Movie - The Barrens [Japan DVD] TMSS-260

What an intense movie! It was an okay movie. After the opening sequence with a young couple in the woods, the movie was very slow for awhile, though. Once it got past the first parts when the family kept arguing about going camping in the first place, it got sort of interesting, but there was so much that was confusing because of the scenes with the father's growing paranoia. That was gradually explained, but there were an awful lot of times where one didn't know what was real and what wasn't, it became so very annoying. Some of the things that the family did, were very questionable, like, why in the world would anybody choose to stay at a campsite deep in the woods, alone, which was so obviously the site of something really horrible happening? Mom needed to use some judgment of her own, to take some initiative and to not allow her family to be put into such bad circumstances, especially when it was so obvious that Dad had a screw loose. The ending was a bit unexpected too, after everything that was happening and rescue being so near... I won't say anymore,for those who haven't seen it yet.

Pretty good movie. Good acting. Is kind of a B movie. I love Stephen Moyer and he is an amazing actor. It is always good when a movie keeps you guessing a bit and this one does. It is worth watching. I have seen this several times. I watch it every four or five years. I am the kind of person who likes to re-watch things though.

Horror movies don't work for me if the characters are unlikeable - and that's the greatest flaw in this movie. The father is grumpy, stubborn and self-centred, the mother/step-mother is unbelievably acquiescent to his paranoid demands and the surly teen-age daughter is ... well, a surly teen-ager. Only the timid little boy in the family struck me as sympathtic.So immediately I don't feel overly concerned about the fate of the leads. Add to that a clumsy script, cheap looking effects and a plot you've seen many times before, and there's not much to recommend this one.I wonder if some of the the positive reviews for this are coming from fans of the currently popular television show "True Blood" which features the talented Stephen Moyer. He's a likeable actor and certainly brings something to the role, but it's not enough to make this a success.

Was a bit disappointed with this film. The acting is OK, except for the sheriff with the Canadian accent, who's supposed to be a New Jersey cop. No offense to Canadians, but the casting director couldn't find a guy from NJ (with that distinct accent) to play this role? Then I find out the movie was actually filmed in Canada (that explains the accent). Again, nothing wrong with Canada, but southern Ontario looks nothing like the Pine Barrens region of southern NJ (been to both areas, not many similarities). The movie itself is just OK. Not a lot of suspense, creature effects are just OK. Too much drama between the family members on this camping trip. Why not just have them head deep into the Barrens, and slowly get hunted by the Jersey Devil? A great idea, just muddled.

Besides it staring one of my favorite actors, Stephen Moyer, the movie itself was better than I expected. Being a NJ resident all my life, I am familiar with the Jersey Devil folklore. This movie was suspenseful right up until the end, and didn't show the Jersey Devil himself until the ending (unlike other monster movies which show the monster the whole way through). Stephen's acting was great as always.

The Jersey Devil is my favorite cryptid so I am tremendously disappointed with this movie and it's utterly craptastic depiction of the Jersey Devil as a flying meathead bull-dinosaur-shark- whatever the hell it was. The movie wasn't even shot in the Pine Barrens and I know that because I looked it up after wondering why the forest didn't have pine trees and wasn't barren. This movie sucked front to back and I'm writing this to warn other fans of the legend of the Jersey Devil to stay away from this movie and go make your own Jersey Devil movie instead because these filmmakers did not do their homework.

A mysterios story in the barrens about the Jersey devilSuspenseful and entertaining

story was the usual stuff, but directed well and the acting superb, especially Stephen moyer. I thought the ending was fine, but there is an alternate one to view. unsure at the beginning I did watch it all. again, the acting made it worth it.

I thought this would be a good horror but it seemed average , and the reason for the stars I gave it , would I recommend it to others yes it was interesting in places.

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伝説のジャージー・デビルがいつ現れるか、それとも病気に罹った父親の妄想なのか、家族４人でキャンプに出かけるが、長女が親しくなったグループの男子が次々に殺され、これは父親が夢うつつの中で起こした殺人なのか、それともジャージー・デビルがしたことなのか、父親を信じていた３人も徐々に父親を疑うようになる。ラストまでスリリングにストーリーが展開していき、飽きさせない。

Très bon service et bon film

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