Long Time Dead

2002

Action / Horror / Thriller

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 22% · 9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 37% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.7/10 10 6299 6.3K

Director

Top cast

Alec Newman as Liam
Derek Lea as Guard
Lukas Haas as Webster
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815.73 MB
1280*700
English 2.0
R
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 1
1.52 GB
1904*1040
English 2.0
R
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by nature_whisper 5 / 10

There could have been more brutality and better acting

Considering the time the film was released, it seems like interesting cinematic techniques were used. Although it does not offer much in terms of acting, its plot and the progression of events have an intriguing effect. Until a certain point in the movie, it is not clear which character has the evil spirit inside them. This is a good thing because it keeps the excitement high. Of course, it has its shortcomings. It's not a horror with a lot of blood and gore. It could have been done much better. Still, it can be said that it is one of the productions that those who are interested in ouija board will enjoy watching. Although the ending is not very surprising, it is not a bad movie.
Reviewed by Libretio 4 / 10

Popcorn entertainment, nothing more or less

LONG TIME DEAD Aspect ratio: 1.85:1Sound format: Dolby DigitalDuring a Ouija session, several drunken teenagers summon a djinn which proceeds to kill them, one by one.Though clearly influenced by American horror movies, LONG TIME DEAD finds an echo in Michael Armstrong's UK thriller THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF HORROR (1969), in which bored teenagers inadvertently sparked the wrath of a deadly killer - in Armstrong's film, the villain was an all-too-human maniac, whereas Marcus Adams' updated version unleashes the forces of supernatural terror on its hapless protagonists. Alec Newman (from the TV remake of DUNE) is the unofficial leader of the group, whose father (Michael Feast) was involved in similar jiggery-pokery many years earlier, leading to several deaths witnessed by Newman as a child. The movie opened in UK theaters to scathing reviews and dismal box-office, and while the artless, multi-authored screenplay wanders aimlessly from scene to scene (the curse of so many modern horror films), it isn't nearly as bad as various reviews have suggested. Performances are uniformly fine (particularly Newman as the damaged young man forced to come to terms with his father's terrible legacy, and former soap star Joe Absolom as a potential victim), and Adams stages the various set-pieces with brisk precision, building to a fiery showdown between Newman and the unstoppable monster. The narrative makes little sense, but the movie is efficient and watchable, and amounts to passable popcorn entertainment, nothing more or less.
Reviewed by BloodTheTelepathicDog 5 / 10

Seen it all before

A group of disaffectionate youths play with a Ouija board, and unleash a murderous Djinn. The plot is used often, but there are plenty of thrills and chills, and the darkness adds to the terror.

Many posters enjoy this film because it is a European horror, but there is absolutely nothing distinguishing this from American horrors, albeit the accents.

There aren't any clever twists, unless you want to count the ending, but still, that was all too obvious. Lukas Haas, of Witness fame, and Alec Newman(who guest starred on an episode of Tru Calling) where the only recognizable faces in this film.

What irks me the most about this film, was that the most attractive cast member, and also one of the more talented, was the first to die. In movies like this, you have to keep the eye candy around for awhile.

For a superior European horror film, check out Lighthouse with James Purefoy and Rachel Shelley.

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