Piece of junk.
Suspended Animation (2003)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:13
Rotten:13
Average Rating:5.3/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 31, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Director John Hancock scared film audiences in 1971 with LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH. More than 30 years later, he returns to the world of horror with SUSPENDED ANIMATION, a chilling and gruesome... Director John Hancock scared film audiences in 1971 with LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH. More than 30 years later, he returns to the world of horror with SUSPENDED ANIMATION, a chilling and gruesome frightfest set in the snowy hills of Northern Michigan as well as the Hollywood hills of California. Alex McArthur stars as Tom Kempton, an award-winning movie animator who decides to get away from it all for a while with two friends, so off they go snowmobiling in the middle of nowhere. When Kempton has to go back for something, he gets waylaid by the crazy Boulette sisters, Vanessa (Laura Esterman) and Ann (Sage Allen), who have a habit of capturing, cooking, and eating strangers. Kempton eventually escapes, but that leads only to more trouble, as he becomes obsessed with finding out everything he can about the Boulette family, even tracking down a woman and her son--who just might be continuing the evil bloodline. Hancock's taut psychological thriller is based on a novel written by his wife, actress Dorothy Tristan. The film combines elements of such classic films as DELIVERANCE, MISERY, and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, integrating plenty of blood and gore into the intense story. Angelo Badalamenti's entrancing score elevates the terror, with a surprise lurking around just about every corner. The film was produced on an extremely low budget and shot with a Sony Hi Definition camera by Hancock's own FilmAcres company. [More]
Starring: Alex McArthur, Sage Allen, Laura Esterman, Rebecca Harrell
Starring: Alex McArthur, Sage Allen, Laura Esterman, Rebecca Harrell, Jeff Puckett, Fred Meyers, Maria Cina
Director: John Hancock
Director: John Hancock
Screenwriter: Dorothy Tristan
Producer: Bob Hiler
Composer: Angelo Badalamenti
Studio: First Run Features
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Reviews for Suspended Animation
A sturdy, well-made piece that never quite overcomes its structural flaws.
Although overlong, the picture has a fair measure of jolts and surprises.
The film's archly humorous, or grossly horrible, implausibilities and general premise are more acceptable than those of other unabashed chop-'em-uppers.
Hancock directed several memorable episodes of the 80s edition of The Twilight Zone and here he seems to confuse cliffhangers for plot twists.
Alternately tense and cheesy, Suspended Animation returns its director, John Hancock, to the blood-soaked turf he spaded 30 years ago with his ageless nail-biter Let's Scare Jessica to Death.
Since the movie's sensibility ranges from the preposterous to the absurd, there are few genuine frights.
Not great but mildly absorbing, Suspended Animation suffices for an evening’s entertainment.
The film is like vomiting and then expecting your shoes to come out of your mouth. Neither is a pleasant experience, but on some level it has to be seen to be believed.
When it comes to camp, there is nothing quite like Laura Easterman's ballet cum self-flagellation set to Stravinsky -- a sight you'd want erased from your mind by the time you push the eject button on your DVD player ...
Somewhere between a nighttime soap opera and an EC Horror comic book...
It has pace and variety and, best of all, it consistently has the courage of its imaginative and daring screenplay.
If the third-act denoument is predictable, the film has already delivered more twists than the average genre picture.
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