Long Time Dead (2002)

Inept on every level

Eight young people -with about that number of brain cells between them all-while out of their faces on booze ,pills and with what little intelligence they had to start with muddled by the moronic influence of "rave "culture ,opt to try out an ouija board for a giggle.Bad mistake my intellectually challenged friends because they conjure up an Arabian fire demon -a djinn in the Arab vernacular.Now it just turns out that some years earlier the father of one of their number had conjured up that exact same pesky little demon and under its influence had committed murder resulting in his incarceration in a mental institution .

The djin wreaks bloody havoc on the group ,to the considerable benefit of the nation's gene pool ,in my view.When people get offed in a horror movie it helps audience sympathy if they are in some way innocent victims but these imbeciles brought it all down on their own head .As people who believe in nothing but their own pleasure they mock things they do not understand and I enjoyed watching them meet their end and was rooting for the djinn.The shallow ,hedonistic nincompoops deserved their fate and reperesnt no great loss to society .
Quite what the great Tom Bell who plays the father was doing in this witless farrago of nonsense is beyond me -he was normally very selective about his roles -but his is the only half-way competent performance . the other performances would not have passed muster in akindergarten play
Add a thumping electro soundtrack of mind rotting banality and the result is a movie painful to thje ears as well as the eyes

May I suggest root canal surgery as a less painful alternative to watching this tripe ?For good modern Brit horror try The Descent ,or dog Soldiers February 6, 2008

This will teach you young'uns to fool around with Ouija boards

I like this movie , great cast with a good story that weaves in and out and makes for a interesting demons from beyond kind of movie. This is a very tame as far as blood, gore and nakedness but the story does not need it.
I hate to say it folks the Brits have really been stepping up to the plate with the horror movie genre and I hope they keep them coming.
I bought this used off Amazon for around $3.00 and am very happy I did, June 23, 2006

A truly creepy film

A group of college students at an all night party decide to play with a Ouija board. What starts out as fun turns into a nightmare when the board spells out the words "ALL DIE". As they finnished, they soon discover a series of disturbing murders that might be caused by an otherworldly force. The plot has an interesting twist which saves the film from becoming a piece of trash. But I didn't see it expecting it to be a piece of trash, I saw it because I want a movie to be fun. My prayers have been answered by this great movie. The direction is clevery stylish and wrtier/director Marcus Adams truly knows horror. He knows how to deliver scares and jolts and don't forget, he knows how to tell a good story. The actors did an extremely good job here. Unlike other Low Budget slasher movies. So overall, the horror fans should give this a watch. It's friday night cinema in your home and I got some hot liquid for your popcorn... and it's non-dairy. May 4, 2005

good movie

I was searching through the older release shelf looking for a fun way to spend $3.00 since the new releases are $3.79 and came across this worthy film. I didn't know it was british luckilly because if I had I would've got something else because this was a really scary flick. April 24, 2005

Fun thrills and chills

This movie focuses on a group of friends that, while playing with a homemade Ouija board, release an evil djinn. The Ouija board first reveals to the friends that they all will die. And then they start getting killed off one by one.

There are many aspects of this horror flick that work well enough to make it a fun scary movie. The director does a good job of using the proper elements of suspense so that the movie offers several spine tingling moments. Too many modern day horror movies use just blood and gore in attempts to scare the viewer; this movie goes beyond that. The director uses interesting camera angles, mood setting lighting techniques, and an eerie sound track all to keep the feeling of suspense alive throughout the movie.

The reason this movie only gets three stars is because the acting is slightly below par and oftentimes the script just does not make any sense. The characters' motivations and actions are just not believable. For instance, characters that are afraid of something dark coming after them keep going into dark rooms and not turning on any lights. The characters keep saying they need to stay together to remain safe, but keep splitting up (and then going into dark rooms and not turning on any lights). Moreover, much of the movie is quite predictable -- the ending in particular.

That being said, if you want a light-fare horror movie that does actually have some workable suspense, this movie is worth your time. You won't get Hitchcock, but you will get something that utilizes suspenseful film making beyond that of the usual Freddy or Jason fare. March 16, 2005

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