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Knife Edge [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]

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I've read other reviews and have to respectfully disagree. This movie is not as bad as all that!

Granted I didn't know any of the actors, except for Joan Plowright (who I adore, by the way), but overall, they didn't do a bad job at all. Some of the dialogue seemed contrived, yet what movie doesn't have a line or two that doesn't make you tilt your head and wonder what they were thinking when the wrote it?

Overall, a suspenseful mood is set, lighting, props, atmosphere, all were used to the greatest advantage and there were several moments that really made me jump.

I think this movie is definitely worth a viewing. It's not horrible at all. It's not the greatest story ever told, but if you are looking for a good suspenseful scare, this just might be it. If I were you, I'd ignore the nay-sayers and give it a try. Make up your own mind.

Knife Edge is an average psychological horror film. And it shouldn't be, considering the cast. What immediately caught my attention was that it starred the lovely Natalie Press, whom I previously enjoyed in Fifty Dead Men Walking. Add award-winning actress Joan Plowright into the mix, and you have the potential for a terrific movie.

The problem? The story isn't very original. The "spooky home with a secret" concept has simply been overdone. The scariest elements of the film either borrow from different movies (the Orphanage, Changeling), or are recycled from others. How many films feature a scene where someone opens a medicine cabinet, grabs what they need, and closes it only to be surprised by what's in the reflection? Yet a veteran horror director still chose to include such a scene in this movie.

The film doesn't grab your attention until it reaches the halfway mark, and it doesn't gain steam until the final 15 minutes. Some of the earlier clues in the film also make the conclusion fairly predictable.

I wanted to enjoy this movie given the cast, but it simply brought nothing new to the table as far as psychological horror films go. Watch it once before deciding to buy the DVD.

What a mess. This pastiche of murder-mystery/psychological-thriller/haunted-house cliches tries to coast along on autopilot, its disjointed, psuedo-Hitchcockian plot borrowing greedily from an array of superior sources ('Gaslight,' 'The Shining' and any of various takes on 'The Turn of the Screw' most obviously), but gets bogged down by a muddled script, indecisive pacing and an overabundance of hand-me-down images and characters that seem not to know which genre they belong to. The dialogue, especially in scenes that require a shade of jargonistic authenticity (e.g., the opener at the Wall Street brokerage, Henri's urgent business dealings and the legal jockeying for control of the son's trust), is weak and so follows the bulk of the acting. Perhaps the creators thought they couldn't miss if they tossed enough familiar ingredients into the stew-- well, with the exception of some slick photography, they missed the pot altogether. 1 1/2 stars.

If you're in the market for a satisfyingly atmospheric supernatural mystery/thriller, check out 1995's 'Haunted,' 1981's 'The Changeling,' 1973's 'Don't Look Now' or 1961's 'The Innocents.'

Finding love can be a hard thing. Finding out if that love is the real deal can be even more trying. For two people looking for something that will spell "together," one of them decides upon an old house and the other reluctantly agrees. This hesitation turns to terror as she sees things that have happened in the house - that may happen in the house - or that may just be her going made. Making matters worse are some of the things she finds out, testing the bonds she has developed - and her willingness to endure.

When I first watched this movie, I enjoyed a lot of what happened. Granted, the movie was not that complex and it left many things to the atmosphere and props alone. There is a statue of a little boy in one of the rooms, for example and that thing is creepy. Still, there are creepier things just waiting to get something out of you.

The horror scenes and the way they come at you are nicely done. They have this glimpse effect, not to mention a way about them that makes them unique sometimes. The problem with this is that the movie is not what it seems - it is a storyline with bewildering results wrapped in a haunted house story. This causeway is not one I personally wanted when I was watching the movie and the answers - the answers just didn't work for me. A lot of what happened and a lot of what is said to be going are just don't fit together. It seemed like taking a puzzle and hacking up a few pieces just to finish the thing.

Had the movie been done a little better, I would have liked it a lot. The last pieces of the movie hurt it a lot in mind, however, and ended up with a 3 in my mind. I say that because I liked it, but I like a lot of things that I'm not sure others would subscribbe to. So, do not jump on this movie too quickly and expect nothing from it. Then - and maybe not even then - you may find you have something likeable here.