Ghost in the MachineYear: 1993 Director: Rachel Talalay Written by: William Davies, William Osborne Threat: Coherent Electric Entity Weapon of Choice: Microwave Based upon: Original |
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The tyranist's thoughts
The movie that this reminds me of the most is Lawnmower Man except that it is far less intelligent. This is
what would have happened if they had gone for the pure horror aspect. And they didn't actually know anything about
computers and electronics. In spite of the poor plot and lack of ingenuity, I rather enjoyed this movie in just
the good old fashioned butt-kicking horror sense. Karen Allen does a good job as the technologically clueless mother
and the rest of the cast fills in nicely. If you like somewhat atypical slasher movies and can suspend your
disbelief for and hour and a half then this is probably going to be enjoyable to you. Otherwise, you will hate
yourself and me for ever having seen it.
Total Skulls: 8
| Sequel | ||
| Sequel setup | ||
| Rips off earlier film | ||
| Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | |
| Future celebrity appears | ||
| Former celebrity appears | ||
| Bad title | ||
| Bad premise | ||
| Bad acting | ||
| Bad dialogue | ||
| Bad execution | ||
| MTV Editing | ||
| OTS | ||
| Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
| Wanton sex | ||
| Death associated with sex | ||
| Unfulfilled promise of nudity | ||
| Characters forget about threat | ||
| Secluded location | ||
| Power is cut | ||
| Phone lines are cut | ||
| Someone investigates a strange noise | ||
| Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
| Camera is the killer | ||
| Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
| Victim locks self in with killer | ||
| Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
| Toilet stall scene | ||
| Shower/bath scene | ||
| Car stalls or won't start | ||
| Cat jumps out | ||
| Fake scare | ||
| Laughable scare | ||
| Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
| Dream sequence | ||
| No one believes only witness | ||
| Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth | ||
| Music detracts from scene | ||
| Death in first five minutes | ||
| x years before/later | ||
| Dark and stormy night | ||
| Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
| Killer wears a mask | ||
| Killer is in closet | ||
| Killer is in car with victim | ||
| Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
| Unscary villain/monster | ||
| Beheading | ||
| Blood fountain | ||
| Blood hits camera | ||
| Poor death effect | ||
| Excessive gore | ||
| No one dies at all | ||
| Virgin survives | ||
| Geek/Nerd survives | ||
| Little kid lamely survives | ||
| Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
| Unresolved subplots | ||
| "It was all a dream" ending | ||
| Unbelievably happy ending | ||
| Unbelievably crappy ending | ||
| What the hell? |