paulclaassen
As the title indicates, you're in for a creepy treat! Bloody hell, this was scary! The scares start off subtle yet highly effective. It gave me gooseflesh more often than not! The very natural acting from a veteran cast ensures credibility. The music was effective, as well, and the visuals were utterly stunning. The scares are so effective without the help of overbearing music. In fact, at times there are no music at all and it was terrifying! 'We are still here' will no doubt go down as a classic!
xzaviar44
Minutes 10 - 14: Kinda mundane. Husband and wife take a road trip to move into their new home, hear some things go "bump" in the night, blah...
After that the plot develops quickly, new characters come into play and the story line moves at a decent clip.
Contrary to the reports of other reviews, I found the acting to be better than adequate for a "B" movie.
Solid "B" horror.
Acting: Better than many "B" movies.
Special Effects: Better than many "B" movies.
IMHO
Fella_shibby
The best part about this movie apart from the creepy atmosphere and the beautiful ice-covered New England scenery is it's unpredictably n sudden change of pace. Really awesome cinematography by Karim Hussain (Hobo with a shotgun, Antiviral, ABCs of death). There's also a lot of very over the top but well executed supernatural violence/gore. Some awesome visual effects. It has drama, atmosphere and suspense, keeping a serious tone and setting.One thing that sets this film apart from many others is that the main characters are middle-aged and that it suddenly changed from a slow atmospheric movie into over the top fantastic gory splatter movie. The special effects are pretty well thought out and executed. There are elements that pull from classic horrors in a very good n entertaining way. Themes and motifs from popular horror films such as The Shining, The Amityville Horror, The Fog n House by the cemetery r visible. It can be called a remake of House by the cemetery. Great job from a first time film maker Ted Geoghegan.So many horror veterans in one film. Barbara Crampton (From beyond, Re- animator, lords of salem, tales of halloween, you'r next). Lisa Marie (Sleepy hollow, tales of halloween, Lords of salem, silent night). Andrew Sensenig (don't look in the basement 2, kill or be killed, Dylan dog, nine dead). Larry Fessenden ( session 9, late phases, we r what we r, jug face, u r next, stake land, mulberry street, session 9). Ted Geoghegan pays loving tribute to Lucio Fulci. Was really getting annoyed n tired with the recent pg-13 ghost movies.
Dan Franzen (dfranzen70)
We Are Still Here (2015, ***) is a newish horror movie set in the 1970s. What's more, it maintains the look and feel of a movie released in that time frame, from the easy stuff like hairstyles and clothing to more abstract concepts like mannerisms and dialogue. It's a heck of a lot better than many of the cheesy horror movies released in that decade, too.It's about an older couple (Barbara Crampton and Andrew Sensenig) who move to an isolated farmhouse in order to cope with the loss of their grown son, who died in a car wreck about a month earlier. Getting away to get away, in other words. Anne and Paul busy themselves fixing up the old place, but it's not long before Anne's getting the willies – you know, weird sounds in the night, things moving that shouldn't be able to move even a littler. Paul, ever the pragmatist, insists there's a logical explanation, but he consents to having hippie-New Age friends of theirs, May and Jacob (Lisa Marie and Larry Fessenden) come up for a few days. You know, to calm things down. Of course, May and Jacob are into spiritual matters, and May instantly feels a presence. Is it the dead son of Paul and Anne? Meanwhile, May and Jacob's own son Harry is also coming up for a visit with his girlfriend Daniella.True to its bloodline (ha), We Are Still Here does have plenty of blood, but it's the terrifying kind, not the Friday the 13th kind. That is, you genuinely feel like you're in this farmhouse with these normal folks, trying to communicate with the dead. The dead, it seems, bring dread. And death, which is sort of their thing. There are plenty of frights and good twists, with quick pacing and some visceral visuals. Huge praise is also due to Monte Markham, who plays a neighbor who knows more than he's letting on. Probably.
AD
