White Noise

Released:  2005

OVERALL RATING:  *  *  *
(on a scale of 1 to 4 - 4 is best)

Director:  Geoffrey Sax
Writer:  Naill Johnson
Producers:  Paul Brooks; Shawn Williamson
Cinematography:  Chris Seager
Main Actors:  Michael Keaton;  Deborah Kara Unger;  Ian McNeice; Chandra West

Directing:  *  *  * 
Acting:  *  *  * 
Plot:  *  *  .5
Predictability:  *  *  *
Entertainment Value:  *  *  * .5

I'm too scared to sleep tonight.  Maybe I shouldn't have watched a scary movie alone right before bedtime.  This kinda movie freaks me out.  I can take the whole "crazy people in the woods chop up the sinful teenagers" horror movies.  I can even take the "mental patient escapes and hunts down a pretty girl" and the "vampire gets hungry and goes to the big city to eat" films, but paranormal bizarreness... freakazoid. 

My fear factor is taken into account in this rating.  If I wasn't scared or freaked out, well, it wouldn't have gotten 3 stars (well, duh...). 

The editing of the movie was well done and it contributed to my uneasiness.  I liked the cuts and overlays that they did.  It was good timing and very appropriate for the style of film.  The music was good at first.  Scary music would play like something was about to happen, then nothing scary.  It started to get old by the end though.  Yep, the music was a tease.

I recommend this movie, but if you are like me when it comes to the paranormal, don't watch it alone at night. 

Favorite Scene:  Michael Keaton tells the granddaughter that her grandmother had been contacting him for the past week - but she had only died 2 days before!  (FREAKY)