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7 Days To Live

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3 star:		(1)
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1 star:		(4)

 

 

If you like supernatural thrillers that have the power to raise the hairs on the back of your neck, then 7 DAYS TO LIVE is for you! This movie is a real BLOOD CHILLER! Story Line: Recovering from the tragic death of their young son, Ellen and Martin (Amanda Plummer, Sean Pertwee) move to an old house in the country to begin anew. But all too soon Ellen is being haunted by disturbing warnings that she has only SEVEN DAYS TO LIVE. Ellen thinks that she's going crazy, and her husband does not take his wife's "esoteric visions" seriously. He dives head on into work and it seems like he is hiding a secret. Left to her own devices, Ellen stumbles across the eerie history of the house and it's former inhabitants and must accept the similarities to the present. By the time she can fully grasp the extent of danger she is in, it is already too late. She is caught in a deadly trap... Amanda Plummer, Sean Pertwee and the Rest of the great Cast (Nick Brimble (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), Sean Chapman (Hellraiser 1 & 2), Gina Bellman) do a superb job of acting in this spooky story. Be warned that the final 30 minutes consist of uncomfortably violent sequences of spousal abuse that makes Jack Nicholson's performance in THE SHINING seem tame. Don't get me wrong: 7 DAYS TO LIVE is not a gore-thing. It basically showes what would have happend if Hitchcock had made a "haunted house" movie. That's what makes it such a good film! But one more word of warning, though, do NOT watch this movie ALONE!

I consider myself a pro of horror films but "Seven Days To Live" had me gripping the edge of my seat. It is by far the creepiest and scariest movie I've seen. Great actors, spooky atmosphere, and a really good plot all add up to a "quiet tip" for every triller fan that cannot be missed. 2 thumbs-up to Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction, Needfull Things) - knows something isn't right, but no one believes her - and Sean Pertwee (Event Horizon) for a brilliant performance in his role as the "good becomes bad guy". "7 Days To Live" is a 2000's hitchcock-type thing. Other than being a bit to long when you watch it a second time, this movie is flawless. A strong 5 out of 5 stars!

7 DAYS TO LIVE is a scary and suspenseful movie, that I saw on a festival in Europe... STORY: After the tragic death of their son, Ellen (Amanda Plummer) and Martin Shaw (Sean Pertwee) move to the countryside, hoping for a new beginning. Everything seems perfect: A romantic village and an old house that they plan to redecorate together. But all too soon Ellen is being haunted by disturbing visions of her own imminent death . At first Ellen reassures herself that it must be a hallucination due to what she has been through in the past months. But the foreboding predictions of her death continue (7, 6, 5, 4, ...), and she seems to be running out of time. 7 DAYS TO LIVE is a variation of the Shining-theme but it stands out as an exciting film in its own right. The tension and the scary atmosphere build up to a thrilling climax enhanced by some good special effects. Not since "the Exorcist" I've had such a feeling when watching a film. I challenge anyone to watch this movie and then go down into the cellar alone!!!

I just rented and watched this movie..All I can say is, it was one of the best straight to video haunted house movies i've seen..the story is average..sure it borrow some elements from other horror movies like the shining and maybe even the ring, but i think it came out before the ring though..but for a low budget movie it was good..it doesn't rely on special effects and not alot of gore..but it kept me in to it..there are a couple of jumps..an eerie atmosphere and a spooky ending..even my Mom,my Niece and nephew liked it..My nephew first thought it was going to be stupid when he read the cover..but then into it he changed his mind..he's 10..anyway rent it..give it a try..I don't think it'll disappoint

A couple grieving the loss of their recently deceased child move into an old house in the countryside to try and recover and begin living again in this under-rated mystery/horror movie. Upon arriving the wife of the couple (Amanda Plummer; Sean Pewtree plays her husband) begins receiving 'messages' that her days are numbered, with the first one indicating she has one week of life left (hence the title), the following day's indicating six days to live, and so on. No one else is able to perceive these 'messages' or find any evidence of them, raising the possibility of whether this is all in the traumatized mother's head. Solid acting, a storyline that isn't easy to predict, and good atmosphere make this a high-caliber fright, recommended for fans of "The Amityville Horror", "Haunted" (1995 with Kate Beckinsale), "Witchboard", "The Sixth Sense" and "The Devil's Backbone".

I'm very pleased with my purchase,I am a horror movie fan and love some of the older movies,which are not easy to find. This movie is great, a true classic and I only had to wait a couple of days to get it.Thank you,I no longer have to search for it at video rentals!!!,,,I love shopping through Amazon,I can be sure that the items I buy are of good quality and arrive in a timely manner..

7 days to live , is a Haunted House horror - thriller movie made straight to dvd . About a couple who moves to a haunted house after their son died . 3 stars not bad at all .

One cannot help but notice after watching "7 Days To Live" that the script has run its course. In this movie, the acting is slightly below average although not terrible, but coupled with the fact that this is a very tired script inferior in every way to its predecessors, "7 Days To Live" simply is not a very good movie.

There are some creepy moments, but after seeing "The Shining", "Poltergeist" and "The Ring" ("The Ring" may have been made after this movie, but "Ringu" was made prior to both" which are all superior to this movie, "7 Days To Live" comes across rather boring and lacking in substance and style. There is no question that "7 Days To Live" borrows significantly from the abovementioned movies, but if one is going to try and make a movie like this, the acting and directing must be exceptional and the script must have a charm of its own of some sort which separates it from movies that went before it...such is not the case here. The result is a movie which is largely ineffective and downright boring as a horror movie.

I generously give "7 Days To Live" 1.5 STARS for effort, but the bottom line is that you cannot make a movie like this with average to slightly below average acting, a generic script and average directing and still expect the movie to be an effective horror movie because there are just too many other movies like this that are of a better quality.

Look, I think the person who gave this movie 5 stars must be under the age of 12. This is not a scary movie - no matter how you look at it. The other reviewers are absolutely correct in saying that this is trying to be a cheap, boring version of Stephen King's "The Shining"...and let's face it, the director of 7 Days to Live is no Stanley Krubrick - not even close! The script is poorly written, the plot is cheesy and needs severe tightening and the acting, though not terrible, is not very good. Don't waste your money. I only spent about six bucks on this movie and regret every dollar of it.

The worst thing about this straight to video snoozer is that the titular dilemma is never explained. 7 DAYS TO LIVE isn't very scary either and suffers greatly from a poor script. After a somewhat decent set up involving the tragicly gruesome death of their son, Helen (PLUMMER) and Martin (PERTWEE) Shaw move to the country into a house that upon physical appearance is blatantly haunted. The reasoning for the house being haunted is because construction companies can't seem to stop building houses on the mass graves of the restless dead, or so it is in moviedom anyway. Needless to say "spooky" stuff starts happening and the film goes downhill from there. Helen begins witnessing what she thinks is a seven day countdown to her demise, but why the haunters would do this is never expained, instead we are given a SHINING like mad husband scenario that plays out like the cheaply made flick this is. The special fx at the end are really bad as well, reminding the viewer that some low budget films can be inventive, and this isn't one of them. By the end of the film nothing is given substantial closure or reason. Not as creepy as a lot of reviews have stated, and if you are a fan of psycological horror this film will not satisfy your appetite the way movies like THE RING or THE SHINING do. Below average haunted house schlock.