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Johnny BarkerDwayne CameronKate ElliottAidee Walker
DIRECTOR
Greg Page
SYNOPSICS
The Locals (2003) is a English movie. Greg Page has directed this movie. Johnny Barker,Dwayne Cameron,Kate Elliott,Aidee Walker are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2003. The Locals (2003) is considered one of the best Horror,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
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One American who thinks this movie rocks!
Not many Americans like films from outside the States, but THE LOCALS is one worth looking all over for. Sure its low budget but the story line is brilliant and will leave you guessing up into the very end. THE LOCALS is in a way like LOST if you miss a beat you will go into a tailspin. Greg Page does not say the full story at once but it is up to the viewer to make the connections before the end, if you succeed, congratulations, if not by the end you will. I found THE LOCALS to be more of a thriller rather then horror, I did not fear for my life or hide under a bed but it kept me on my toes. I did get connected with the characters, and felt badly for them, wanting them to get out of the Zone before something bad happened. I will be hunting night and day for Greg Page's next movie, and as a filmmaker he has given me new outlook on how to make a brilliant low budget movie sill fascinating,
Wonderful stuff!
I've just read a review that slags this baby off and there is no way that I can let that particularly misguided reviewer have the last word. he accuses New Zealanders of bigging the film up and criticises the use of lighting and the acting - wrong on all counts, boy! I'm a Brit and I have no particular reason to pretend that a film from New Zealand is good if it isn't. BUT THIS IS WONDERFUL STUFF!!! Low budget maybe, low key for sure - but the film takes its time allowing us to get to know our main characters (pretty clichéd characters but convincing and effective nevertheless. It builds up a spooky atmosphere, allows us to slowly realize that all is not well. The beautiful scenery of the daylight becomes a mysterious place of strange shadows at night. Here is where the lighting works so well. Yes, lots of areas are deliberately over lit - making central occurrences stand out starkly whilst blackness surrounds in a claustrophobic manner. The graveyard is eerily lit - standing like a beacon of badness amidst the shadows. The acting is fine - certainly far better than some of its amateur origins might suggest. I would recommend this film for anyone whether they be a horror fan or a student of film-making on a budget. New Zealand just showed big bucks Hollywood how to make something scary!
Brilliant
"The Locals" is one of the best movies from New Zealand that I have ever seen. A brilliant director and writer: Greg Page, and excellent new actors: Dwayne Cameron and John Barker. It's not like other horror films that I have seen and I've seen loads. The unusual location and the fact that it's playing in the dark is great. All the hide and seek in this film makes you wanna run with the characters. And Peter McCauley is so scary and untouchable. Why are the no more other movie from Greg Page he's funny. The commentary on the DVD is the best ever. Greg Page wants you to make listen him over and over again. First time I saw "The Locals" was a surprise for me and I'm sure for everyone who watched it. I like the idea of a farmer who has captured all inhabitants of the little town and only let them go when his bones left the area. BEST MOVIE EVER!
There goes the neighborhood!
I was already convinced after "The Ugly" in 1997, but "The Locals" proves it again: there definitely is some horror-talent active in New Zealand these days! This is another worthwhile horror effort from the Down Under region, far from great but with a lot of spirit and goodwill. Just as it was the case with "The Ugly", this films lacks originality and some really shocking twists but the story is compelling enough and the enthusiast acting performances from the young cast members help you appreciate it all more. The premise is like a more comical and action-packed update of popular films like "The Others" or "The Sixth Sense", handling about people that aren't aware (or can't accept?) the fact they're dead and who continue to perform their old rituals. Party teens Grant and Paul stumble upon a whole community of dead people whilst on their way for a surf-holiday. The idea of an entire outlandish town stuck in a time-paradox appealed to me very much but, unfortunately, no background is given and the script exclusively focuses on the nightly chase of the two guys. "The Locals" has a couple of genuine suspense moments, but it should have been more brutal and violent! There are lots of rough farmers with pitchforks, for Christ's sake! This could have been a slick mix of supernatural thriller and raw backwood slashers! Writer-director Greg Page showed that he has potential with this film, thus I have good hope that his future screenplays will only get better.
Surprisingly good
If Hollywood had made this movie (and smoothed out some hitches that presumably came with a low budget) the critics may well have been raving about it. In many ways it could have been another 'The Others'. Most of the acting is quite acceptable for a low budget horror movie; the photography is very well done and the script itself is ambitious and doesn't miss by much, which is saying something. Some of the foreshadowing is top notch. Either way well worth watching and miles ahead of so much Hollywood horror pap! As ghost stories go this was relatively original and will be appreciated by those looking for something different.