Hilary Swank & Viewers Are Terrorized In The Resident
HAMMER , the iconic label of the 70's is back but it's not necessarily a good thing. They returned to give us Matt Reeves' LET ME IN last year which didn't live up to its original. It's second production as a newly revamped studio is The Resident. Later this year they will unveil Wake Wood and a remake of The Woman In Black , and maybe it's too soon to say, but the future of Hammer films looks a bit lackluster. The Resident could have been terrifying, it could have been an awesome variation on apartment horror, but instead it's a very dull mixture of Sliver and Repulsion - emphasis on Sliver. First time narrative filmmaker Antti Jokinen was provided enough backing and talent to produce a psychological masterpiece, but gets caught up in creating the same scare effect over and over again. We get that you were heavily influenced by the scene in Halloween where Carpenter makes Michael materialize out of the shadows. The first time Jeffrey Dean Mor