they try to get over the death of thier child. Spooky goings on soon start to happen with plenty of tried and tested ghost scares along the way.

This film tries to scare with the ghostly female presence but never quite pulls it off in the same leage that the japanese have the ghost films down to a tea.

May be worth watching at night with the volume turned up!!!!!! You may get a scare or two but these would be more of the jump in your seat scares opposed to the scares that stay with you in bed in the dark at night (Ie like the grudge or the eye)
- - sakuraba1982 from Dover
  - Posted 28 Aug 2007 14:15
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Big on Ideas, Short on Cash

It's difficult not to feel sorry for low budget film-makers whose ideas far outweigh their budget. The makers of Dark remains clearly wanted to make a highly evocative film in the style of Dark Asia horror, but just couldn't afford it, which is a shame as this could have been excellent.

dark remains starts out well enough, and within the first half hour there are some seriously chilling and effective moments. But there comes a point, noticeably so, where the budget runs out and, soon after, the director's interest goes with it.

Eschewing the tenets of moder American horror in favour of a more thoughtful, Japanese inspired ghost story, Dark Remains catches you off guard occasionally. There are many moments reminiscent of films such as Ju-On: The Grudge, i.e. deathly children glimpsed out of the corner of your eye, dark figures seens disappearing behind walls for a split-second. But, just as the film starts to intrigue, it finishes with an all too quickly and poorly executed ending which is neither satisfying or ties up all the loose ends.

A little more time explaining itself would not have gone amis, and there are a couple of farily gaping plot-holes which leave too many questions unanswered.

However, this is worth a watch only if to see what could have been had the makers had a bigger budget.
- - MartinR from Edinburgh
  - Posted 01 Feb 2009 10:04
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