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Parakarry267

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~ Daniel Huntington's review of Nightmare, by Carrotman714

Congrats on being the first one to actually *want* a movie-style review. You're cool. So was your movie, too.

I know it sounds weird, but the first half of the movie freaked me out more than the second half. I'm too used to the gore and stuff... so yeah. That's the deal with that. But you did a good job all throughout the film.

Lily weirded me out at first. Not very many people are *that* perky... but she became more believable as the movie went on.

Noah... he's kinda emo. Yeah, so he's been plagued by nightmares for weeks. But compared to Xavier and Lily, this guy's emo. Luke talked about how he barely makes a big deal out of *anything.* We hardly saw him flip out. His distress was good for when he was talking about The Fog, but in other places he seemed... too uncaring. Just a little.

And The Fog itself? Just *freaky.* It scared me more in the beginning than later on. When it started going predator on the people of Varrock, the movie felt less alien... kinda like watching a good old horror movie but with a new monster. A monster that *loves* gore. Hehehe. :P

Oh. Yeah. You know what doesn't make *sense,* though?

The Fog had like three chances to kill Noah and his crew throughout the movie, but it didn't finish them off. Also, having that recurring nightmare effect kick in towards the end was *really* annoying. We expected the whole shindig to end at Chapter XIX (no, we didn't get a good look at the Table of Contents), but noooooo... you had to prolong the ending for a while longer. We would've been fine with the supposed ending at XIX.

You did a good job of making the other chapters work, even if it made the movie feel longer than it should've been. Basically, you had a mostly solid film -- only having a few kinks here and there (and one annoying thing towards the end). I liked it.

So this is why your final rating is...

37 out of 50 Mini-Stars.

08-Aug-2008 12:36:07 - Last edited on 08-Aug-2008 12:36:20 by Parakarry267

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~ Melanie Clair's review of Nightmare, by Carrotman714

Okay. First of all, I'm going to say this before I get into my review. I know it's not professional at all, but I can't give you a proper review without telling you this first.

I'm not particularly fond of horror films. I'm especially repelled by gory films as well. Objectively, your film was... good. But personally, I don't ever want to see it again. I almost threw up at some points, and the only reason I even *finished* the film was because I had to for this review.

That doesn't mean I don't like *you,* Carrot. It's just... that film was too much for me. Ohhhh. Anyways. Let's get to the rest of the review.

For a horror film, you pulled the objective off pretty well. As you can tell, I was majorly creeped out by your movie, and at numerous points, too. Just about every sequence with The Fog in it got my blood flowing, but maybe that's just me. Luke seems to absorb almost everything without reacting at all, so I suppose I'm just a little too squeamish.

Let's talk about your characters. Though I wouldn't call Noah emo *glares at Daniel*, I would say he's got a lot going on inside. Ugh. Yeah. More than one would originally think. I'm not sure quite sure *why* he doesn't have a wide range of emotions... it could be that his emotional state has been terminally altered by his nightmares. As the movie progresses further and Noah's nightmares get worse, he seems to know only observation (that being his reactions to just about everything that goes on around him) and fear (from running from The Fog).

It could make sense. It probably does. It's just something we felt we had to point out.

As for Lily... well, you could probably switch her with me and I'd act almost the same way, at least without such a high level of perkiness. I'm calmer than she is, but... all of her reactions to things towards the end of the story are mine. I sympathize so much with her, it's not even funny.

(next post!)

08-Aug-2008 12:54:53

Parakarry267

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And Xavier... he's a cool guy. His eating habits are questionable (and also funny XD), but he's a cool guy.

You know... there's really not much else for me to talk about. I won't scrub over the finer details of the horrific plot (no, your plot's not bad -- think about the adjective for a minute), mostly because I don't want to lose my lunch. Daniel and Luke have done that for me already.

Just be aware that if you ever write another horror story, don't ask me to review it. Please.

This is my final rating.

39 out of 50 Mini-Stars

08-Aug-2008 13:14:15

Parakarry267

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~ Luke Whitman's review of Nightmare, by Carrotman714

I've always said there's nothing quite like an intelligent psychological thriller. While your story doesn't fall into that category, it *does* fall into the cousin of that category: horror. Do you pull off the terrifying ideals of a horror film with ease, or are you barely able to tug at said ideals?

Well, you do a good job. There are some strange anomalies in the film's plot that make me scratch my head, but aside from those, you have a decent movie here.

Nightmare is the tale of Noah Anetoque, a young adult whose life has been plagued with a series of recurring nightmares. He tries to go on with his normal life, working in Draynor Village and hanging out with his friends, Lily and Xavier, but it seems that the nightmares only get worse. While on a trip to Lily's house, a strange, ominous black fog emanates from Draynor Woods. It seems to be a figure of Noah's imagination, as it doesn't appear later in the day, but as time passes, the fog becomes a lethal threat to the city of Varrock and also to Noah and his friends.

There's not much wrong with Lily and Xavier. There's more character development for Lily rather than Xavier. This was pretty interesting, as you made her into deeper character by the end of the movie., as opposed to Xavier, who always retains his spirited, logical nature throughout.

Daniel already highlighted where the plot doesn't make sense. After seeing The Fog's extremely ravenous thirst for blood and body parts, it seems illogical that it would hold off its assault just long enough for Noah and his friends to get away from it for a time. Melanie also talked about how Noah's emotions are all messed up. This could be due to the nightmares -- considering we *do* get a glimpse as to what Noah would've been like had the nightmares not bothered him in the early chapters of the story. So it *does* make sense if that's the case -- although it seems disturbing that... (continued)

08-Aug-2008 14:38:43

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