The Call

Hey guys! For the latest edition to the film reviews, I'm going to be looking at the latest release The Call, starring Halle Berry.

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This recent release looks at how 911 operators have to deal with some of the worst crimes and the impact it has on them as well as the victims. One operator, Jordan (Halle Berry) has to deal with a case which change her life and career completely. After connecting to an emergency call, she finds herself dealing with a terrified young girl who is trapped in her own house when someone is trying to break in. While on the phone to 911, the girl finds herself petrified and results in hiding in order to not be seen or found by the intruder. Just as they're about to leave, the phone gets disconnected and, in a frantic state, the operator calls back to check all is okay. However, this was a fatal error. After hearing the phone ring, the intruder returns upstairs and drags the girl out to her death with the operator with no one to blame but herself for making such an error.

 

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Six months later, Jordan finds herself teaching those who want to do work in the 911 'hive' and has to teach them the ropes of the job. When passing one operator who is frantically trying to calm someone down, she finds herself taking over and trying to help the case. Little does she realise, she is about to have a flood of memories overwhelm her as she finds herself dealing with another terrified girl on the phone. Rather than a house call, this victim finds themselves locked in her kidnapper's car. Can she save her?

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Now, I have never been so gripped throughout a film until I saw this.The Call has to be one of the best suspense builders and chilling thrillers of 2013. I had moments of fear, sadness and all round curiosity throughout. Would she save her? Would another girl die? If she did save her, how would she do it? This film really got me thinking though. How can people in this world be so messed up and damaged that they can go out and about and hurt of kill others? Watching the film really opened my mind up to how psychopaths and incredibly damaged people can so easily live a double life. So easy to hide from others, yet, be so destructive on themselves and their victims.

 

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The majority of serial killers and psychopaths has something severely wrong with them. They had a damaged past, they saw or suffered something which has scarred them for life, some trauma they may have witnessed.. So many different things can cause a person to feel they have no way out but to ruin the lives of others instead and not always in the most pleasant ways. Take this film, for example. The psychopath in this film kidnaps his victims for a reason (I won't spoil it for you all!) and then kills his victims because of something in his past and can easily hide it from his wife. How can anyone do that?

I know some people say, in anger of course (I hope), that they could easily kill someone. But, when it comes down to the reality, could you actually kill someone? Could you hide it and act completely normal? How people can do it, I'll never know.

Song of the week - 22.9.13

Hey guys! Been slacking this week with the music posts as I've been up to my ears with college work and placement sorting etc. Anyways, here's this week's song choice of the week! This week's song is Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk.

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After the past few months, this song basically sums up how I feel. For those who have ever been through a pretty rough break up, I'm sure you guys can relate to this song too. Aside the fact it's been one of my favourite songs for years, I find that, lately, I can really relate this to my own feelings..

Relationships aren't as easy and fairytale like as you want them to be. Not everyone gets the happy ending they want and that sucks, especially when you see people who have been in relationships for years and seem to have their own perfect fairytale love story. Not like that for everyone. Definitely not for me. Been in a few relationships over the years, all incredibly different but all end in the same aftermath.

This song talks about the come downs after a relationship and the aftermath of it all. For some people, it's bitter and all that comes out of it is 'why did I waste my time with them'. however, for some people, it's more complicated and confusing. None of my breakups have ever been simple, not ever. The most recent one was probably one of the most painful though. But that's life. You can mope around over it and dig yourself a hole of depression, or you can get out there and make the best of your life and prove you're capable of better. It's just getting out of the hangover from being love drunk which is the worst...

The Conjuring - review

Hey guys! I figured as I haven't done a review yet, I should probably get one out there by now. So, so start it all off, I'm going to talk to you about The Conjuring!

 
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For those who have no idea what this film is about, where have you been?! This is one of the latest horror films to hit the big screens, being released in the UK cinemas on 2nd August 2013. This film is based on true events and will have you on the edge of your seat throughout!

The film looks at a couple who go and help those who have demonic and other presences within their lives and homes. They go and assist families in getting rid of the and give them advice as to how they should deal with it. In particular, it looks at one family who move into a house where a lot of history still remained...

I absolutely love horror films and I love a film filled with suspense. This film did not fail to deliver just that! I was gripped throughout the entire film and even found myself hiding behind my hands rather a lot. In my opinion, I find a horror film like this scary when you don't see what the family have to deal with. For example, in Paranormal Activity, you don't see the demon at all as a figure apart from the occasional shadow. However, the moment you see the demonic creature in the Conjuring, the fear factor fades slightly. You kind of just see it and think, 'oh, is that it?'. I thought this when I watched the film Mama a few months ago. I found the film undoubtedly scary until you actually saw the Mama character itself. However, I was still gripped with The Conjuring.

The story itself looks at events which happened in a house before a family moved in. This ranges from sacrificing a child to someone hanging themselves in a tree. A pretty morbid back story, it has to be said. However, this all adds to the depth of the film. The family learn soon enough about the existence about their house guests and start getting roped in to the traumatic story which once occurred in the house, but will they all make it out alive? You'll have to watch for yourself, I won't ruin the surprise.

I love films which claim to be based on true stories. One of the main stories which came out of this film aside from the main story was about a possessed doll named Annabelle. This is what she looks like:

 
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The image to the left is the real doll, the slightly creepier version to the right is the doll they use in the film. Pretty creepy, right? Bit of a difference from the original. If you want to find out more about the Annabelle doll story, click here. The fact the film has true stories in it really draws you in to the plot so much more as it makes you realise things like this do happen. If things like this could happen to one person, could they happen to someone else? That someone could be you..