Laura Regan

Marc Blucas

Ethan Embry

Jon Abrahams

Dagmara Dominczyk

Desiree Zurowski

Alexander Gould

Mark Hildreth

Jonathan Cherry

Jessica Amlee

Jay Brazeau

L. Harvey Gold

David Abbott

Jodelle Ferland

Peter LaCroix

Colin Foo

Robert Harmon

Brendan Hood

Owen Walstrom

Ashlea Earl

Tom Engelman

Scott Kroopf

Ted Field

David Linde

Elia Cmiral

Rene O'Hashi

Chris Peppe

Anya Colloff

Jennifer Fishman

Amy McIntyre Britt

Tony Blain

Barbara Kelly

John Mariella

Douglas Higgins

Patrick Banister

Lin MacDonald

Karen L. Matthews

Ron Sowden

Jeremy Stanbridge

Peter Grace

John Beatty

Franklin Leibel

Ed McMahon

Norman Cabrera

John Kobylka

Sean M. Harding

David Crone

Shane Harvey

Pauline Heaton

Janice MacIsaac

Debbie Geaghan

Melina Calogiros

Michelle Hrescak

Fay von Schroeder

Thomas Bartke

Paul E. Moes

Emily Coutts

John Armstrong

Susan H. Bodine

Will Sickles

Ben Brafman

Berj Bannayan

Mike Larivee

Scott J. Ateah

Duane Dickinson

Ryan Steel

Rick McLennan

Jake Callihoo

Michael Hansen

Ricardo Olivero

Amy Flint Catherwood

Chris Madden

Lee Riggs

Oliver Hajdu

Doug Parton

S. Steven Sach

Susan Stefanyshyn

Andrea Boorman

Bev White

Donald D. Brown

Matthew Friedman

Joe Rangel

Anke Bakker

Devan Kraushar

David Husby

Mike Beaulieu

Kyle Menzies

Andrea Dietrich

Scott Litsinger

Gene Radzik

Patrick Tatopoulos

Mark Francis

David Paul Hewitt White

Jay Clennan

John Westerlaken

Jayson Rupert

Wes Craven

Richard Coleman

Alexis Hinde

Shelley Cox

Frank Patton III

Jay Cheetham

Dario DiSanto

Mike Flicker

Paul Anderson

Wayne McLaughlin

Brian Campbell

Crystal Dalman

Cindy L. Russell

Sondra Durksen

Sydney Silvert

Horror

Thriller

They

Focus Features

Dimension Films

Radar Pictures

United States of America

English

Charles Tatum

You have probably seen the plot summary a hundred times before, and if you haven't, then you have seen scenes from this film in other films a hundred times before. Julia (Laura Regan) is a master's degree student in psychology. A troubled childhood friend, Billy (Jon Abrahams), contacts her, meets her, rambles incoherently to her, and then shoots himself in front of her. The viewer has already seen Billy, as a young boy, grabbed by monsters in the night, so he probably had some problems even Julia could not help him with. At Billy's funeral, Julia meets Billy's other friends Sam (Ethan Embry) and Terry (Dagmara Dominczyk). The friends have had night terrors as children, and they now bear strange markings on their bodies that seem to say "hey, mysterious computer generated creatures, come and get me!" Julia goes to former childhood psychiatrist Dr. Booth (Jay Brazeau), who does the shrink thing. Julia's boyfriend Paul (Marc Blucas) doesn't really get it all, either. Come to think of it, neither did I.

The basic flaw with "They" is the lousy execution of the premise. Childhood monsters coming back for adult victims is a good idea, but the script was given the go-ahead without any explanation as to where the creatures come from, why they mark certain victims, etc. This is huge in a film that is otherwise not very compelling. The cast is fine, acting scared at just the right moment. The instrumental score is terrible, it sounds like incidental music for "The Music Man." Director Harmon's talents are wasted on the screenplay. He needs a script that will not fail his eye. The screenplay borrows from tons of other films like "Jacob's Ladder," "Phantasm," the remake of "The Blob," and "The Sixth Sense," to name a few, and thinks nothing of ripping off the pool scene from "Cat People." Sure, the DVD has the alternate ending, which is a ripoff of "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," but that ending was better than the one that made the final cut. The special effect monsters are wisely kept out of view through most of the film, they look like giant bats. They do deliver a few scares, but in context with the mindless script, it is not enough. Eventually, you will figure out that most of the special effects here consist of some grip flicking lights on and off. "They" had a promising director, nice cast, and a low budget. The script is what never should have seen the light of day.

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