The Visitors (1988)

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This is a straight forward, pretty simple ghost movie. It has some real creepy, pretty scary scenes, and the haunty-stuff that happens to the family is cool, and well done. Pacing is good. The movie is more on the quiet side, but doesn't really get boring. Now, it is Swedish, and it is from 88, so some of the dialogue and acting is a little bit strange. But not in a way that makes it a drag to watch, though. The first part of the movie is a little stronger than the second. And the best scary parts are in the beginning, rather than the end.I find it very interesting that this is Swedish, a ghost horror movie, and made in 1988! If I were Swedish I would be proud of that!Come on Norway, ghost horror movie please! Make me proud.

Frank (Begqvist) is an ad executive from New York who buys a new house and Sweden and moves his family there. While fixing up the house, strange things begin to happen. While trying to hang wallpaper that keeps falling off the wall, Frank sees footprints in the attic that lead to a locked door. He's sure he is hearing voices on the other side of the door but his wife Sarah (Endre) looks at him like he is crazy. Frustrated, Frank calls in a ghost expert that also runs an occult magazine to help him investigate. The two talk endlessly about haunting's and ghosts but we never see a thing. Sarah gets so annoyed with her crazy drinking husband she leaves him. Frank is stuck with the kids and the implied ghosts. Sarah has a nightmare that makes her run back to her family in time for Frank's final showdown with the ghosts. The problem is what Ghosts? The movie speaks of ghosts it's entire running time, and is on the verge of something happening the entire film and it delivers nothing! 'The Visitors' is flat out boring. With no ghosts, suspense, atmosphere, or chills of any kind this film is completely forgettable. There isn't even any cheap gore spilled, but the American dubbing could be an all time low. The last thing the world needed was a bad boring Swedish haunted house film and that is exactly what this lifeless turkey is.

This Swedish movie is the scariest that ever been watched by my eyes. It is not a patriot thing from me as a Swede, no i am totally honest in my opinion. The Americans tried with "Amityville horror" and "The haunting" but they fall so flat in comparison. Here we have scary camerawork, creepy locations and some good acting from the people involved. Fascinating how soundeffects can be so scary and it has never worked as good as in this movie. Find this movie and you will be aware of a pure horror experience.

This movie is one of my favorites. It doesn't rely on special effects, it doesn't rely on big name actors, at least not by U.S. standards. It doesn't rely on great dubbing, in fact it is quite bad. So what does this movie offer... a scary plot, the movie is slow and cerebral, but very scary. Pacific Heights scary. The main character has to solve a mystery about the house that they just moved into. The movie offers up just enough to keep the guesswork, wallpaper that won't stick, mysterious figures in the windows, a quite entertaining film, which is what this is, a film, not a movie, excellent, I voted a ten...