Them

A French couple staying in a fairly creepy house in Romania are terrorized by flashlight-wielding hoodlums. Really, that's all there is to it.

Discovering who the eponymous 'THEY' are is supposed to be a big part of the suspense in this film (judging from the vagueness of the film summary, the equally vague trailer, and the fact that THEY are out of shot or in darkness for so much of the film), but it is pretty obvious from the start of the film if one assumes human rather than supernatural agents. Me being a skeptic, and no inexplicable events occurring, this is what I did.

The film is well-done and quite suspenseful. It seems to be telling a true-crime story in the manner of a horror film, keeping the audience, like the victims, in the dark to play on their fear of the unknown. There were moments where, much like in The Blair Witch Project, you say to yourself "That's just not that scary. Why are they panicking?", but the actors are convincing enough and the camera work is jumpy enough that you get sucked into it regardless.

Enjoyable suspense film. Arguably more enjoyable if you know the premise, as that might drive the it-can-happen-to-anyone aspect of it home.

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Them (IMDB)

Wince : [**___]
Flinch : [***__]
Retch : [*____]
Gape : [*____]

Beerequisite : [**___]
Pornability : [*____]
Obscurity : [**___]
Explicability : [*****]