The Disappointments Room is day-and-date, possibly to satisfy Netflix wanting to debut the film at a certain date (remember, this was one of the two films Netflix wanted to take from Relativity as payment for the $55 million owed). Kidnap is apparently to do the same on December 2nd (possibly in place of the other film Netflix wanted, Masterminds, which is still set to go wide). I'm expecting the rollout to be 50-100 theatres.
And trailers for day-and-date titles are sent out with wide releases all the time (as far as I know, AMC mainly plays them in larger markets). The 9th Life of Louis Drax (a Lionsgate Premiere release) will also have a trailer sent with Don't Breathe. A24 has also sent out trailers for their DirecTV titles on several wide releases.
The Disappointments Room is day-and-date, possibly to satisfy Netflix wanting to debut the film at a certain date (remember, this was one of the two films Netflix wanted to take from Relativity as payment for the $55 million owed). Kidnap is apparently to do the same on December 2nd (possibly in place of the other film Netflix wanted, Masterminds, which is still set to go wide). I'm expecting the rollout to be 50-100 theatres.
And trailers for day-and-date titles are sent out with wide releases all the time (as far as I know, AMC mainly plays them in larger markets). The 9th Life of Louis Drax (a Lionsgate Premiere release) will also have a trailer sent with Don't Breathe. A24 has also sent out trailers for their DirecTV titles on several wide releases.
Guess it's only with certain chains that will still play those movies (like AMC). Mine wouldn't show any of them because they don't get day-and-date movies.
Anyway, if that's happening BOM should remove them as wide releases soon.
Guess it's only with certain chains that will still play those movies (like AMC). Mine wouldn't show any of them because they don't get day-and-date movies.
Anyway, if that's happening BOM should remove them as wide releases soon.
My theatre is 22 screens and locally owned, so no advertisements before the film, just trailers.
The only "day-and-date" movies they ever got were The Interview and Clown. Clown only had like 3 showings for the weekend though and 1 nightly showing following weekdays until it stopped showing that next Friday.
This movie was shot in 2013, picked up by Relativity Media in 2014, was supposed to be released in 2015, and as of August 2016...still hasn't been released. Delays, companies going bankrupt, release dates pushed back, etc. After watching this, I completely get it. This movie shouldn't hit theaters. If they have any hope at recouping ANY money back, they should just dump it on paid VOD services, and let people rent it digitally.
Before I Wake is Mike Flanagan's third feature length film, even if it hasn't been released in order. I've never seen Absentia, but I liked Oculus enough for what it was. Hush was a surprisingly good film that went straight to Netflix. Before I Wake however, is a mess. I was convinced after watching the first half of the film, that it wasn't even a horror or thriller at all. The tone seems scattered and unsure, and the story isn't fully fleshed out enough to necessitate a feature length film.
Okay, so this story about a married couple, who have lost a young child, looking to adopt another. Because in this movie's world, we learn that children are like pets, and when one dies, you simply replace them with a similar one. Who will know the difference?! (In reality, the movie explains Jessie (Kate Bosworth) can no longer have children). The adoption agent (not sure if that's the correct term) tells them about a wonderful, brilliant, intelligent young boy that they would fit well with. Aka a problem child that's been returned many times before, and she wants to try and shove him off one last time. So the movie starts off with the young boy, Cody (Jacob Tremblay), showing up at the married couples house. He's polite, but reserved. He gets tucked into bed, but instantly gets out once they shut his bedroom door. He grabs a book about butterflies, slams a soda, and reads under his blanket.
Rinse and repeat about 10 times. Seriously. This movie gets so damn repetitive for the first half. Minimal, trivial stuff happens throughout the day. Cody goes to his first day at school. They eat dinner. Then they put him in bed. That's it. Over and over again. Things slowly, and very slowly, progress. The second or third night, colorful CGI butterflies show up in their living room. Okay, weird, but all they say is "Hmm, wonder how they got in here." Ignoring the fact that the bright colors of these butterflies are probably from species that would never live in their region. Anyway, I digress.
A few nights down the line, and their dead son starts showing up. He just stands there, looking like the obnoxious little shit that he is. Seriously, I'm glad that kid is already dead, because I'd want to strangle that stupid little smirk right off of him. The way he stands there, in a guido-esk suit with his hands shoved in his front pocket. Looking like a future privileged white frat boy that would get off the hook of sexual assault.
Anyway, I digress, this just keeps happening. Literally nothing. The movie is so God damned boring for the first half. It's not even slow paced, it's just nothing interesting happens at all. There's no horror element to it either. Maybe fantasy at most? New adopted kid goes to bed, parents see CGI butterflies and dead children. That's it. Nothing scary.
