They (2002)

• Year: 2002
• Released: 27 Nov 2002
• Country: United States, Canada
• Adwords: 1 win & 1 nomination
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283632/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/they
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/they
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
• Runtime: 89 min
• Writer: Brendan Hood
• Director: Robert Harmon
• Cast: Laura Regan, Marc Blucas, Ethan Embry
• Keywords: suicide, supernatural, college, nightmare, fear,

	4.8/10
	31/100
	67% – Critics
	38% – Audience

They Storyline

While preparing for the examination of her Master Degree in Psychology, Julia Lund is called by her friend from childhood Billy Parks to meet him in a bar. They both had nightmares when they were children, and Billy is totally disturbed with demons from the dark that would be chasing him and commits suicide in front of Julia. The traumatic experience, plus the meeting with two friends of Billy, Sam Burnside and his girlfriend Terry Alba, in the funeral make Julia having nightmares again. When Sam tells her that they four have been tagged in their childhood, and demons are coming to get them to the darkness, Julia becomes afraid of the dark and asks for help to her boyfriend Paul Loomis.

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Classic horror, it needed to be a gem, and is

Any filmmaker whom felt they wanted to call their latest project simply “They” would have to know it needed to be good. They is very good. Stunning lead actress reminded me of a vulnerable Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby (1968). The affliction in They is something that would perhaps have influenced the latterly successful Pulse (2006) movie series, and indeed the characters here are similar to the first Pulse. The concept is a little like the Poltergeist (1982) concept. The colour and filming of They is beautifully done, and again it is by following an enigmatic lead that we easily succumb to the thrills and chills. What really impressed me was the special effects. Possibly it was cgi. It was both really well used, a brilliant form of terror, and visually totally authentic. There’s another movie called Under The Bed (2012) that may have been re-enforced in its progress by the confidence and bravery displayed in They. By bravery I mean that to describe this movie to others would probably invite eyes skyward. That’s just makes it all the way cooler for me.

“Wes Craven presents” means Wes got paid

Nineteen years ago, young Billy Parks was taken by a mysterious force in his bedroom. In the present, Julia Lund (Laura Regan) is working towards her masters degree in psychology. Paul Loomis (Marc Blucas) is her boyfriend. She meets childhood friend Billy who claims that they were marked as children and warns her about the dark. He then shoots himself in front of her.

This thing is devastatingly slow. There is no tension whatsoever. The story is stripped down to basically nothing. It doesn’t maintain any creepiness. As a horror, there is nothing to be afraid of in this. The jump scares are really telegraphed. Laura Regan screams but that’s all. The “Wes Craven presents” is the first warning. Essentially, it means that Wes collected a paycheck but otherwise has little to do with the filmmaking.

They Come With the Dark

While preparing for the examination of her Master Degree in Psychology, Julia Lund (Laura Regan) is called by her friend from childhood Billy Parks (Jo Abrahams) to meet him in a bar. They both had nightmares when they were children, and Billy is totally disturbed with demons from the dark that would be chasing him and commits suicide in front of Julia. The traumatic experience, plus the meeting with two friends of Billy, Sam Burnside (Ethan Embry) and his girlfriend Terry Alba (Dagmara Dominczyk), in the funeral make Julia having nightmares again. When Sam tells her that they four have been tagged in their childhood, and demons are coming to get them to the darkness, Julia becomes afraid of the dark and asks for help to her boyfriend Paul Loomis (Marc Blucas).

“They” is a promising good movie that fails in the conclusion, which is not satisfactory. This movie is not totally bad, but I prefer “Fear of the Dark” (2002), which explores the same theme using the psychological factor of the common fear of the dark that children might have. The option in “They” of making the demons real, with reasonable special effects, is sillier, unexplained and not so scary. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): “Habitantes da Escuridão” (“Inhabitants of the Darkness”)