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Another great Horror movie ruined by

posted 10 years ago by LnineB
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Horrible acting. I gave this film a 7/10 for the story and violence but it would rank up three with the greats if they just spent a little more time on the performances.

[–] ChazzJazz 10 years ago

what was wrong with the acting? its a strong early 80s type of acting...

if anything Lack's character turned into a "normal" guy too quickly, give or take the drug.

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[–] spookyrat1 9 years ago

It's a reasonably strong cast and I didn't find the acting too bad.🐭

[–] franzkabuki 9 years ago

"It's a strong early 80s type of acting..."

There is such a thing as "early 80s type of acting"...?

"facts are stupid things" Ronald Reagan

[–] kmags84 9 years ago

It's weird how we got all the great films/acting of the 70's and it lead to a decade of subpar acting. I love the 80's for its own reasons but there's some terrible acting in a ton of films that I love, Scanners being one of them. Much of it is absolutely on purpose though. The decade was full of "Colorful" artistic expression. Comes with the package lol

[–] nigelpryor-11440 9 years ago

I'm watching this now and I think the acting is pretty good yeah sure some of it is kind of corny but thats the 80s lol. In a certain way I kind of like this over acting more than the casual style of acting so many actors do nowadays.. atleast in these type of movies I think it works.

[–] marblewife 9 years ago

Lack's performance is pretty weak and pedestrian, but I think everyone else is great.