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Jon Abrahams
Reviews Featuring Jon Abrahams
This film can be rather silly and vulgar, but may be just what fans of horror need for a bit of very mindless fun on a Saturday night. Many of the in-jokes will go over the heads of those who are unfamiliar with the genre, however.
Despite being almost completely overlooked upon its original cinematic release, and resorting desperately to the 'Wes Craven presents' imprimatur to gain attention, 'They' is an atmospheric, carefully controlled piece of psychological horror about the impossibility of casting light upon the irrational. Its subtle use of shadow and gloom is best appreciated with the lights turned down, but do keep in mind that 'they come for you when it's dark'.
This ridiculously amateurish and unfunny caper should have been handed its P45 way back at the production stage.
Plenty of chortles to be had in this archetypal Ben Stiller comedy which proves once and for all that you can choose your friends, but not their relatives.
Entertainingly nasty and silly, this reimagining manages to hold a candle to the original precisely by breaking the mould.
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