Them

Think The Strangers, but more high concept (and French). Whereas the U.S. home invasion thriller confined the terrified couple to their isolated home, Them finds its couple running through woods and crawling about sewer systems as they are chased about by devious trespassers. The bigger scope of Them is its greatest downfall, as there are too many stupid mistakes made by the couple to maintain the realism, and chills, established when they were confined in their home. How can you not more effectively hide in the huge expanse of a forest? The film is supposedly based on true events, and when you learn who was responsible for the attacks, it makes it all the more creepy. Them had potential, but the script is too loose, and clever direction lacking, that it lessened the overall impact. But it is still a taut thriller, and has a couple of good scares. Other films have done it better, The Strangers being one of them, but it a worthy and watchable effort. Just don't raise your hopes too high.

Genre - Horror (2.5)

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