'He's Out There' got off to a very clunky start and I thought holy heck this could be a long 90 minutes. Then it started to get interesting. And then it proceeded to get more and more interesting until it reached the point where I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. Now it certainly is not without its flaws, which we will get into shortly, but I still have to say I had a hell of a good time with this film.
So let's get the negatives out of the way first. First of all you are going to have to put up with a tremendous amount of small children screaming. They do it pretty much for the entire film and it can wear on you a little. Secondly, the film tries to explain itself and its motives at one point - and (to me at least) they make no sense at all. It's one of the more truly bizarre scenes I've ever seen. Lastly, after so much great tension and suspense throughout the movie, the climactic scene happens in broad daylight and takes away all the good work done up to that point. This decision made no sense and took a lot away from the quality of the movie.
In terms of good stuff. The killer was suitably creepy. A laugh he did (which in hindsight also doesn't make a huge amount of sense - but oh well) was disturbing and brilliantly executed. He also looked great. I cared abut the characters too, not so much because they were overly likeable, but just because the film never gave me a reason to hate them. I don't mind that approach. I see that the director decided to take his name off this film, and I'm sure he had legitimate reasons for doing that, but I don't think he should be as ashamed of this film as he may feel he needs to be. I enjoyed it overall.
So let's get the negatives out of the way first. First of all you are going to have to put up with a tremendous amount of small children screaming. They do it pretty much for the entire film and it can wear on you a little. Secondly, the film tries to explain itself and its motives at one point - and (to me at least) they make no sense at all. It's one of the more truly bizarre scenes I've ever seen. Lastly, after so much great tension and suspense throughout the movie, the climactic scene happens in broad daylight and takes away all the good work done up to that point. This decision made no sense and took a lot away from the quality of the movie.
In terms of good stuff. The killer was suitably creepy. A laugh he did (which in hindsight also doesn't make a huge amount of sense - but oh well) was disturbing and brilliantly executed. He also looked great. I cared abut the characters too, not so much because they were overly likeable, but just because the film never gave me a reason to hate them. I don't mind that approach. I see that the director decided to take his name off this film, and I'm sure he had legitimate reasons for doing that, but I don't think he should be as ashamed of this film as he may feel he needs to be. I enjoyed it overall.