Then, one night, there is a box next to the boy. Under a Christmas tree. Out pops one of the worst looking CGI monster creations I've ever seen. Seriously, this thing is more humorous to look at than scary. I couldn't tell if this was going down a campy horror-comedy route. It wasn't. It's just really stupid looking. Then the back half of the movie features this hilariously bad looking monster, and an infinite amount of jump scares. It was like plopping jump scares into the middle of a daytime soap opera. There was NO mood, atmosphere, or anything hinting this would be a horror film. Nothing. Other than a poorly designed creature and jump scares.
So it just keeps up this extremely boring, repetitive, grueling cycle of minimal daytime regularity, child going to sleep, bad shit happening. Until they solve it and the movie ends.
Okay, so I may be simplifying it a bit, but that's basically it in a nutshell. Nothing that major happens to keep my interest. The film does tie everything together, including WHY the monster looks the way it does. Still doesn't excuse it for being so un-scary.
The main positive points I have is Kate Bosworth is a mega babe, and Jacob Tremblay is an adorable little dude that I want to have as a son. That's about it. I'd stay clear of this mishap of a film. It's not a surprise it's been shelved and delayed so many times.
I really can't see Mike Flanagan's two unreleased films going head-to-head. At this point, I expect that this either goes direct-to-Netflix or Flanagan buys the film from Relativity and teams up with Jason Blum on a release through BH Tilt (kind of like how The Belko Experiment, another movie from a notable cult talent is getting released after it looked like it would never come out as Blumhouse and MGM are teaming up and releasing it through Focus in March).
Just ordered the German digibook through Amazon.de.
Though the Canadian release looks pretty good, i'm a sucker for fancy ass packaging, so the Capelight digibook was a total no-brainer.
Been waiting to see this for too damn long and I honestly am excited to receive it (I should also be getting Mike Flanagan's directorial debut "Absentia" in the mail soon too).
Oh wow, I've been trying to track this down for a while. It'll be great to see it, but also frustrating it'll be the THIRD Flanagan movie that will probably not get a U.S. Blu release because of premiering on Netflix.
Oh wow, I've been trying to track this down for a while. It'll be great to see it, but also frustrating it'll be the THIRD Flanagan movie that will probably not get a U.S. Blu release because of premiering on Netflix.
Canada is the same region as the US, and with the exchange rate it could even come out to be cheaper anyway. Just order the Canadian one!
Just saw the review on the front page, gave it an 8/10.
I have no idea what people are liking in this film. I saw it a long time ago, and you couldn't pay me to go back and rewatch it.
I'm really happy this is finally going to be released in the United States. This was released in my country in November 2016. I saw it and I loved it (If you can't tell by my username and avatar, I'm a bit biased, but who cares? ). I had read the screenplay (not the final draft) long before I saw it, and I thought the screenplay was better. But it's still a very solid movie. I agree that this is not a true horror movie (more of a mix between drama and fantasy), so don't go in expecting it to be very scary.
Just got finished watching it and enjoyed it- more of a supernatural thriller with a light sprinkling of Horror. I guess the only nagging issue I had was with the follow-up (or lack thereof) regarding certain missing persons.
As far as Flanagan's films -
Gerald's Game - 4.5
Hush - 4
Before I Wake - 4
Ouija: Origin of Evil- 3.5
Absentia - 3
Canada is the same region as the US, and with the exchange rate it could even come out to be cheaper anyway. Just order the Canadian one!
Just saw the review on the front page, gave it an 8/10.
I have no idea what people are liking in this film. I saw it a long time ago, and you couldn't pay me to go back and rewatch it.
Hey, different strokes for different folks, right? I thought it was well done and will probably pick it up. It was a blend of horror and fantasy. It was a slow burn for sure but I have no problem with that in this film.
Hey, different strokes for different folks, right? I thought it was well done and will probably pick it up. It was a blend of horror and fantasy. It was a slow burn for sure but I have no problem with that in this film.
Oh I live and breathe slow burn films.
It Comes at Night, The Witch, Starry Eyes are all some of my favorite recent horror films.
All of those lacked really bad CGI though. CGI is an instant killer for me. And the "monster"/creature thing in Before I Wake was just horrible looking. I can't forgive or look past stuff like that. I also don't like fantasy at all, so a horror/fantasy mashup does nothing for me.
I'm glad people will get the chance to see this, and I always hope people get more enjoyment out of a film than I do when I dislike something. Disliking films sucks and is a let down, and I don't want anyone to feel that!
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). I had read the screenplay (not the final draft) long before I saw it, and I thought the screenplay was better. But it's still a very solid movie. I agree that this is not a true horror movie (more of a mix between drama and fantasy), so don't go in expecting it to be very scary. 
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