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What’s a writer to do when writer’s block intervenes
preventing her from completing her screenplay? If you’re
Alice (Brittany Murphy) you lock yourself up in a friend’s
haunted mansion. Hanging at a haunted mansion might be fun
if it’s Disney’s Haunted Mansion but in the case of Alice
she discovers that the young couple (Thora Brich and Marc
Blucas) who occupied the place before her had some unsettling
experiences of their own. ***
The good news about “Deadline” is that it eschews the
slice and dice editing approach that most directors use
in making horror films. Director Sean McConville opts for
a more organic approach ladling on atmosphere unfortunately
while the atmosphere may be thick there’s not much story
here to keep you interested. Atmospheric thrillers are also
dependent on strong characters to identify with and pull
the audience in and there aren’t any compelling characters
here either. ---
Image & Sound:
“Deadline” looks quite nice with a solid presentation.
Video noise surprisingly crops up now and again but it isn’t
that distracting. ***
Audio sounds quite nice with a Dolby TrueHD presentation
that adds to the tension with a nice, creepy sounding presentation.
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