New haunted house flick with NO CGI!, called The Skeptic

spawningblue · 04-14-2009, 05:10 PM

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news...s.php?id=10204

Looks pretty good, minus Tom Arnold of course. Reminds of of old school horror like The Changeling, and from the trailer at least, no CGI!

Spacevis · 04-14-2009, 05:49 PM

this looks like it could be good... I spotted at least one scene that pays homage to The Changeling.

Mutilated Prey · 04-14-2009, 06:07 PM

Nice, I'll check that out.

Is that the dood from Wings ?

Myron Breck · 04-14-2009, 06:51 PM

No CGI? I'll support it with my $s, even if it sucks.

Katatonia · 04-15-2009, 12:23 AM

Sounds quite good. And no CGI? I wasn't aware they still made 'em like that these days.

Harry Warden · 04-15-2009, 12:23 AM

This does look good. I love Tim Daly. I thought he was terrific in Storm of the Century. I've always loved haunted house flicks. The Changeling is my favorite, but The Skeptic looks like it has a lot of potential.

04-15-2009, 02:15 AM

Oh wow! It may just be a decent haunted house flick! No way!

SaviniFan · 04-15-2009, 02:53 AM

Color me impressed by that trailer. I'll be looking out for this one.

Workshed · 04-15-2009, 03:09 AM

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Color us surprised. The Skeptic is a film that sorta crept up on us! Nevertheless, here's your first look at this supernatural thriller. Yahoo! has the trailer right here. Skeptic is writer-director Tennyson Bardwell's sophomore feature outing; it stars Tim Daly and Tom Arnold. IFC Entertainment releases the film on May 1st.

Synopsis: Following the mysterious death of his aunt, power lawyer Bryan Becket (Tim Daly) moves into the elderly woman's purportedly haunted Victorian mansion. A die hard skeptic, he dismisses one eerie incident after another, until the haunting turns so personal and vicious, Becket's cool, unemotional veneer begins to unravel. Whispers in the night, things he sees in the darkness, clues of a horrible secret, turn our rationalist into a terrified and reluctant seeker. A seeker of a truth so unspeakable it could destroy him. And the mystery, always just out of reach down the darkened hall, is not fully revealed until the film's final moments. And even then, it leaves a tantalizing question.

where does it say that there is no CGI?

Trailer looked all right, but I guess I'm skeptical, especially with Tom Arnold involved.

MorallySound · 04-15-2009, 04:26 AM

Looks pretty good. We need some more classic haunted house flicks.

Erick H. · 04-15-2009, 08:05 AM

Looks like it has potential.

spawningblue · 04-15-2009, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Workshed

where does it say that there is no CGI?

Trailer looked all right, but I guess I'm skeptical, especially with Tom Arnold involved.

If you look I wrote "and from the trailer at least, no CGI!". Either way, it looks like its low budget and I'm sure if there was any they would have shown it in the trailer. I couldn't see them spending a lot of money on some computer effects, and then not using it to promote it. I think it's done by the same company that produced Session 9 as well so... Anyways, yes I may have hyped it up with the title, but as of the trailer it looks to be CG free, so here's hoping!

Workshed · 04-15-2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by spawningblue

If you look I wrote "and from the trailer at least, no CGI!". Either way, it looks like its low budget and I'm sure if there was any they would have shown it in the trailer. I couldn't see them spending a lot of money on some computer effects, and then not using it to promote it. I think it's done by the same company that produced Session 9 as well so... Anyways, yes I may have hyped it up with the title, but as of the trailer it looks to be CG free, so here's hoping!

I demand my $12 from you if there is CGI. And so should everyone who posts in this thread.

spawningblue · 04-17-2009, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Workshed

I demand my $12 from you if there is CGI. And so should everyone who posts in this thread.

I'll see what I can do.

10-30-2009, 02:02 PM

I caught this a few weeks ago. I'd say it works more as a mystery than outright horror, though it's all fairly straightforward. While the old house is a nice setting, the film is devoid of scares. Well, I take that back. There is one good scare, but it turns out to be a false one, no threat. The atmosphere of the house is there, it's just that the filmmakers fail to utilize it to any sizable extent. Tim Daly is okay as the "unemotional" lead, but Zoe Saldana steals her scenes as a high strung, yet appealing psychic. I felt that the ending was too abrupt. I don't mind abrupt endings, but this one pushed it. Not bad, but nothing too memorable.

04-14-2009, 05:10 PM	#1
spawningblue Deadite Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,364	New haunted house flick with NO CGI!, called The Skeptic http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news...s.php?id=10204 Looks pretty good, minus Tom Arnold of course. Reminds of of old school horror like The Changeling, and from the trailer at least, no CGI! __________________ "First you wanna kill me, now you wanna kiss me. Blow." My Movie Collection

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Spacevis Boo-urns! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,116	this looks like it could be good... I spotted at least one scene that pays homage to The Changeling. __________________ The ego is not master in its own house. <<< DVDs Last.FM >>>

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Mutilated Prey Soul Stealer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texarkana Posts: 5,071	Nice, I'll check that out. Is that the dood from Wings ? __________________

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Myron Breck BOO!!! Gotcha! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Atlanta Posts: 3,588	No CGI? I'll support it with my $s, even if it sucks. __________________ The reason I'm poor... "In this Age of Grand Illusion, you walked into my life out of my dreams..."

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Katatonia Hellbound Heart Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Missouri Posts: 15,883	Sounds quite good. And no CGI? I wasn't aware they still made 'em like that these days. __________________ "The machines are faster and the bombs are worse, as we're all sucked into this unholy curse." - Saint Vitus - War Is Our Destiny DVD Profiler Collection

04-15-2009, 12:23 AM	#6
Harry Warden HackMaster Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Hermitage, Pennsylvania Posts: 1,277	This does look good. I love Tim Daly. I thought he was terrific in Storm of the Century. I've always loved haunted house flicks. The Changeling is my favorite, but The Skeptic looks like it has a lot of potential.

04-15-2009, 02:15 AM	#7
Misanthrope666 Guest Posts: n/a	Oh wow! It may just be a decent haunted house flick! No way!

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SaviniFan I Have A Fetish Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: On the cutting room floor. Posts: 5,444	Color me impressed by that trailer. I'll be looking out for this one. __________________ Exercise. Eat right. Die anyway. PS3 Gamer Tag: SaviniFan Steam Gamer Tag: ToastyBuffoon My DVD Profiler

04-15-2009, 04:26 AM	#10
MorallySound There is no magic. Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 5,843	Looks pretty good. We need some more classic haunted house flicks. __________________ "Things only seem to be magic. There is no real magic. There's no real magic ever." - Martin Bad Monster Films \| Mantis in Black Lace \| Vimeo \| Letterboxd \| Tumblr \| Twitter \| Reel to Reel \| Oh, the Horror! \| DVD Aficionado

04-15-2009, 08:05 AM	#11
Erick H. HackMaster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,432	Looks like it has potential.

10-30-2009, 02:02 PM	#15
Cujo108 Guest Posts: n/a	I caught this a few weeks ago. I'd say it works more as a mystery than outright horror, though it's all fairly straightforward. While the old house is a nice setting, the film is devoid of scares. Well, I take that back. There is one good scare, but it turns out to be a false one, no threat. The atmosphere of the house is there, it's just that the filmmakers fail to utilize it to any sizable extent. Tim Daly is okay as the "unemotional" lead, but Zoe Saldana steals her scenes as a high strung, yet appealing psychic. I felt that the ending was too abrupt. I don't mind abrupt endings, but this one pushed it. Not bad, but nothing too memorable.

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